People development manager

Are you an experienced People Development Manager with the ability to work in West Berkshire, 2-days per week?

I am working with one of the UK's most important national security organisations on a 12-month People Development Manager role paying £500 per day (inside IR35). They play a critical role in supporting the UK's nuclear deterrent and is investing significantly in its people, capability, and future workforce.

They are looking to recruit an experienced People Development Manager to lead capability, learning, and career development initiatives across Project, Programme & Portfolio Management (P3M) community.

The office is located in the heart of West Berkshire, where employees go into the office 2-days per week. There is parking on site for all employees to use.

Working within the Enterprise PMO (ePMO), you'll help build a high-performing P3M profession by developing career pathways, strengthening capability frameworks, and delivering learning and development programmes that support both current and future talent.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

• Leading Professional Development, Future Careers, and Learning & Training workstreams
• Developing competency frameworks and promote professional standards across the P3M community
• Expanding mentoring, coaching, and professional membership programmes
• Designing and enhance career pathways, including Graduate, Apprentice, Undergraduate, and Trainee schemes
• Building and manage learning and development frameworks
• Engaging stakeholders to identify capability needs and priorities
• Collaborating with industry bodies and partners to drive best practice
• Leading and develop a team to deliver strategic people development objectives
• Using data and insights to identify future capability requirements and drive continuous improvement

My client is looking for a proactive and experienced people development professional with a strong background in learning, capability, talent, or workforce development. You'll be an effective stakeholder manager, confident in building relationships and influencing at all levels, with a proven track record of leading teams and delivering multiple initiatives simultaneously. A continuous improvement mindset is essential, along with the ability to drive meaningful change and enhance organisational capability. Experience working within a P3M, project delivery, engineering, defence, or other complex, highly regulated environment would be highly advantageous.

Due to the nature of the organisations work, all candidates must be British Citizens and eligible for SC or DV clearance with UK residency of 5 years (SC) or 10 years (DV)

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the future capability of a nationally important organisation while making a lasting impact on the development of its people and professional community.

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