Head of Talent

**Head of Talent / L&D'**

**Midlands/ East of England - Home based (Travel as required across our geography)**

**Up to £56,705 plus car allowance**

**Permanent, Full Time**

Our people are at the forefront of delivering our ambitious vision and we’re looking for an experienced, inspirational, and strategically minded Head of Talent to join a forward-thinking organisation focused on high performance and being an employer of choice.

Our vision at Longhurst Group is clear; to improve lives. Intrinsic to this is an absolute commitment to be a high-performing and inclusive organisation that enables our people to be themselves and perform to their highest ability. To achieve this goal,we are now looking for an inspirational Head of Talent to shape our talent management, resourcing, learning, career, and leadership development across the Group.

This role will be pivotal in ensuring that quality people are at the heart of everything we do at Longhurst Group and have the skills, capabilities, and motivation to deliver exceptional results and levels of customer experience. Engaging with our SeniorLeadership team you’ll develop inclusive and fit for purpose workforce strategies that ensure we have the skills and talents we need now, and in the future, addressing existing and predicted labour shortages.

As we progress our digital journey and enhance our digital offering to our customers, you’ll play a key role in building the digital capabilities of our people to maximise the benefits of our investment.

You’ll be instrumental in the design and delivery of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy and approaches to build an inclusive and welcoming environment where colleagues can thrive.

A key part of our leadership team, you’ll lead a first-class learning and development and talent function that supports the needs of an ambitious organisation and, ultimately, supports our people to provide the best possible service to our customers.

**The Person**

An inspiring strategic leader with significant experience and expertise across all talent management and resourcing areas, you’ll be passionate about driving high levels of engagement and a culture of learning. Possessing strong analytical skills, you’llalso be adept at measuring the benefits and return on investment of learning approaches.

You’ll have knowledge and experience of leading equality, diversity and inclusion strategies that have supported the development of an inclusive organisational culture.

Highly-motivated, self-aware, with excellent communication and organisational skills, you’ll be proactive, enthusiastic and able to influence and inspire others.

You’ll have experience of leading a business focused, highly performing learning and development and talent function to deliver related strategies, policies and services that support the Group’s vision and strategic aims.

If you match the job description and person specifications and feel you could help us realise our vision and our ambitions, we’d love to hear from you.

**Our Offer**

Our offer has been created to underpin our two key pillars (health and wellbeing and economic resilience) and five core values: In it together, Heartfelt Service, Own it, Push the boundaries and Fun and Fair.

Demonstrating our strong investment in your health and wellbeing and economic resilience, we offer:

- A competitive 31 day annual leave plus bank holidays
- Pension Scheme
- Life Cover (as part of pension scheme membership)
- Membership of our Health Care Cash Plan including Employee Assistance programme
- Free Eye Tests
- Free flu vaccinations
- Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities.
- Professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role.
- Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave
- Long Service Awards
- Carers Networking Group and resources to support Unpaid Carers

If your CV shows that you have the right knowledge, skills and that you share our values, we'll invite you to meet one of our team. We can’t wait to meet you

**How to apply**

**Vetting Requirements**

The important things - Naturally working with our customers we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer).

**Equal Opportunities**

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, raceor ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.