Talent Development Partner

Talent Development Partner

Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.
Stockport
Permanent & Full Time (36.25 hours per week)
Mainly site based with 1-day remote and ad hoc travel required to other sites in Greater Manchester
£37,500 – £41,000 plus exceptional benefits package, including 48 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory holidays) and 20%+ employer pension contributions
I’m delighted to have exclusively partnered with a well-established and growing not-for-profit organisation as they look to appoint an experienced HR professional.
Reporting directly into the Talent Attraction & Development Manager, this newly created opportunity is part of a recent organisation wide HR transformation project and is a testimony to my client’s passion to create a vibrant, inclusive, and people-first organisation.
As Talent Development Partner, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and overseeing talent and development programs to enhance skills, improve team and individual performance, and foster career growth.
Key responsibilities of the Talent Development Partner:
* Oversee the management of talent initiatives, including the development and execution of leadership development programmes.
* Ensure adherence to mandatory training as part of my client’s compliance obligations, in addition to developmental training.
* Provide a business partnership service for all departments to ensure People and Culture best practice processes are embedded.
* Partner with managers to implement workforce and job design, talent and succession strategies to build a workforce required for the delivery of strategic goals.
* Champion and role model the use of workforce data analytics to support and drive decisions.
* Collaborate with the Talent Attraction and Development Manager to map career families and pathways for the deployment of Career Pathway initiatives.
* Lead the role for Apprenticeships, including planning growth, optimising funding available, and providing meaningful apprenticeships that support future needs and benefit individuals\’ careers.
Key requirements for the Talent Development Partner:
* You will be an experienced HR and or Learning & Development professional with strong knowledge and experience managing learning and development activities, redesigning performance management processes and systems, and implementing LMS or online Career Pathway systems.
* You will have experience partnering with senior managers to identify workforce design, skills and capabilities, and driving meaningful talent and succession initiatives.
* Ideally you will have previously worked for a complex and highly regulated not-for-profit organisation whose strong values are at the heart of everything they do.
* You will be fully CIPD qualified or part-qualified, however, experience is key for this role.
* Knowledge of Safer Recruitment initiatives would be advantageous but it’s not essential.
* You will pride yourself on being a ‘do-er’ with strong intellect and strategic thinker who enjoys rolling your sleeves up.
* You will be highly data driven, with the ability to organise and analyse organisational workforce data, translate data into insights, and present and facilitate sessions with leadership teams.
* You should be innovative, committed to personal development, and love to work collaboratively.
If you are interested in this Talent Development Partner position and feel your experience matches the criteria, please apply now for immediate consideration or for more information please contact Mark Croston.
Medlock Partners are a professional services recruitment specialist operating across the North West of England. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances, including minorities and those with disabilities. Please note our advertisements use years\’ experience and salary levels purely as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion