Senior Future Skills Lead (12 Months FTC)
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract Full Time
Location Bradford, Chatham, Petersfield or London
Working Pattern: Hybrid—typically one day a week in the office. Flexible arrangements are considered to support work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.
The Role
As a Senior Future Skills Lead, you’ll play a key role in shaping Vanquis’s workforce for the future. Working within the People team and reporting to the Senior Manager, Leadership, Culture and Engagement, you’ll lead the development of strategies and learning solutions that build critical capabilities across the organisation, such as data literacy, digital fluency, and adaptive thinking. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and external partners to deliver blended learning programmes, leading and developing of future-focused skills and competencies that enable sustainable performance and growth alongside the apprenticeship strategy, early careers and talent frameworks. With a focus on performance measurement, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement, to ensure Vanquis stays skilled, agile, and future-ready.
As a Senior Future Skills Lead, you will:
* Lead the development of Vanquis’s future skills strategy by identifying emerging capability needs through skills gap analysis, workforce planning, and monitoring industry and technological trends.
* Design and deliver innovative, blended learning programmes focused on future-critical skills—such as data literacy, digital fluency, and adaptive thinking—by partnering with internal and external providers to meet diverse learning needs across the business.
* Collaborate with senior leaders, business managers, and People partners to align future skills development with strategic priorities and diagnose capability needs across the organisation.
* Build strong partnerships with training providers and industry bodies, lead internal campaigns to engage colleagues in their development, and act as a trusted advisor on future skills and workforce transformation.
* Establish and apply evaluation frameworks to measure the impact of future skills initiatives, using data and outcomes to refine learning programmes and inform strategic decisions.
* Lead the design and delivery of technical skills programmes, leadership development initiatives, and bespoke business learning aligned to career frameworks and talent strategies.
* Develop and facilitate content including competency frameworks, team interventions, webinars, and programmes that support Talent Acquisition and strategic business priorities.
* Lead the design and delivery of the organisation-wide apprenticeship strategy, ensuring alignment with business needs and embedding future skills into early careers and leadership pathways.
* Oversee apprenticeship levy management, provider performance, and programme reviews to ensure value for investment and compliance with service level agreements.
What We’re Looking For
* Demonstrates deep subject matter expertise in future skills strategy, technical capability development, and best practice learning solutions.
* Experienced in designing and delivering impactful L&D programmes, including competency frameworks and leadership development initiatives.
* Skilled in managing apprenticeship programmes, with a solid understanding of government schemes and levy optimisation.
* Proficient in leveraging learning technologies to enhance delivery and outcomes, with a continuous improvement mindset.
* Builds strong, credible relationships across all levels of the organisation, with excellent communication, emotional intelligence, and commercial awareness.
* Accredited in Insights Discovery, with the ability to apply behavioural insights to enhance team dynamics, leadership development, and personal growth is beneficial.
* Previous Experience of working in a regulated environment is highly beneficial.
Benefits
* Holidays: 25 days of annual leave (rising to 30 with service), and tailor your time off by buying or selling up to 5 extra days. Plus, with our flexible bank holiday policy, you can swap up to 4 days to celebrate what matters most to you—whether that’s skipping Easter or switching up your Christmas plans.
* Pension: We’ll boost your future with up to 10% employer contributions.
* Enhanced Leave: Enhanced maternity (post-probation) and 4 weeks paternity leave to paid neonatal and carers leave.
* Workations: Work abroad for up to 20 days a year in approved countries.
* Paid Birthday Leave: Take the day off and celebrate in style.
* Volunteering: 2 paid days a year to volunteer for a cause close to your heart.
* Learning & Development: Access to Learning for all colleagues.
* Financial Wellbeing: Stay on top of your finances with a free Snoop Premium subscription.
* Healthcare: Easy self-pay Denplan dental care scheme and option for Private Medical Insurance.
Equal Opportunities
Vanquis Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities. No matter your background, identity, or experience, you are welcome here. We believe diversity enriches our teams and helps us better support our customers.
If there’s anything we can do to support you during the recruitment process—whether that’s a different format of the application or additional assistance—please contact us at careers@vanquis.com.
Offers are subject to satisfactory background checks, including credit, fraud, and employment references.
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