Head of Talent and Capability, Elsevier

RELX; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate individual to join their Talent and Capability team. This role is pivotal in driving organizational growth and enhancing employee performance through strategic initiatives. You'll collaborate with various stakeholders to advocate for leadership and learning programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives. The company promotes a healthy work/life balance and offers a range of benefits, including generous holiday allowances and wellbeing programs. If you're eager to make a lasting impact and support talent development, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Contributory pension scheme

Save As You Earn share option scheme

Travel Season ticket loan

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Optional Dental Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Ability to advocate and influence senior leaders across various expertise areas.
• Extensive analytical skills to make data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement Talent and Capability approaches.
• Promote a culture of continuous growth and learning.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

Do you have a passion for nurturing talent, fostering organizational growth, and building capabilities that drive success?

Are you eager to make a lasting impact on the people and performance?

About our Team

We create impactful opportunities to understand employees’ current strengths, to grow their skills and capabilities in alignment with business needs, enabling all to perform, develop and realize career ambitions.

About the Role

You will be an integral part of the RELX Talent and Capability COE Leadership Team. You will provide T&C Partnering to Elsevier and all its world-class brands. You'll take ownership of the delivery of the T&C COE strategy and divisional priorities across Learning, Leadership, and People Performance providing an inspiring employee experience to enhance capability and performance. You will also represent the COE on your divisional HR leadership team and in this role ensure both the surfacing of business requirements and delivering COE solutions effectively.

Responsibilities

• Being a visible ambassador for Talent and Capability, role modelling everything RELX asks of its senior leaders. Collaborating with a variety of internal stakeholders to identify and implement Talent and Capability approaches that support Elsevier’s business objectives.
• Learning and being able to articulate the breadth and depth of Elsevier businesses and key commercial drivers.
• Advocating and implementing RELX consistent leadership and learning programs within Elsevier focusing on Manager Capability, Executive Education, Performance Management and Leadership Capabilities.
• Representing the needs and interests of Elsevier in RELX-wide T&C discussions and initiatives. Ensuring that final outcomes are relevant, accessible, and high-value with a compelling Elsevier narrative.
• Promoting a culture of continuous growth and learning. Utilizing data and metrics to monitor the quality, effectiveness, and overall experiences of talent initiatives within Elsevier.
• Co-ordinating all activities for Talent Review with business leaders and HR partners to identify critical positions, talent readiness, and succession pipelines. With leaders, support strategies to address readiness gaps, both technical and behavioral thus enhancing purposeful careers.
• Driving a culture of feedback and recognition to drive business outcomes and a meaningful employee experience. Work closely with colleagues across the global HR organization to ensure integrated and aligned approaches for employees and leaders.
• Managing the overall divisional training plan, being accountable for categories 1 & 2 budget and monitoring category 3 - non T&C training spend.
• Creating a supportive environment for professional development, communication, and career advancement of all T&C team members including our REPH colleagues.

Requirements

• Have the ability to advocate, educate, and influence senior leaders across various expertise areas within T&C scope. Focus on business transformation and people-centric approaches.
• Demonstrate global experience across different geographies and industries, ensuring successful delivery of large-scale projects.
• Possess an educational background showcasing cognitive capability and a passion for personal growth.
• Maintain a client-centric approach, adept at building relationships with ELT, SLG, cross-functional teams, and customers.
• Have a deep understanding of Elsevier business challenges and opportunities, aligning T&C support accordingly.
• Be able to engage in outcome-focused conversations, bridging T&C content with the language and goals of the business.
• Have the ability to apply critical strategic and commercial thinking to continuously improve performance in the role and be recognized as a thought partner to ELT.
• Maintain an enterprise-wide perspective on divisional activities while representing a strategic COE position thoughtfully, resolving differences for shared positive outcomes.
• Possess extensive analytical skills to make data-driven decisions. Have project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives.
• A personal style of inquiry, humility, visibility, and respect to ensure all activities you lead on are inclusive and connecting for people working with you, you create a safe environment for creative thinking and smooth deployment that brings out the best in others.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers, and private medical benefits.
• Wellbeing programs.
• Life assurance.
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
• Save As You Earn share option scheme.
• Travel Season ticket loan.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme.
• Optional Dental Insurance.
• Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
• Access to extensive learning and development resources.
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work.

About the Business

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The group serves customers in more than 180 geographies and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 35,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The headquarters is in London. The market capitalization is about £62bn ($65bn), making it one of the 10 largest listed companies in the UK. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext, and NYSE.

The company has four market segments. It develops information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers in the Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions sectors.

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