Talent Development Manager

Talent Development Manager - Cambridgeshire (PE19) Permanent or part-time

• Salary GBP60,000
• 25 days annual leave inclusive of up to 3 days December shut-down
• Buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Two pension schemes to choose from
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance + discounts for additional family members
• Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary
• Multiple Save schemes - Share Save scheme
• Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Continuous Professional development support
• Annual Wellness Allowance

MASS is on an ambitious journey of exponential growth, and our People team support this journey through the growth, support and retention of our highly skilled workforce. We strive to offer an inclusive and engaging employee experience for all. This includes enabling development opportunities for everyone, and is where you come in.

In this newly created role, you ll lead on a strategic approach to training and development; helping us to understand the existing skills the business, explore opportunities for both individuals and teams, and enable us to efficiently upskill and develop.

We ll support you with a flexible, hybrid working practice, with an understanding that there will be a proportion of this role that needs regular travel for in-person delivery and collaboration with teams who may be working in secure environments across the UK, or at our Head Office, in Cambridgeshire, where you ll be based. This is likely to be 2 days a week, but project-dependant.

How you ll support us

Learning and Development is not a new concept at MASS, but as our first dedicated Talent Development Manager, your first job will be to understand the function that you are inheriting from our People Operations team, who partner with their areas of the business and support the whole employee lifecycle. You ll then use your expertise in shaping how that function operates at scale.

We anticipate that you ll be an intrinsic part of our employee s career journey with us, right from their first day and Induction, to supporting each step of their progression.

From a business perspective, you ll be close to you ll manage the planning and delivery of all up-to-date training and development programmes, including owning our early careers programmes.

You ll get to know stakeholders from across the business at all levels and get to understand the services that each of our niche teams supply. This will help you in shaping how we support base-level knowledge needs and where we can take opportunities to develop new skills or update programmes to support the diversification of our services.

You ll also guide our leaders in skills including succession planning, management and leadership skills, including mentoring and coaching, and setting up individual learning plans. You ll own a healthy budget and be confident in producing quality materials to support a credible learning experience for whatever audience you re in front of.

The invaluable experience you ll bring, to help us achieve more

We re expecting that you ve been successful in a similar, stand-alone role before, so you can lean on your experiences to shape what will work well and what to avoid when setting up a new function.

You will have formal foundations to your own knowledge, so you ll hold an Associate CIPD Diploma (Level 5), ideally in Organisational Learning and Development, but at least in People Management.

We re sitting at just over 300 employees, but this is a growing number, so it s important that you know a broad spectrum of online and in-person learning solutions as well as the tracking, reporting and delivery infrastructure you will use to support that growth.

You ll be a confident presenter; as, although you will definitely be able to rely on third-party providers to support you, you will be expected to deliver to individuals and groups at all levels.

Our non-negotiables:

Due to the highly-secure nature of the projects we are involved with, you must be eligible to work in the UK and be eligible to undergo and maintain UK government SC Security Clearance.

Who is MASS?

MASS is an independent, global technology company, trusted by highly-secure organisations to provide advanced, digital services that manage data and keep information safe. With our heritage in defence, we offer robust solutions to sectors where security expertise is essential. We work in partnership with customers, using skilled, technical experts. We think innovatively to provide tailored, agile and resilient solutions that secure advantage, so you re ready for digital transformation.

MASS is an equal opportunities employer; we know that our people are smart, skilled and motivated and in return we provide a friendly workplace where everyone is valued and has the chance to make an impact.

Apply today to see how working for MASS could work for you!