Future Talent Development Manager - 12 Month Maternity Cover

Taylor Wimpey plc

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all. 

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people. 

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job summary/Purpose

Our graduate and management trainee schemes are critical to the future success of the business. Taylor Wimpey’s award winning programmes have consistently produced and developed top talent at a senior level in the organisation. The Future Talent Development Manager is responsible for driving the continuous improvement of the future talent ‘lifecycle’ strategy. Embedding the development, performance management and the subsequent successful transition of future talent into the business. Driving diversity, enhancing processes, refining recruitment channels and ensuring the future talent strategy is successfully fulfilling talent gaps in the organisation are just some of the key challenges this role will face.

Primary Responsibilities

​​​Develop and implement a strategy for the successful line manager and divisional ownership of future talent 
​Lead and manage future talent gap analysis in conjunction with HR Business Partners 
​Review and enhance the development programme for management trainees and graduates  
​Design robust assessment process to ensure future talent is job ready  
​In conjunction with the HR Business Partners – bi-annually manage performance through a consistent competency framework 
​Own and continuously improve placement programmes ensuring they are fit for purpose and a feasible feeder pool for future talent programmes 
​Work closely with the Head of Talent and Resourcing to refine and embed the attraction and recruitment strategy for the graduate and management trainee programmes nationally.  
​Improve the businesses network of relationships with key universities, schools and colleges, ensuring the organisation has better opportunities to engage with high calibre individuals and increase TW brand presence aligned to EVP. 
​Manage the relationship with Schools Outreach external provider to provide an attractive strategy for local schools and colleges for the management trainee programme.  
​Analyse and report on best routes to market for all pipelines providing clear ROI and metrics – e.g. cost per hire, time to hire and media source success. 
​Management of External Training Providers: Oversee the management, negotiation, and performance of external providers, including both training and apprenticeship providers.  
​Manage TW’s Levy Account 
​Support the business with suitable entry talent pipelines that accommodate and complement UK education systems (English, Welsh and Scottish education systems). 
​Ensure that there is a focus on improving Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) entry talent pipelines and report progress using key metrics and data analysis seeking to ensure continuous improvements in this area. 
​Actively promote entry talent opportunities in conjunction with the social media team providing collateral ​ 

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

​​Experience and understanding of apprentice levy.
​​Previous ownership of high-volume national recruitment campaigns for future talent​.
Experience refining and owning development programmes for graduates or other future talent initiatives.
​​Proven experience building strategies to engage with schools and colleges for recruitment on a national basis​.
​​Previous role working in a matrix or decentralised structure​.
​​An understanding of the graduate learning cycle, with particular emphasis on enhancing the learning experience and encouraging the wider application of knowledge and skills.

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions.  We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.  Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.    

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey. 

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants: Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role