Talent Coordinator

Salary: £ 35,523

Closing date: Thursday, 23 May 2024

Contract type: Permanent

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.

We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

We are looking for a Talent Coordinator to join our team.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

You will play a crucial role working with the Talent Team within People reporting to the Associate Director, Talent.

Our team is responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing colleagues with the capabilities (skills, knowledge and behaviours) that Wellcome need to deliver our strategy and achieve our mission, now and in the future. We play a critical part in delivering on Wellcome's EDI (equity , Diversity and Inclusion) commitments and shaping a culture that supports our organisational values.

What will I be doing?

You will work towards our Talent agenda by leading the coordination and administration of all Talent programmes, projects, Talent Acquisition and business as usual (BAU) activities that supports the wider People framework.

As a Talent Coordinator, you will:

• Plan, coordinate and manage the Learning & Development programmes administrative related tasks, maintain our intranet and SharePoint Talent sites

• Support the delivery of annual Talent cycles, to include performance, talent reviews and succession planning and support the development and ongoing administration of Talent dashboard (KPIs, SLA's).

• Be responsible for administration and coordination of Talent processes and programmes (i.e. coaching engagements and psychometric administration) and liaise with Talent partners and providers to include management of service delivery, procurement admin, contract renewals and invoicing.

• Supporting the Talent Acquisition Team with interview scheduling, ensuring reasonable adjustments requests are in place

• Monitoring the Jobs inbox through triaging queries and allocating to the relevant Talent Acquisition Specialist

• Working with other Team Coordinators, including Executive Leadership Team and Board of Governors' admin, to ensure effective communication of relevant talent acquisition and development activities.

• Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments.

Is this job for me?

Our team is seeking an individual with strong organisational skills, keen attention to detail and excellent time management skills. You'll be part of a supportive team who enjoy working hard to continuously improve candidates' and employees' experience.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Proven administration experience in learning and development, performance and/or recruitment

• Experience with learning, performance and talent platforms and systems (preferably Workday).

• Working knowledge of learning, performance and talent processes.

• Demonstrated project management experience.

• Proven ability to manage external partnerships and supplier relationships.

• Experience in managing, tracking and reporting on budgets and IT literate, including MS office and database skills.

To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application

Interview dates: 6 and 10 of June

You can view the full job description on our website

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days working either remotely or in the office.

From 1st September 2024 we will move to 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at .

Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any 'unspent' criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The criminal record check with not show anything that is 'spent'.

For further guidance on disclosure of criminal records please see this UK Government Guidance. You can view our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders here. You can view our Privacy Statement here.