Workforce & Talent Lead

UK Sport; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A national sports organization in the UK is seeking a Workforce & Talent Lead to drive recruitment in high-performance roles. The role involves leading recruitment strategy, managing a talent team, and ensuring collaboration for an excellent candidate experience. Candidates should be strategic thinkers with expertise in talent identification and people management. The position offers a competitive salary with opportunities for remote working and collaboration across the high-performance system.

Qualifications

• Experience leading recruitment strategies for high-performance roles.
• Ability to develop talent tracking systems and dashboards.
• Expertise in mapping career pathways and delivering growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment strategy for high-performance roles.
• Build and manage talent tracking systems.
• Inspire and lead a team of analysts and advisors.
• Map career pathways and collaborate with learning teams.
• Drive succession planning and champion culture.
• Engage stakeholders to align initiatives.

Skills

Strategic thinking

People management

Talent identification

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Organisation UK Sport Salary Grade 7 - £74,900 Location Loughborough, London or Manchester based, with regular remote working. Contract type Permanent (Full time) Closing date 6 January 2026 Job Description As Workforce & Talent Lead, you’ll shape the future of British high-performance sport by building a world-class recruitment advisory function. Your goal? Give the UK a competitive edge by attracting, developing, and retaining the best people, and making tough calls when needed.

You’ll provide expertise to enable best in class recruitment to critical roles across the high performance system : Chairs, CEOs, Performance Directors, Head of Performance Services, key practitioners, and performance coaches. You’ll also manage the Talent Team, setting them up for success and ensuring they deliver an exceptional contribution to the high performance system.

This is a role for a strategic thinker and a people expert — an individual who can identify and test for potential, challenge the status quo, and create pathways for future leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment strategy for high-performance roles, using modern, inclusive methods to find high potential talent and high performers.
• Build and manage talent tracking systems, creating dashboards and reports to support succession planning and workforce diversity.
• Inspire and lead a team of analysts and advisors, ensuring collaboration and a great end to end candidate experience.
• Map career pathways and work with learning and development teams to deliver tailored growth opportunities.
• Drive succession planning, identifying future potential and shaping development plans.
• Champion culture, partnering with the Culture Lead to embed values in recruitment.
• Engage stakeholders across the system to align recruitment, development, and cultural initiatives.

A full role overview is available in the Job Description.