Talent Management Specialist
| Posting date: | 16 February 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2026 |
| Location: | Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3LU |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Guidant Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | VN5993_1771251739 |
Summary
Talent Management Specialist Luton & London | Permanent | Guidant Global
Join us as a Talent Management Specialist and become the driving force behind an exceptional experience for a 700‑strong contractor community. If you're energised by people, fast‑paced environments, and solving problems with empathy and confidence, this role puts you right at the heart of our high‑security government account.
What you'll be doing
In this role, you'll be the heartbeat of our contractor community - the first point of contact, the trusted guide, and the steady support during the entire contractor lifecycle. You will:
Contractor Engagement & Support
- Run the Customer/Hello Hub (onsite and offsite), logging, triaging, and tracking all contractor queries.
- Acknowledge and triage queries within SLAs (within 2 working days), providing updates every 14 working days until resolved.
- Own each case to resolution, partnering with SMEs and managing escalations with clarity and care.
- Conduct regular "keeping in touch" calls every 6 months to gather insight and maintain engagement.
- Deliver twice‑weekly check‑ins with pre‑starters during the 9-12‑month vetting period.
Data & Reporting
- Produce monthly and quarterly MI including query volumes, SLA performance, and trends.
- Support surveys, focus groups, and feedback loops to improve contractor experience.
Onboarding, Wellbeing & Community
- Support onboarding, offboarding, and ad‑hoc projects to enhance the contractor journey.
- Contribute to wellbeing initiatives and the wider culture across the account.
- Create content for monthly contractor updates and support community events.
Essential skills:
- Experience supporting contractor or contingent workforce populations.
- Background in a helpdesk or case management environment.
- Exposure to inflight or onboarding programmes.
- Strong data literacy for MI reporting and SLA tracking.
- Ability to operate within high‑security or DV‑cleared environments.
Where you'll work
- During vetting: primarily Luton, with travel to London.
- Post‑clearance: mainly London, plus regular Luton presence and occasional WFH.
Why you'll love it
You'll join a supportive, people‑first team with real progression opportunities - the previous post‑holder stepped up into a Recruitment Business Partner role. Structured onboarding, shadowing, and a collaborative culture ensure you'll be set up for success from day one.
We welcome applications from individuals requiring varying levels of flexibility, our supportive and highly experienced team will provide you with the full details of the role.
You are guaranteed an interview if you can demonstrate that you can meet the role requirements above and have a disability /long-term health condition - just tell us when applying for the role. Our interview guarantee also applies to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses applying. We also recognise the value people with previous convictions can bring to society and are proud to be a "Ban the Box" employer.
We genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team and we welcome people from all backgrounds, with different perspectives and experiences to work with us. We cannot, and will never discriminate against anyone based on, race, ethnicity, national origin, colour, sex, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, disability status, family or parental status, age, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity. At Guidant Global everyone has the freedom to give their opinion, build their career path and be part of a cooperative and supportive team. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process please do let us know. In your application please feel free to note which pronouns you use.
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