People Development Lead, London

About Us

CF is a leading consultancy dedicated to making a lasting impact on health and healthcare. We work with leaders and frontline teams to improve health, transform healthcare, embed life science innovation and boost growth through investment.

Our consultancy serves the entire healthcare sector, from healthcare systems and life sciences to health tech and sector suppliers. CF’s multi-disciplinary team provides end-to-end services, spanning strategy, finance, performance, organisational improvement, data and digital. We also create optimal policy conditions for healthcare advancements through evidence-based thought leadership, taking a proactive stance on key issues.

As an inclusive and values-driven organisation, we are committed to excellence and are honoured to have received multiple industry awards. With unmatched access to UK healthcare data and specialist data science expertise, our consultants are a driving force for delivering positive and meaningful change.

Role Summary

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will champion our People Strategy which supports the success of all of CF’s business practices. You will collaborate with the rest of the People Team to deliver an excellent employee experience across employee learning, performance and talent. As a People Development Lead at CF, you will own our performance and development frameworks so your scope and ability to make a difference will be huge.

We have developed our People Strategy, which is designed to support the delivery of CF’s company strategy, through ensuring we are an employer of choice within the sector and an ‘irresistible organisation’ for our employees. We have made an extensive commitment to staff development through an in-house development programme, supported with external inputs. This delivers 10 days of training per year to all staff, with additional time for specific groups (e.g. graduate analysts on induction). Training draws on the extensive skills and experience of the leadership team to deliver the programme, which has been accredited as a route for recipients to become Chartered Management Consultants. Spearheading and continuing to innovate our learning offering is a key responsibility of this role.

Responsibilities

• Establishing and managing performance management systems and processes that align individual OKRs with organisational objectives.
• Supporting leaders with career development processes, including coaching support, goal setting, 360 feedback, skill gap and development plans.
• Providing coaching and support to managers in addressing people and team challenges, performance issues and driving improvements.
• Own and develop career pathways and competency frameworks across the business.
• Build value-adding learning products and experiences to enhance team performance.
• Create user-friendly, efficient people processes that empower employees.
• Manage our secondment programme to create exciting opportunities for team members.
• Drive insight from our learning data to enhance engagement and accessibility.
• Identify learning and development needs through analyses for different cohorts across the organisation.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of internal and external development programmes.
• Manage our internal and external development programmes, ensuring relevancy and accreditation.
• Assist on budget management for L&D, including managing the apprenticeship levy.

Qualifications and Experience

We\’re looking for a collaborative, innovative and friendly Learning professional who enjoys rolling up their sleeves and jumping into the thick of the action; someone who is tech-savvy, results-oriented and loves delivering work to the highest standards.

Flexible Working

We operate a hybrid-working policy; corporate team members need to be physically together for a minimum of 4 days a week between core office hours of 10am-4pm. Travel to other CF offices in the UK may be required as and when established. In addition, for up to four weeks a year each member of staff can work entirely virtually.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all our people can excel. We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their skills and contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or other characteristics.

We are Disability Confident Accredited, and we want you to feel comfortable and able to perform at your best in the recruitment process; if you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year for staff and 30 days/year for leadership, increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days of holiday per year.
• We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like).
• Access to a flexible benefits programme.
• Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days.
• Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid.
• Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total of 12 weeks in any 12-month period.
• Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service.
• Enhanced family leave policies.
• Access to an interest-free loan of up to £10,000.
• Access to an interest-free season ticket loan.
• Workplace nursery scheme.
• An employee assistance and wellness program.
• Seasonal flu jabs provided annually.
• Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts.
• Ride to work scheme.
• Membership to the Health Service Journal (HSJ).

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