Talent Development Specialist

Job Title:  Talent Development Specialist – Central Support   

Location: Hybrid with weekly travel into our Bradford office

Salary: up to £34,000 plus excellent benefits 

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5

Are you looking for a key role where you support personal, professional and apprentice development?

Are you passionate about developing internal talent and succession planning?

Are you looking for a hugely rewarding opportunity where you will add value and truly make a difference?

If the answers are yes, we would really love to hear from you!

What you’ll be doing:

It’s a really exciting time to come and join us here at  Anchor! 

As a key part of our Leadership and Talent Team, you will work closely with the HR Business Partner and other internal stakeholders to map talent, develop succession planning and ensure that clear career pathways and development opportunities are in place to support Anchors Central Support Teams.

It’s all about being fit for the future so keeping up to date with sector changes and talent best practice is key for this role! You will be supporting and mentoring key stakeholders with developing their teams to meet the needs of the people plan and our customers. You will also ensure evaluation and impact are front and centre, enabling you to continually feed into improving our effectiveness and contribution.  

As well as developing and promoting, you will be continually reviewing career pathways and opportunities within the central support area of the business. You will also be responsible for identifying and supporting talent from underrepresented groups.

As the Talent Development Specialist, you will attend events and represent Anchor as an employer of choice.

About you

To be successful in this role:

• You will already have significant experience of working within an L&D or OD function and have good working knowledge and understanding of professional qualifications.
• You naturally adopt a consultative approach with stakeholders, and are an experienced coach.
• You will have excellent stakeholder management at all levels, along with exceptional communication skills.  
• You will have a broad knowledge of talent management and succession planning.  Solid knowledge of performance management best practice is also required.
• Preferably you will have CIPD level 5
• Along with the ability to use date and information to support the central support area of the business, we are looking for you to have a good working knowledge of IT systems.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated rewards website  

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.  

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members.  We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.