Strategic Talent & Leadership Architect

British Steel; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined contribution pension

27 personal annual leave days + bank H

Life Assurance

Sick pay scheme

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Standby and call-out payments

Family friendly benefits including mat

Job summary

British Steel is seeking a strategic Head of People Talent to lead how we identify, develop and progress talent across the business. You will shape leadership development, performance reviews, succession planning and development initiatives to strengthen our internal capability and leadership for the future.

You will partner with senior leaders to turn insights into practical actions, build an engaging induction, and develop our People Talent team.

Qualifications

• Significant experience across talent, leadership development, organisational development and/or a broad senior HR role.
• Strong experience of leadership development, performance, succession and talent management.
• A track record of turning organisational needs and people insight into effective action.
• The credibility to influence, challenge and work effectively with senior leaders.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect people activity directly to business priorities.
• Experience of leading and developing others.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Establishing and delivering British Steel's approach to leadership development, creating practical interventions that strengthen leadership capability and business performance.
• Owning and continually improving the performance review approach, tools and systems, including annual reviews and meaningful performance conversations, to strengthen individual and business outcomes.
• Leading succession and talent planning, identifying critical roles, capability risks and internal talent.
• Turning talent and succession insight into clear development and progression plans, with ownership and active follow-through.
• Creating meaningful development opportunities through coaching, mentoring, targeted learning, projects and stretch experiences.
• Owning and enhancing our business induction, providing an engaging introduction to British Steel, our operations, culture and expectations.
• Using data and insight to identify priorities, measure impact and improve outcomes.
• Leading and developing the People Talent team, while building strong relationships across HR and the wider business.

Skills

Leadership development

Talent management

Organisational development

Senior HR leadership

Communication & facilitation

Presentation skills

Education

CIPD Level 7 qualification

Job description

British Steel is seeking a strategic Head of People Talent to lead how we identify, develop and progress talent across the business. You will shape leadership development, performance reviews, succession planning and development initiatives to strengthen our internal capability and leadership for the future.

You will partner with senior leaders to turn insights into practical actions, build an engaging induction, and develop our People Talent team.