Talent & Development Partner

The-Very-Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working model

Inclusive culture and environment

£1,000 flexible benefits allowance

30 days holiday + bank holidays

LinkedIn learning access

Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

Matched pension up to 6%

Job summary

The Very Group is seeking a Talent & Development Partner to shape and deliver our talent, learning and organisational development agenda. You’ll work with leaders across the business to identify capability needs and drive development solutions that support both our people and strategy.

This role blends commercial thinking with people development and offers a flexible, hybrid working model with impactful programmes across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experienced Talent, Learning & Development or Organisational Development professional.
• Experience designing and delivering impactful development solutions.
• Excellent facilitation and coaching skills.
• Confident to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Commercially minded and able to align people initiatives to business outcomes.
• Curiosity, creativity and a passion for continuous improvement.
• Experience using AI and digital tools to enhance learning and productivity.
• Genuine commitment to helping people realise their potential.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to identify development and organisational needs.
• Design and deliver talent, learning and organisational development initiatives.
• Drive leadership, succession and talent management activity across the business.
• Coach leaders and colleagues to build capability and performance.
• Facilitate engaging workshops, programmes and leadership discussions.
• Bring external insight, innovation and best practice into our Talent & Development approach.
• Use data and feedback to continuously improve the impact of our programmes.
• Build strong relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Skills

Facilitation

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Learning design

Tools

AI tools

Job description

About us

We’re the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the role

At Very, we believe great people create great experiences.That'swhy our Talent & Development team plays suchan important rolein helping our people grow,developand perform at their best.

We'relooking for a Talent & Development Partner to help shape and deliver our talent, learning and organisational development agenda. Working closely with leaders across the business,you'llidentifycapability needs, build developmentsolutionsand drive initiatives that support both our people and our strategy.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who enjoys combining commercial thinking with people development and wants to make a visible impact across the organisation.

What you'll be doing:

• Partnering with leaders toidentifydevelopment and organisational needs.

• Designing and delivering talent,learningand organisational development initiatives.

• Driving leadership,successionand talent management activity across the business.

• Coaching leaders and colleagues to build capability and performance.

• Facilitating engaging workshops,programmesand leadership discussions.

• Bringing external insight,innovationand best practice into our Talent & Development approach.

• Using data and feedback to continuously improve the impact of our programmes.

• Building strong relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels.

About you

You'llbe an experienced Talent, Learning & Development or Organisational Development professional who thrives in a fast-paced, commercial environment.

You'llalso bring:

• Experience designing and delivering impactful development solutions.

• Excellent facilitation and coaching skills.

• The confidence to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

• A commercially minded approach and the ability to align people initiatives to business outcomes.

• Curiosity,creativityand a passion for continuous improvement.

• Experience using AI and digital tools to enhance learning and productivity.

• A genuine commitment to helping people realise their potential.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model

• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews

• £1,000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays

• LinkedIn learning access

• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%

• More benefits can be found on our career site

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.

Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities

We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via [e-mail]. We’ll be happy to support you.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.