Talent Consultant in England

We have an opportunity to join our Talent Management team as Talent Consultant. This role will play a key role in shaping how we identify, develop and move talent across Nationwide. You’ll help deliver inclusive, data-led talent activity that strengthens succession pipelines, supports internal mobility and enables colleagues to grow their careers in line with the needs of the organisation.

The Talent Management team sits as part of Talent Management & Inclusion in the People Function. We’re responsible for providing inclusive talent management for all career stages enabling those at entry level, right through to those at a senior leadership level, the opportunity to reach their potential. We’re helping the organisation to build a future-ready workforce by creating the processes, insight and interventions that support talent identification, succession planning, career development and inclusive internal mobility.

As a Talent Consultant, you’ll support the delivery of talent and succession management activity. You’ll combine strong HR understanding, stakeholder engagement, data analysis and practical delivery skills to help shape and improve talent processes, deliver career development interventions that create value for colleagues and support the Executive Resourcing team in senior attraction and hiring activity.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 28 and 35 hours. At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at our Swindon office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process. If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.

The extras you’ll get:

• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death
• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

You’ll support the delivery and continuous improvement of inclusive talent management activity, helping to coordinate priorities, milestones, actions, dependencies and risks. This will include contributing to talent reviews, succession planning and targeted interventions that strengthen diverse internal talent pipelines.

You’ll also use talent data and insight to identify themes, inform decisions and improve processes, while helping to design and deliver career development propositions that support colleague growth and internal mobility. Working collaboratively with colleagues across People and the wider business, you’ll support effective delivery, identify issues early and elevate where decisions or trade-offs are needed.

You’ll also work closely with the Executive Resourcing team, supporting senior attraction and hiring activity by helping to coordinate key recruitment processes, prepare high-quality materials and ensure stakeholders have the information they need to support effective decision-making.

About you:

• We’re looking for someone with a strong grounding in HR; you’ll be comfortable working with people data, at pace whilst managing multiple priorities and engaging stakeholders with clear, practical communication.
• Experience working in HR, People or Talent, with an understanding of talent management, succession planning and internal mobility, and how these processes help build diverse talent pipelines and strengthen organisational capability.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, dependencies and stakeholder inputs.
• Confidence using data and insight to identify themes, highlight issues and support evidence-based recommendations.
• Clear and professional communication skills, with the ability to engage colleagues and stakeholders in a confident, structured way.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to produce accurate, well-structured outputs and quality check information.
• A proactive, collaborative approach, with curiosity to research, learn and bring fresh thinking to talent processes and initiatives demonstrating continuous improvement.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new systems, processes, tools and ways of working.

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind.
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand.
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development.
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The hiring manager for this role is Rachael Williamson, and the main recruitment contact is Kris Mason.