Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a competency development strategy aligned with business goals and market demands.
- Identify skills gaps and emerging trends to ensure the team is future ready.
- Lead the annual team development plan, including training, upskilling, and reskilling initiatives.
- Collaborate with sales and delivery teams to align competency development with business opportunities.
- Build a recruitment strategy in close collaboration with sales and delivery to support the growth of the company.
- Execute the recruitment plan for the team, leading interviews and consultant assessments to build a high-quality pipeline of new recruits, in collaboration with our recruitment team.
- Build and maintain a steady pipeline of consultants and proactively recruit top talent in advance to meet future business needs.
- Monitor and optimise team utilisation, balancing bench strength with project demands.
- Support professional growth through coaching, feedback, and career development plans.
- Identify and address training needs to enhance team performance.
- Maintain an up-to-date skills matrix for visibility into team capabilities.
- Work with finance and operations to align budgeting and workforce planning.
- Support the development and promotion of service offerings based on team capabilities.
- Act as an escalation point for consultant assignments and professional/personal issues.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture with a focus on knowledge sharing and mentoring.
- Ensure compliance with HR policies and guidelines.
- Promote wellbeing and support absence management.
- Monitor consultant performance and satisfaction, driving continuous improvement.
- Foster a positive and collaborative team culture.
- Encourage knowledge sharing through mentoring and training, while also supporting career planning and professional development.
- Maintain regular engagement with consultants to support their satisfaction and ensure everyone stays informed and aligned.
- Promote wellbeing and provide support with absence management.
- Ensure compliance with HR policies and guidelines.
- Monitor and track consultant performance to support continuous improvement.
- Promote diversity and inclusion.
Requirements
- Security Clearance
Additional Information
- This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.
