Head of Talent Development & Organisational Design

Job Description

NORTH EAST (549) Permanent £79,592 - £91,787 35 days holiday + excellent benefits. Hybrid only 1-2 days per month in the officeOur client is a large public sector organisation, looking for someone with knowledge of best practice in People and OD theory with extensive experience of People Development including workforce planning, talent management, resourcing and innovative waysto recognise and reward great performance.You will also have real credibility at Board level, acting as the expert advisor to the CEO, Leadership Team as well as the Board, with responsibility for presenting highly complex reports and papers.You will be forward-thinking and commercially minded, implementing and developing strategies and solutions which are aligned with business strategy requirements now and into the future in order to ensure that the business meets its objectives and strategicgoals around People, Customer, and Social Value. You will lead on the development and implementation of all relevant strategies, policies and information systems.Workforce planning:

• Create and implement a workforce strategy connected to the business priorities
• Design and lead the workforce planning activity working closely with all areas of the business
• Analyse complex people data to understand the workforce to support future planning

Talent Development:

• Create and implement the talent development strategy
• Lead the development of skills for the future based upon workforce planning
• Review and transform the appraisal process to support meaningful annual appraisals including the procurement and management of a new online system
• Create fair, inclusive and consistent processes to allow wide talent to be identified and supported to access opportunities as they arise
• Lead the creation of development interventions designed to address the under-representation of specific equality groups within the workforce and leadership community
• Oversee the process to create meaningful data around different internal talent pools
• Lead the development of programmes including career pathways, designed to develop talent including working closely with partner organisations.
• Collect and use meaningful feedback from talent programmes to allow improvements and provide management information

Learning and Development:

• Create a learning and development strategy to support the development of talent and enable colleagues to be at their best
• Create learning and development programmes for the leadership community which support an inclusive, compassionate approach to leadership and which enable leading in a hybrid organisation
• Create a range of business-wide learning initiatives that enable individuals to constantly develop, adapt and grow in their roles
• Promote different kinds of learning methods and develop a culture of continuous professional development
• Create succession planning models across the key areas of the business supported by development programmes
• Understand the current and developing capability needs of the organisation and ensure plans are in place to address and deliver required capabilities
• Ensure the effective use of apprenticeships within the organisation and manage the associated levy budget
• Manage the learning and development budget

Organisational Development and Design:

• Lead the organisation ensuring a working environment and organisational design fit for the future in a post pandemic world
• Lead on the design of the organisation and work closely with key leaders to ensure a consistent approach to the shape and structure of the business
• Lead on the design of roles to ensure purposeful, effective jobs with clear outcomes and aligned with business objectives enabling colleagues to thrive at work
• Work closely with the Leadership Team and the People team to ensure a holistic approach to organisational change
• Providing organisational design to supporting the People Team and enabling changing ways of working

People Team Leadership:

• Provide leadership and direction for the team and the wider people team alongside the Head of HR and Head of Wellbeing and Inclusion
• Work closely with the people team to ensure a co-ordinated and connected approach to the people agenda
• As part of the People Senior Management Team, develop and interpret Workforce and Talent Development Strategies, leading on producing appropriate short- and long-term action plans through pro-active research, and best practice. Oversee their implementationto achieve the business aims, inputting into budgets planning and spending plans as appropriate
• Leading on communications to the Leadership Team, Board and stakeholder groups to report on relevant strategies and their progress; producing detailed and highly complex reports as well as developing and presenting papers as necessary to the Board and LeadershipTeam, addressing legislative and policy changes new initiatives and projects.

Experience

• Extensive experience in a senior people role within a large and complex organisation
• Significant experience working at a senior level in a large, complex organisation and an emotive environment including input to development of People strategies and intelligent use of workforce information to inform strategic and operational decisions
• Demonstrable record of success and achievement in creating a great place to work within a large and complex organisation
• Evidence of successfully leading significant change projects
• Experience in project management with proven ability to deliver projects on budget and on time with benefits realised
• Proven track record in managing and implementing business and culture change at a senior level
• Extensive experience of staff and budget management
• Significant experience of advising and working with leaders and senior managers on the above

Qualifications

• Chartered Membership of CIPD
• Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of on-going Continuing Professional Development

Keyskills :
Learning ManagementWorkforce PlanningTalent Management