Senior Talent & Development Partner (12 month FTC)

Senior Talent & Development Partner (12 month FTC)

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! If you like the sound of this role, please apply — you could be just who we're looking for! Experience and track record are important, but we're more interested in hiring someone who embodies our People Promises: doing the right thing, enthusiasm, motivation to grow, community spirit, respect, and enjoyment of work. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we're dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving communities for both our customers and employees.

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More about your role

We are recruiting a Strategic, Senior Talent and Development Partner to support our Places Leisure business as a Centre of Excellence. To be successful, you must be within a 60-minute commute of our main office locations: Preston, Derby, Bristol, or London. Regular travel will be required.

We seek a dynamic and experienced professional to partner with senior business leaders and leadership teams to implement and deliver our talent and development strategy, focusing on mapping, developing, and moving talent across Places Leisure and the wider PfP business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with senior business leaders to create, implement, and deliver our talent and development strategy.
• Map, develop, and move talent across Places Leisure and the wider PfP business.
• Implement strategic learning, leadership, talent, and development initiatives. Support managers to develop their teams across personal, professional, technical, and career development areas.
• Ensure our workforce has the right skills at the right time, supporting management to build a customer service-oriented culture.
• Work closely with People departments and centres of excellence to align and integrate people processes.

Essential Criteria:

• Proven experience in a partnering role delivering talent, development, learning, leadership, organisational design, or HR as a centre of excellence.
• Experience in creating engaging, inclusive training materials to develop capabilities.
• Ability to coach and facilitate learning for senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading strategic projects with measurable impact and ROI.
• Strong leadership and line management experience leading a team of three.
• Ability to work autonomously across business partnering, coaching, strategic projects, and line management.
• Data and analytics skills to drive results-oriented people development solutions.

The benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary with annual review
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Up to 35 days holiday with buy/sell options
• Healthcare cashback plan up to GBP500/year
• 2% bonus scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Discounts on shops, cinemas, and more

We are committed to fostering talent and development within our organization. If you're passionate about this field, we'd love to hear from you.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to advance your career, click apply to be redirected to our careers site for more details and to apply directly. For support, our skills and employment team is available. Please note, we operate a PSL and do not accept cold agency calls.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. Our recruitment includes pre-employment checks, including DBS where applicable. Join us in contributing to a safeguarding culture, following policies and reporting concerns to protect our communities.