Senior Talent & Development Partner (12 month FTC)

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More about your role

We are recruiting for a Strategic, Senior Talent and Development Partner to support our Places Leisure business as a Centre of Excellence.

To be successful in this role, 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 within Places Leisure. Support managers to develop their teams, leading on personal, professional, technical, and career development.
• Ensure our workforce has the right skills, in the right place at the right time, both now and in the future. Support management in building a customer service-based workforce and culture.
• Work closely with various People departments and centres of excellence to ensure alignment and integration of people processes.

Essential Criteria:

• Proven experience in a partnering role to deliver talent, development, learning, leadership, organisational design, or HR as a centre of excellence.
• Experience in creating and designing engaging and inclusive training material to develop people and leadership capabilities.
• Ability to coach and facilitate learning for senior stakeholders.
• Experience in delivering high-impact strategic projects that show impact against KPIs and ROI.
• Strong leadership and line management experience to lead a team of three.
• Ability to work autonomously while managing business partnering, coaching, strategic projects, and line management.
• Ability to use data and analytics to drive results-oriented people development solutions.

The benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including a competitive salary with yearly reviews, pension contributions up to 7%, an excellent holiday allowance of up to 35 days (plus options to buy or sell leave), cashback for healthcare costs, a 2% bonus scheme, training and development opportunities, and various discounts and perks.

We are committed to creating a supportive and dynamic environment where talent can thrive and grow. If you're passionate about talent development and have the skills to make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to take the next step, click apply to be redirected to our careers site for more details and to apply directly.

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