Talent Development Lead

**Company Description**

Learning & Development Lead
- Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 per annum, plus benefits & bonus_

We're Together, proud to be a Financial Services success story based in South Manchester.

Lending year-in, year-out for over 45 years' we've grown into one of the finance industry's best-kept secrets.

We play our part to turn challenges into opportunities that make our customers' financial ambitions accessible. We understand that for our business to grow, our people must grow.

Due to changes within the business, we now have a requirement for a Learning & Development Lead to join our busy Talent & Development team, based from our office in Cheadle.

The L&D Lead will manage and oversee all learning and development activity ensuring this is reflective of our colleague experience agenda and our Purpose and Vision.

They will work with key stakeholders to create a strategy that drives a learning culture within the business and identify, shape and influence the colleague development agenda, utilising all aspects of the talent cycle to deliver targeted solutions.

Together is a business that is never standing-still and provides an exciting place to work for someone who likes to deliver to a high-standard and is comfortable with change.

Please note, the internal title for this role is Talent & Development Lead

Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver an agreed strategy for Talent Development across the Group and define the BAU plan that will deliver that strategy
- Undertake a true partnering approach to learning and development ensuring visibility and credibility throughout the business working with People Partners and Internal Comms
- Hold responsibility for new joiner on-boarding experience
- Develop relevant development activity to ensure People Managers and Leaders have the relevant skills to lead their teams effectively
- Oversee the Training & Competency framework and mandatory training activity, ensuring correct and timely MI is provided to the business and escalation processes are carried out efficiently
- Manage the group succession plan, which identifies critical business roles and any potential gaps in successors
- Act as lead for Talent Development related projects, identifying risks, managing interdependencies and working collaboratively with the wider People team and key business stakeholders.
- Work with Head of Colleague Experience on deliverables around Investors in People and Sunday Times 100.
- Managing a small team of professionals, with responsibility for team performance and development.
- Driving and managing performance through coaching, support and strategic goals.

**Qualifications**

Experience

Essential
- A strong background in learning and development, able to demonstrate learning and development
- Have experience of managing teams consisting of SME’s and multiple activities
- Experience of working with third parties ie, supplier management
- Understanding of mandatory training processes and importance, and able to use MI to effectively demonstrate group adherence
- Understanding of different learning styles and methods, design and delivery experience
- Have the ability to influence and manage multiple internal stakeholders
- Ability to communicate clearly and with impact both verbally and written.
- Experience of successfully managing projects, involving multiple stakeholders, from start to finish
- Experience of successfully influencing colleagues at all levels within an organisation
- Have a can do approach, showing resilience, creativity, imagination and a common sense and commercial approach
- Ability to respond well to competing priorities, be adaptable and flexible, in line with fast paced changes to business needs.

Desirable
- Experience of working in Financial Services
- CIPD qualified or relevant experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development

**Additional Information**

We offer a range of company benefits, including 25 days holiday which can be flexed up/down, pension, life assurance, critical illness cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, regular team/individual incentives, travel season ticket loans, Rideto Work scheme, free gym access and local bar/restaurant discounts.
Career development opportunities are excellent and where appropriate we offer sponsorship of relevant qualifications.