University of Brighton Academies Trust Hiring for Talent Manager at Brighton Full Time

Help us take the next steps on our talent management journey…

Are you passionate about recruiting and retaining the best talent to improve the life chances of our pupils? Are you an experienced HR professional with a successful track record in the development and implementation of talent management initiatives?

The support we offer staff to maintain their wellbeing is excellent and we want to match this with how we support professional development and career progression, to ensure we can recruit and retain the very best people.

As our Talent Manager, you will have an exciting opportunity to establish this crucial new role, supported by your small team. Our successful candidate will know exactly what best practice in talent management looks like, having had significant experience of working in an organisation development or learning and development role. You will also have had demonstrable success in leading multiple projects, be a strong collaborator and team player who enjoys working on their own initiative and have excellent communication skills.

This is a great time to join our fantastic, highly motivated, and friendly team as we take the next steps on our talent management journey, and to contribute to the Trust and ultimately to improving the life chances of our pupils.

This role will initially be based at home but will ‘hybrid’ and based at the Trust’s Brighton office (normally 1 day per week) once COVID measures are relaxed.

About the University of Brighton Academies Trust

The University of Brighton Academies Trust is the fifth largest multi-academy trust in the south east, with 15 infant, primary and secondary schools all graded by Ofsted as Good or Outstanding. We educate 7,700 children aged 3 months to 16 years and employ 1,200 staff across East and West Sussex.

Excellence, innovation and integrity are the values that guide us. We work collaboratively to help our pupils and everyone connected with our academies achieve excellence. By working together, sharing insights and best practice our schools support each other to improve. Read more about our vision and values.

The University of Brighton is our sponsor. We work closely with the University’s School of Education: in 2019 it was judged as Outstanding by Ofsted for all Initial Teacher Training and was awarded the Student Union’s school of the year.

Benefits we offer

We value our staff, investing in their training and development at all stages of their careers.

We place particular importance on providing opportunities for you to learn and grow, with a package that includes an annual personal development day, job-related apprenticeships to enhance your skillset, open access online training courses, and scholarships run in collaboration with the University of Brighton. And when the time is right for you to take the next step in your career, we can help you to find the right opportunity in one of our 15 schools.

The other benefits we offer including our generous public sector pension schemes and family friendly policies are designed to support you with work-life balance, wellbeing and the financial aspects of life.

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Find out more

Download the job description and person specification below for more information about this opportunity.

To arrange a visit or to have an informal discussion about this role please contact Anita Chown on [email protected]

To submit your application follow the ‘Apply for job’ link at the bottom of this page.

Key dates

Closing date: 3rd January 2022

Interview date: Week commencing 3rd January 2022

Proposed start date: ASAP

Our commitment

The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We welcome applications from all members of the community. The Trust is proud to be part of the government’s Disability Confident scheme which underpins our staff recruitment practices.