Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic, capable and values-driven Talent Development Manager to join our newly established Talent Management, Leadership and Learning service. This is an exciting career progression opportunity for a highly skilled Band 6 who is ready to step into a Band 7 role and apply their talent development expertise in a senior level.
This new post sits at the heart of our People and Culture strategy and offers the opportunity to move beyond single-programme delivery. You will lead the design, coordination and delivery of a rich portfolio of inclusive talent development, CPD and coaching and mentoring programmes aligned to our organisation’s purpose and its Careers Promise to staff.
We are looking for someone who has a technical edge in talent development - confident in planning, delivering and evaluating talent development activity – and who is now ready to influence across services, professions and stakeholder groups. You will play a key role in building the foundations, frameworks and practical approaches that enable colleagues to thrive, progress and realise their potential.
Main duties of the job
As a senior professional within the People and Culture Directorate, you will work collaboratively across clinical, corporate and operational teams, acting as a trusted partner to managers and leaders.
You will apply your experience of talent development, leadership or learning delivery in a wider context, helping to embed consistent and high-quality approaches across the organisation.
Inclusion, equity and belonging will be central to everything you do. You will help translate inclusive talent principles into practical, operational solutions, with a clear focus on addressing barriers to progression and supporting greater representation at senior levels.
This role is ideal for someone who:
• Has built solid experience delivering talent, leadership or learning interventions
• Is confident managing programmes, stakeholders and competing priorities
• Enjoys designing and developing practical, scalable learning solutions
• Is ready to grow their influence beyond a single service or portfolio
If you are motivated by the opportunity to step up, broaden your impact and help shape a new service, and you are ready to apply your skills across a large and diverse NHS organisation, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the.
We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification
Essential criteria
1. Degree qualified to CIPD Level 7 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
2. Coaching qualification
3. Project management qualification or equivalent experience
EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
4. Significant experience in a senior role in the field of talent management, learning and development, including team leadership
5. Experience of working effectively with internal and external stakeholder groups at all levels including senior leadership teams
Desirable criteria
6. Commercial awareness and ability to demonstrate ROI & value added from talent management activity
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.