Talent Management Officer

Job Description

Job title: Talent Management Officer (Grade 6)

Location: Service Headquarters, Maidstone – mixture of office and home working – 3 days per week in office (with travel countywide, based on needs)

Hours: Full time – 37 Hours per week

Base salary: £36,616 – £40,798 per annum depending on experience

Pension: Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme – career average pension scheme with 17.5% employer contribution

Holidays: In addition to entitlement to bank/ public holidays you will receive 30 days holiday

Ref: VR1367 / 780

Total Reward value: £42,671.30 – £47,937.65 per annum

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

Being the Talent Management Officer

You will provide advice and support internally across all talent management activities. This includes contributing to the development and implementation of effective policies and procedures to support talent progression.

You will call upon your practitioner-level expertise and the application of both theoretical and procedural knowledge to facilitate the progression of internal talent across the organisation

What you’ll do

• Implement and administer Talent Management practices
• Manage and carry out all activities related to internal mobility through facilitating talent review practices to support talent pipelining, promotions and internal appointments
• Advise managers on following talent management processes and reinforce the importance of a developing and progressing talent from within KFRS.
• Support the delivery and facilitation of internal talent programmes, workshops, and co-facilitating the assessment centres
• Support the job evaluation process, to ensure correct procedures are followed and documentation is in place.
• Analyse and assess job roles to ensure accurate representation and fair evaluation in line with internal frameworks.

What you’ll bring

• Knowledge and practical application of job evaluation processes/ methodologies
• Comprehensive understanding of HR and employment legislation in relation to talent management
• Part of fully qualified CIPD OR
• A wide experience across all aspects of recruitment and relevant professional qualification

Additional benefits we’re offering

• Blue Light Card discount scheme
• A range of family friendly policies including promoting work-life balance
• Access to health and wellbeing services and advice
• Access to LinkedIn Learning online training
• Free parking
• Above all you’ll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community

How to apply

Please complete an online application and CV. We will ask you to complete an online application on our website after you have provided your CV and application via Indeed.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy upon receiving a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this role we recommend that you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £36,616.00-£40,798.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Maidstone ME15 6XB

Reference ID: VR1367 / 780