Talent Development Specialist - 12 month FTC

Support the FHL Talent Development Partner in the delivery of Talent Development activities. This includes supporting the annual year end performance management process and supporting the design and implementation of learning interventions, to enhance employee skills and performance through various instructional methods.

Additionally, this role is responsible for comprehensive program administration, including the management of study support requests, talent development mailbox, intranet site management and early careers administration.

Key task and responsibilities:

Talent Programs and processes

Support and maintenance of talent programmes and processes, for example, performance management and global mentoring programme; includes employee support and development/delivery of firmwide training and communication activities

Support thedesign and Implemention of Learning Interventions:

Develop and execute learning interventions to enhance Leader and employee skills and performance.

Utilize various instructional methods, including e-learning, facilitated workshops, and on-the-job training.

Develop success metrics and feedback mechanisms to support continuous improvement of programmes

Deliver face to face and virtual workshops and seminars.

Programme Administration

Talent Development mailbox management of FHL requests.

Invoice processing

Management of study support requests

Management of coaching arrangement administration

Management of UK Talent Development Intranet and Sharepoint site.

Management of early careers initiatives (apprenticeships and intern programme)

Management of RFP requests

Event management for face to face and virtual sessions

Monitor team trackers (e.g. coaching arrangements, mentor pairings)

Produce reports: (e.g. training completion, compliance reports, feedback reports and ad hoc reports), We understand that applicants may have different needs and expectations related to their working arrangements and are committed to a discussion on flexible working. Please raise these with your Recruitment contact to discuss what type of arrangements can work for you and the role for which you are applying.

Proven experience in learning and development, talent management or related role (A qualification in a related field is desirable)

Proven experience managing learning management systems

Demonstrated experience in designing and facilitating learning interventions (e.g. workshops, webinars, interactive meetings, curated content solutions)

Experience with learning administration and event coordination

Experience of process redesign and implementation of updated processes (Desirable to have direct experience of redesigning talent development processes)

Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity effectively

Candidate Profile:

The role will suit someone with a keen interest in Talent Management and Development approaches. This role comprises multiple challenges and demands and the role holder will need to deal efficiently with detail oriented administrative tasks, while also being able to contribute to design and development of new content and processes, resulting from the FHL/FHI integration.

The ability to provide excellent employee support, alongside proactive management, tracking, monitoring and controlling of Talent Development processes and projects, is essential.

You will have a team approach and strong passion for working with people. You will be highly organised and will work on your own initiative to ensure projects are delivered.

You will be highly competent and interested in the use of technology including AI, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MSTeams, MS Forms SharePoint and Learning Management Systems. Advanced knowledge of Office365 applications is desirable.

You will have experience in the delivery and facilitation of learning & development solutions and you will have the desire to grow your skillset, in this regard.

You will be highly competent in drafting project plans, reports and training materials and you will be effective in the proactive management of these tools to ensure they are impactful and appropriately maintained.

Diversity, Inclusion and Flexible Working

About Federated Hermes;

Federated Hermes, Inc. is a global leader in active, responsible investment management, with $907.1B AUM in assets under management, as of March,31st, 2026. We deliver investment solutions that help investors target a broad range of outcomes and provide equity, fixed income, alternative/private markets, multi asset, and liquidity management strategies to more than 11,000 institutions and intermediaries worldwide.

Our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks, and broker/dealers. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Federated Hermes has more than 2,000 employees in London, New York and offices worldwide. For more information, visit