Senior Talent Development Partner - 12 month FTC - Maternity cover

Senior Talent Development Partner - 12 month FTC - Maternity cover

Hybrid - minimum 2 days on site in London, Tower Bridge HQ

Do the best work of your life!

Houseful is home to trusted brands Zoopla, Alto, Hometrack, Calcasa, Mojo and Prime location.  Together were creating the connections that power better property decisions, by unlocking the combined strength of software, data and insight.

We make moves with head and heart to achieve our big ambitions, and to drive progress in the property market.  There’s never been a better time to join us

We are looking for an interim Senior Talent Development Partner (Maternity Cover) to partner with the Head of Talent Development and the business to lead our Talent Development agenda - managing and delivering initiatives to continually improve capability across all levels of our organisation and drive a healthy high performing culture at Houseful. 

You will report into the Head of Talent Development, and together you will be responsible for delivering a range of stretching, leadership, management, individual, and team development programmes and initiatives. An expert in your field, you will play a pivotal part in turning Houseful’s ambitious growth plans into a reality. 

Key responsibilities 

• Work with the Head of Talent Development and with stakeholders at all levels to have a deep understanding of our strategic priorities, ensuring our Talent Development offering is focused on the skills and behaviours our people need to drive commercial success
• Hold strong relationships with stakeholders across the business - partnering closely with our Business Partners, Comms and Engagement team and People Managers/Leaders, evolving our Talent Development offering where needed to continually ensure the business meets its ambitious commercial objectives  
• Play a pivotal role in ensuring we are driving and enabling a culture of healthy high performance across the business - helping managers to set clear expectations around performance and ensuring our people are working on the most impactful priorities 
• In partnership with the Head of Talent Development,  lead the design, delivery and evaluation of our Talent Development Programmes.  With sole responsibility for the People Manager Development Programme and Aspiring Leaders Programme (including design, delivery, mentoring and coaching)
• Continue to strengthen capability, mindset and behaviours across our People Manager population, to boost our succession bench, retain and develop our talent, and to drive a culture of healthy high performance, psychological safety, accountability and collaboration across our business

• To partner with the Head of Talent Development on managing the Talent Development budget, maintaining an emphasis on internal delivery with the strategic use of external partners
• Continue to lead the digital learning offering across the business which supports all of the above, including LXP management, external stakeholder management and an understanding of where to maximise effort vs impact in this space

Essential skills 

• A flexible facilitator who is able to regularly design and deliver what the business needs. A range of stretching, leadership, management, individual, and team development programmes and initiatives
• A Senior Talent Development expert, with a track record of working in a demanding, fast-paced nimble environment 
• Evidence of highly-developed commercial acumen, and an ability to engage and link Talent Development to the business agenda
• Proven stakeholder management, relationship and influencing skills to engage stakeholders at all levels 
• Strong strategic mindset, with the ability to balance strategic and operational capability, always putting what is right for the business first 
• Strong design and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage with all levels of the business
• Experience managing a Learning Experience Platform (LXP) 
• Ideally, exposure and/or experience of being directly involved with talent management initiatives 
• Ideally, exposure and/or experience of coaching and mentoring would be advantageous 

• Ideally, qualified and accredited in a range of psychometric tools (particularly Insights Discovery) would be advantageous

Personal characteristics

• A charismatic, empathetic and accessible personality, with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates a curious coaching, listening and questioning style 
• Confident design and delivery skills 
• Strong commercial nous, a sense of pragmatism and a team-based approach to reflect the way the Houseful People Team operates 
• To be comfortable with change and working in a nimble environment, ready and comfortable to flex and adapt style where needed 
• The necessary gravitas, interpersonal skills and commercial insight to challenge and influence at all levels 
• Strategically able, but agile and pragmatic with a strong delivery mentality
• Confident and diplomatic, with first class influencing skills and strong relationship management capability
• Highly motivated and resilient, with the ability to win people’s trust and confidence
• Autonomous and accountable, as well as a collaborative and empowering team player
• High levels of energy combined with a low ego, high levels of EQ and a sense of fun!

Benefits

• Everyday Flex - greater flexibility over where and when you work
• 25 days annual leave + extra days for years of service
• Day off for volunteering & Digital detox day
• Festive Closure - business closed for period between Christmas and New Year
• Cycle to work and electric car schemes
• Free Calm App membership
• Enhanced Parental leave
• Fertility Treatment Financial Support
• Group Income Protection and private medical insurance
• Gym on-site in London
• 7.5% pension contribution by the company
• Discretionary annual bonus up to 10% of base salary
• Talent referral bonus up to £5K