Northumbria Police Hiring for Leadership and Talent Development Manager Job at Ponteland, England Full Time

Vacancy Type – Police Staff
Rank/Grade – Grade K
Location – Ponteland/Home Working
Hours – Full Time
Salary Range – £46,869 to £51,306

Ever wondered what it would be like to work for one of the biggest Police Forces in the UK? Exciting, challenging, thought-provoking and rewarding are just some of the ways we would describe it. And that’s not just the Police Officers. At Northumbria Police we’ve got 2000 staff making our community a safe place to live, work and visit. Fancy joining us?

Our People and Organisational Development team are proud to be part of a colleague’s journey with Northumbria Police. We help to shape their experience throughout their career lifecycle, whether that be through role design and job evaluation through to leadership and career development. We’ve got a fantastic opportunity to join us as a Leadership and Talent Development Manager.

This role will enable you to lead on the creation and implementation of innovative learning solutions, assessment frameworks and career development pathways. We’re always thinking about how we can support a culture of continuous learning and development, and we consider our people to be our best asset. You’ll oversee the design and delivery of our leadership and talent development programmes, whilst ensuring we are future-proofing our leadership capability for the future.

You’ll need to share the same values as us, as you’ll be embedding these in your day to day role, in addition to ensuring every colleague continues to deliver outstanding service to the public. This role is truly impactful, and you’ll be rewarded knowing that your contribution is making a significant difference to the careers of others, and therefore the people we are here to protect.

What will the role involve?

• Managing the development and delivery of our people assessment frameworks to ensure compliance and quality across the workforce.
• Leading promotion and succession planning pathways to ensure they are inclusive, engaging, and effective.
• Managing the design and delivery of the leadership development framework for all leaders, ensuring we have the right level of skills and behaviours, as well as access to leadership development opportunities.
• Ensuring our careers framework is fit for purpose and delivers a talented workforce via various career pathways.
• Leading the management of mentoring and coaching programmes to support colleagues and develop skills and knowledge.
• Evaluating the effectiveness and cost of all programmes to strengthen capability, increase readiness and address identified and forecasted talent gaps.
• Providing leadership to the Professional Development and Assessment, Leadership Development and Talent Development teams to support them in their everyday roles and individual development.

You’ll need the following essential skills and experience:

• Professional HR qualification (e.g. CIPD) or educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in this specialist area, HR or L&D.
• Experience of developing whole organisation leadership development interventions with tangible outcomes and impact.
• Experience of talent and career development approaches that support succession planning.
• Good knowledge of people assessment frameworks that assess individual performance, skills and behaviours as well as potential.
• Strategic thinking with a strong commitment to continuous people development and improvement.
• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects to successful outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver key messages and influence a range of stakeholders at all levels.
• Good business management and team leadership experience.

For more information find the role profile on our careers site.

In return for your dedication and experience, we offer 24 days’ leave, excluding bank holidays, increasing to 29 days for 5 years+ service. We support our people inside and out of work – offering a very competitive pension scheme and discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card. To take care of your physical and mental well-being, we’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service and access to gyms in some stations.

Vetting level:
Recruitment Vetting (RV) Applicants must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information and references.

All staff including those appointed on fixed term contracts must successfully complete their probationary period before they are eligible to apply for a Northumbria Police vacancy.
Northumbria Police are currently undertaking a role and reward project in respect of all police staff posts.

Northumbria Police fully supports a policy of equal opportunities and we welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Appointment are based on merits alone.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: £46,869.00-£51,306.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Store discounts
• Wellness programmes

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday