Global Talent and Development Manager (12 months FTC)

Turner & Townsend Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in the UK is seeking a Global Talent & Development Manager for a 12-month maternity cover. The successful candidate will manage global performance systems, talent identification processes, and engagement strategies to enhance workforce development and engagement. Applicants should possess strong communication skills, project management experience, and knowledge of talent development in professional services. A flexible working environment is offered, prioritizing work-life balance and diversity.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Professional development opportunities

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in talent identification and development in a professional services environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines.
• Desirable experience in learning delivery including coaching.

Responsibilities

• Manage global performance and career review process end-to-end.
• Identify and manage diverse talent pools with equity and bias elimination.
• Ensure high quality delivery of monthly global welcome events.
• Deliver quarterly employee engagement surveys and analysis.

Skills

Talent identification and development

Excellent verbal and written communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Global Talent and Development Manager (12 months FTC)

• Full-time
• Department: Business support

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

This role is a 12-month FTC maternity cover.

Join us as Global Talent & Development Manager and lead key initiatives shaping our people strategy worldwide and play a pivotal role in driving growth and engagement across our global workforce.

Reporting to the Director of HR Operations & L&D, the postholder will take responsibility for the design and deployment of our global talent, performance and career review and engagement systems, processes and programmes.

The role will also have one direct report (Global Talent and Development Coordinator).

• Our global performance and career review process – Manage end‑to‑end global performance and career review process, working with global comms teams to agree annual plans, providing detailed reporting insights and carrying out annual reviews of strategy and process.
• Talent identification process – Manage end‑to‑end global performance and career review process with equity and elimination of bias at its core. Working with HR and operational colleagues to achieve clear identification of diverse talent pools.
• Monthly Global Welcome Event – ensuring events are delivered to a high standard, managing budgets and carrying out annual reviews of event impact.
• Employee engagement survey – delivery of quarterly survey, agreeing a global strategy, developing comms plans, provide detailed global engagement reporting insights and relationship management with the system provider.
• End‑to‑end project management may be required for other initiatives dependent on the speed and scale of our ambition for the future people agenda.

The ideal candidate for this role:

• Demonstrable experience of talent identification and development in a professional services environment, including programme management, programme evaluation and measurement of impact.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders and tailor communication for different audiences.
• Ability to balance needs of different stakeholders and influence where appropriate to achieve global consistency.
• Ability to manage a number of projects and processes simultaneously and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines.
• Experience of using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Learning delivery including coaching, 360 and psychometric or personality testing is desirable but not essential.

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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