Head of Talent & Development

Consult; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 104.000 - 136.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Consult, a large housing organisation, seeks a Head of Talent & Development for a 6-month interim contract to shape capability, leadership and workforce strategy. The role is based near Euston, London, with extensive hybrid working and office attendance about one day per week.

Up to £650 per day inside IR35, with potential to go permanent next year. Reporting to the Director of People, you will lead Talent Management, Recruitment, Learning & Development, Early Careers and Inclusion across a

Formación

• Proven track record in Talent, Learning and Development leadership.
• Experience influencing executive stakeholders.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation or workforce modernisation programs.
• MCIPD or equivalent qualification.

Responsabilidades

• Provide strategic leadership across Learning & Development, Talent, Early Careers and Inclusion, ensuring a joined-up approach to workforce capability and organisational performance.
• Developing and delivering organisation-wide talent and development strategies aligned to current and future business priorities.
• Leading the design and implementation of leadership, technical and professional development frameworks to build capability across the organisation.
• Driving a skills-based workforce approach, ensuring the organisation can identify, develop and deploy critical skills effectively.
• Leading talent management, succession planning and internal mobility initiatives to strengthen leadership pipelines and organisational resilience.
• Overseeing early careers programmes, apprenticeships, graduate pathways and professional development initiatives to support future workforce requirements.
• Building strong relationships with external partners and learning providers to deliver innovative and impactful development programmes.
• Leading and developing a high-performing team whilst ensuring effective governance, performance management and budget oversight.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Talent management

Learning & development

Stakeholder management

Strategy development

Educación

MCIPD qualification

Descripción del empleo

Are you an experienced Talent and Development leader looking to shape the future capability, leadership and workforce strategy of a large, complex and purpose-driven organisation?

I am working with one of the largest and most nationally recognised housing organisations to recruit a Head of Talent & Development on a 6 month interim contract paying up to £650 per day (inside IR35) with the potential to turn into a permanent role next year.

Reporting into the Director of People, this is a newly created leadership opportunity with responsibility for leading Talent Management, Recruitment, Learning & Development, Early Careers (academy) and Inclusion initiatives across a diverse workforce. The role will play a critical part in ensuring the organisation has the skills, leadership capability and future talent required to deliver its ambitious strategic objectives.

The organisation is located close to Euston station and they offer extensive hybrid working, going into their modern office on average one day per week.

Some of the key responsibilities of this interim role include:

• Providing strategic leadership across Learning & Development, Talent, Early Careers and Inclusion, ensuring a joined-up approach to workforce capability and organisational performance.
• Developing and delivering organisation-wide talent and development strategies aligned to current and future business priorities.
• Leading the design and implementation of leadership, technical and professional development frameworks to build capability across the organisation.
• Driving a skills-based workforce approach, ensuring the organisation can identify, develop and deploy critical skills effectively.
• Leading talent management, succession planning and internal mobility initiatives to strengthen leadership pipelines and organisational resilience.
• Overseeing early careers programmes, apprenticeships, graduate pathways and professional development initiatives to support future workforce requirements.
• Building strong relationships with external partners and learning providers to deliver innovative and impactful development programmes.
• Leading and developing a high-performing team whilst ensuring effective governance, performance management and budget oversight.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced MCIPD qualified Talent, Learning, Organisational Development or People leader with a proven track record of developing workforce capability ideally within the housing sector. You will also need to be able to influence and challenge senior stakeholders at executive level. Experience of leading large-scale transformation, culture change or workforce modernisation programmes across the public sector would also be highly advantageous.

The interview process will consist of one stage virtual interview with my client keen to appoint someone before Christmas.