Talent Manager
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,772 to £45,065 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National £38,772 - £39,621 Inner London £44,355 - £45,065 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 421661/5 |
Summary
The DWP Talent Centre of Expertise is an exciting, innovative and evolving team within People and Capability Group, providing the tools and opportunities for DWP colleagues to achieve their career aspirations and realise their potential.
Our focus is on “developing a strong and diverse talent pipeline, helping those within it to achieve their potential”.
You will be passionate about growing our leaders of the future. You will have the ability to build relationships quickly and engaging our key stakeholders will be key to success, alongside an ability to deliver at pace and manage multiple priorities and deadlines. There may be a line management responsibility attached to this role.
You will support DWP and the Transforming Talent Strategy through:
- Being an effective leader in the delivery of a wide range of innovative digital talent products ensuring milestones are reached and work is delivered to a high standard.
- Having a leading role in the management of the DWP Transforming Talent agenda proactively managing an ever-changing portfolio of work in the Talent Centre of Expertise.
- The development and delivery of presentations to a wide range of stakeholders and participants at Talent or departmental events on behalf of the team. Providing regular feedback to support continuous improvement on work outputs.
- Responding to queries from our stakeholders and customers ensuring a positive experience for DWP colleagues as we transform our approach to talent.
- Developing, understanding and utilising data from a variety of sources. You will be evidence driven through plans, to report and evaluate schemes to ensure progress against key milestones, drive continuous improvement activity and manage identified risks.
- Supporting production of talent dashboards, MI packs, presentations and briefings to senior boards as the team continues building on its great reputation.
- Delivering Centre of Expertise internal/external communications, engagement and continuous improvement activity by implementing a communication and engagement strategy and plan aligned to future talent requirements.
- Delivering Talent forecasts and scheme budgets, working across teams and with our finance partners identifying any financial actions required.
- Gathering information relating to internal and external best practice and work with other functions and professions to support the future of talent activity.
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