Talent and Learning Consultant
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £34,233 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 413329/1 |
Summary
Can you build solid working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders?
Have you got excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for an experienced professional to work as part of the HR Talent and Learning team, providing a consultancy service to deliver agency wide talent, learning and capability growth priorities. You will drive and deliver a diverse range of talent and learning activities which will support the agency, ensuring we are growing our own talent to develop the right skills and capabilities for the future.
You will be responsible for delivering Agency wide initiatives such as Apprenticeships, Mandatory Learning, Talent programmes, Leadership Development, and Investors in People to close organisational wide gaps and deliver the People Plan objectives.
As a key role in HR, you will have the opportunity to build strong partnerships and relationships with every part of the Agency, and you will support the wider People Plan during our exciting time of change and transformation.
There is potential that this role will have line management responsibility.
It is essential that you have experience of working in a talent, learning and development environment, developing programmes and initiatives to close strategic business gaps. Understanding trends in the HR profession will be important to you, and with the drive and determination to deliver at pace.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:
- Providing a consultancy service to the organisation ensuring that they receive the most up to date advice and guidance to ensure all of their Talent and Learning needs are met.
- Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with Business Managers and Learning and Development co-coordinators as well as the HR Business Consultants and Partners and Strategic L&D Leads from across the organisation, to share best practice for Talent and Learning activity to include Apprenticeships, Work Placements, IiP, Leadership and Management development and Talent Management.
- Use various sources of information to identify business gaps relating to Talent and Learning needs, develop initiatives, rollout out/deliver/cascade and evaluate to consider continuous improvements.
- Ensure that the Agency’s learning and development solutions are continually evaluated and improved in line with business needs and targets, through research and best practice.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
Additional Information
Applications will be accepted from full time/part time/job sharers. Full time roles at DVLA consist of 37 hours per week. Part time and/or flexible working may also be available subject to the needs of the business. If you have a flexible or part time working requirement, you should contact the vacancy holder in advance of making an application to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your desired working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role. To contact the vacancy holder, please use the job contact details listed under ‘Contact point for applicants’.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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