Talent & Leadership Lead

6 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds Building Society Full time

Branch/Department:

- Human Resources**Location**:

- Head Office - Sovereign Street (Leeds)Contract Type:

- Permanent**Salary**:

- CompetitiveVacancy Working Pattern:

- Hybrid working model and flexible working patterns consideredHours per week:

- 35

**What do we offer you?**

We have a hybrid working model, where you can work 60% from home, with the rest of your time being flexibly based at our new, sustainable head office in Leeds city centre, just 5 minutes' walk from the train station.

We offer a generous rewards package including:

- A generous colleague bonus of up to 15%
- Matched pension contributions of up to 10%
- 30 days holiday, plus holiday purchase scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Development opportunities
- Volunteering days

Our friendly, supportive culture will help you be the best you can be — now and in the future.

**About the role**

This newly developed role will be responsible for the shaping and deployment of Talent Succession and Leadership Development across the Society. As we evolve our Colleague Strategy, we need to underpin the quality of leadership and strengthen our talent pipelines to increase our agility and creativity. This will involve enabling a high-performance culture through:

- Introducing robust talent assessment approaches to benchmark internal talent and identify gaps to close
- Building pragmatic talent succession plans and equipping leaders and HRBPs to manage progress against these and optimise opportunities
- Ensuring our talent programmes are targeted in the right place to meet the succession plan outcomes
- Clarifying leadership expectations and building capability against these
- Developing leaders' skills in attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talent

We're looking for a resourceful, tenacious person, who thrives whilst working at pace and can demonstrate experience in:

- Assessing talent and building action orientated succession plans to close the gaps
- Designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to build leadership capability
- Influencing and proactively managing senior stakeholders
- Leading and developing a team of L&D practitioners
- Working with data and insight to inform action
- Project and change management across multiple business areas
- Qualified coach and/or psychometric practitioner

**Why choose Leeds Building Society?**

Our business is centred around community, people and society. We are a truly Purpose-led organisation and we're embarking on an exciting period of transformation which is guided by our strong foundations and financial security. We love to give our colleagues the opportunity to thrive, encouraging them to take on challenges that meet the needs of our current and future members.

Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do and we're extremely proud of our three-star Best Companies accreditation in 2022. This is the highest rating and recognises our ‘world-class' levels of engagement.
- Leeds Building Society is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us._
- #LI-Hybrid_


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