Resource & Talent Manager: Hybrid, Growth & Impact

Informed Solutions Limited; Altrincham; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing plan

Hybrid working

Profit-sharing scheme

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Gym membership

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Sabbatical scheme

Maternity & paternity provisions

Employer pension contributions

Professional subscriptions support

Employee referral rewards

Regular office lunches

Onsite wellbeing sessions

Job summary

Informed Solutions Limited is seeking a Resource and Talent Manager to build and develop talented delivery teams for our #TechForGood programmes. You’ll partner with project and squad leads, workforce planners and People Services to understand capability needs and align opportunities with individual growth.

The role balances immediate resourcing priorities with longer-term workforce planning, requiring strong organisational skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in resource management and workforce planning within a project-based, consultancy or professional services environment.
• Proven ability to coordinate people, skills and capacity across multiple teams, projects or business areas.
• Understanding of career development and skills growth, with the ability to align project opportunities to both business needs and individual development goals.
• Ability to balance immediate resourcing requirements with long-term workforce and capability planning.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and changing business demands.
• Confidence building trusted relationships with colleagues, managers and senior stakeholders.
• Experience using resource management, planning or HR systems to support decision-making and provide meaningful insight.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify resourcing risks, capability gaps and future workforce requirements.
• A genuine interest in helping people develop and ensuring the right people are aligned to the right opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project and Squad leads to understand current and future resourcing needs.
• Coordinate resource allocation across projects, balancing skills, availability, development goals and business priorities.
• Support workforce planning by identifying capability gaps, recruitment needs and opportunities for internal mobility.
• Work closely with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to support hiring activity and a positive candidate experience.
• Build strong relationships across the business, helping colleagues connect with suitable project and development opportunities.
• Provide reporting and insight on utilisation, recruitment progress, skills coverage and resourcing risks.
• Support succession planning, career development and onboarding initiatives.
• Continuously improve resource management processes, tools and ways of working.

Skills

Resource management

Workforce planning

Career development

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Relationship building

HR systems

Analytical skills

People development

Tools

Resource management systems

Job description

Informed Solutions Limited is seeking a Resource and Talent Manager to build and develop talented delivery teams for our #TechForGood programmes. You’ll partner with project and squad leads, workforce planners and People Services to understand capability needs and align opportunities with individual growth.

The role balances immediate resourcing priorities with longer-term workforce planning, requiring strong organisational skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.