Talent Manager - South (Hybrid) - Permanent

This is a Hybrid working role with a requirement to attend our London Farringdon office, and other sites, with flexibility required in line with business needs.

We're currently innovating and transforming our parcel delivery business for the future, whilst continuing to provide sustainable solutions for our customers. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, and driven people.

The core purpose of the Talent Management team is to ensure we have the right people, in the right place at the right time. As an organisation of 140000 people going through transformation, we've got some really interesting work to do and complex problems to solve, and this role will be involved in programmes that will impact across the entire organisation.

Reporting into the Head of Talent Management, this role supports on the portfolio of projects aligned to the Talent agenda in line with the organisation's strategic direction, working in conjunction with the HR community to drive the delivery of key workstreams.

Naturally, if you are someone that has a good understanding of talent management in large organisations, then you are going to be able to apply your expertise. But more than that, if you are someone that is: curious, analytical, structured, collaborative and, most of all, someone that thrives when given the opportunity to solve complex challenges that make a real difference to both colleagues and business performance, then this really could be the role for you.

About the role
You will proactively support the Head of Talent Management, Director of Talent and broader business to deliver key projects and initiatives across the Talent portfolio, including, but not limited to, organisation wide talent reviews, succession planning, internal mobility initiatives including identification of career pathways, talent identification and assessment.

You will project manage the delivery of a range of talent workstreams whilst acting as subject matter expert, advising and supporting the business across key functions of Talent Management.

You will provide high quality, talent analytics and generate insights to inform and evaluate talent programmes as well as the overall talent management and broader people strategy, including supporting the production of Board level reporting.

You'll drive engagement and build strong working relationships with local HR business partners and senior leaders to embed a culture that supports internal mobility throughout the organisation.

You will assist with succession planning activities and link career paths and development activities (working closely with the recruitment team, learning academy and management and leadership development team) to succession planning to ensure we are maximising the potential of our people, providing fulfilling careers and establishing robust talent pipelines.,

• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.


• Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax.


• Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans


• Your peace of mind with - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner


• Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts


• Free stamps at Christmas


• Available only to perm employees


Your career in safe hands

At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.

We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don't, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.

An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.


• Experience in HR or Talent, delivering a range of talent focussed activities, in particular that support internal mobility, talent reviews, career pathways, assessment and succession planning (knowledge of, rather than experience in, all of these areas is required, development will be provided in areas of less experience).


• Experience with large, complex matrix organisations, either coming from working 'inhouse' or as a consultant


• Experience delivering projects focused on change or implementing new initiatives


Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail


• Strong project management skills


• Excellent data and analytics skills with the ability to present insights in a meaningful way that drive decision making


• Ability to work at pace, connect the dots and be a self-starter
  
  Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean 'your' interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.


Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Starting salary £45,043, increasing to £48,680 after 12 months
Annual bonus potential, company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates, generous annual leave offering of 25 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 27.5 days after 10 years service
Permanent, Full time