Talent Manager (12m FTC)

Job Introduction

It's not often that an opportunity to move into a role where so much personal and professional development comes up, that’s what makes this position so exciting! We’re looking to grow someone with amazing time management, organisation, relationship building, listening, networking and consultative skills into a Talent Manager.

You’ll have a varied and interesting workload that you’ll manage autonomously whilst working in close collaboration with the Head of Talent Management; from organising & hosting talent networking days to running talent calibrations and supporting our business with succession planning you’ll be constantly engaged, learning and developing your existing skillset.

We’re looking for someone who is driven to achieve goals, understands the importance of managing, supporting & challenging people when it comes to career goals and who can build relationships within our organisation as a credible advisor.

This position can be offered on a part time basis or with flexible working hours, we will discuss this during the interview process. The position is offered on a 12m FTC to cover maternity leave. Once it is safe to do so, this position may include some national travel.

Role Responsibility

• Drive internal mobility
• Support workforce planning for capability of business growth
• Improve agency spend through internal mobility
• Support talent identification, ensuring robust methods are in place
• Hold career coaching conversations, ensuring effective development plans are in place
• Deploy talent across the business, ensuring business demands are met, managing the succession pools
• Manage the relationship of internal stakeholders
• Stakeholder engagement and development
• Contribute to the future of the business by ensuring we are fit for purpose

A full job description can be located in the below attachment

The Ideal Candidate

What’s essential:

• Proven experience establishing credibility with stakeholders
• Personal Organisation - highly organised and disciplined in managing own workload
• Demand Management - must be planful & disciplined in engaging with the business to identify future needs and demonstrate value-add through developing a pipeline of talent.  This requires the ability to consult and plan as well thinking ahead.
• Skills and experience in process improvement - a proven ability to find leaner, more effective and efficient methods to implement in talent management to add value to the business
• Influencing and facilitation skills - able to relate effectively to a large and diverse community of managers, understand their needs and be flexible and responsive to them, yet at the same time resilient and assured in communicating best practice, applying expertise and following company policies and procedures

Where we can be flexible:

• Significant experience in talent management - who can demonstrate both a sound comprehension of what excellence looks like in the process, as well as a demonstrable track record of delivery
• Experience in a business partnering role, ideally on a national level, able to consult and gain buy in

Package Description

Up to £40,000 per annum

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process