About the job

Job summary

Job Overview:

A key contributor to the design and delivery of frameworks, tools and processes to support our leaders and managers with talent assessment and development planning in order to maximise the potential of all staff across the organisation.

Evaluating emerging themes from these activities to identify and implement continual improvement.

Reports to Talent Development Lead.

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

HR Leadership Community

• Work together with HR colleagues to ensure that ‘One HR’ culture is role modelled and ensure that HR initiatives and proposed changes are prioritised, appropriate, well planned and well delivered

Talent Management

• Working closely with the Talent Development lead you will support the development, pilot and rollout of varied talent strategies to address specific needs, such as the design and delivery of a succession planning framework, and the creation of wider talent programmes across UKRI
• Create frameworks, protocols, guides and toolkits to support managers in talent assessment and in developing individual talent and capability
• Liaise with HR colleagues to ensure talent approaches are aligned with the wider HR agenda (e.g., careers, EDI, individual TNA and development planning) and embedded into ongoing HR processes

Performance Management

• Supporting the Performance lead as needed on key areas of the annual performance management cycle

People Management Support

• Work closely with colleagues in L&D, HR operations and HRBPs to ensure that line managers are trained, equipped and supported to utilise talent approaches in a high quality and consistent way. Ensure all changes to processes and ways of working are fully incorporated into other HR products, calendars and tools
• Provide specialist support, advice and consultancy to senior leadership as required, working closely with the HRBPs

Data Analysis & MI

• Deliver effective approaches to provide data, themes and issues from talent management and succession planning activities into organisational level planning
• Work with HR colleagues to shape solutions and systems to support approaches, and to gather appropriate MI to track delivery and performance of talent initiatives across the organisation (including equality impact assessments) 

Project Management

• Manage a range of talent management projects, ensuring that all initiatives are prioritised and delivered with impact and pace, following recognised portfolio, programme and project management methods

Person specification

Essential

• CIPD qualified or equivalent professional experience
• Knowledge and experience of successfully developing and implementing talent management and succession planning strategies in a complex organisational environment
• Experience of influencing development of approaches through horizon scanning, collaboration, innovating and pragmatically shaping evolving solutions
• Experience of driving diversity and inclusion throughout all talent management and development programmes
• Demonstrable collaboration skills, and experience of influencing stakeholders and decision makers
• Experience in using data and analytics to bring new insight and impact
• Strong communication skills (in writing, presentation etc) and able to communicate complex information concisely and clearly
• Demonstrable experience of managing and prioritising multiple project work streams and priorities

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,116, UK Research and Innovation contributes £11,641 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

1st interview including presentation

2nd interview to be confirmed

Interviews will either be conducted in person or via our video conferencing facility

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.