Head of Talent Acquisition & Development
This is a Permanent, vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
A member of Global Solutions HRLT, the Head of Talent Acquisition (TA) & Development is responsible for managing the Global Solutions TA team as well as leading the Global Solutions Learning & Development/Development agenda. The TA team is accountable for all permanent hiring, and internal hires, across Global Solutions. The TA team are based across multiple geographies and will be responsible for TA in all countries where Global Solutions has a presence; US, Canada & UK and smaller sites in up c.15 additional countries. There are pockets of L&D/activity within Global Solutions, this role will align the business unit in one strategy to support Development from talent pipeline through to career progression and succession planning.
The TA & Development lead needs to combine the ability to think strategically with a hands on approach, execute quickly with an inclusive mindset, setting the standards and driving delivery. The TA lead needs to ensure flawless operational performance and return on investment to the business.
Key responsibilities
Talent Acquisition
- Management of the Global Solutions Talent Acquisition Team ensuring the team delivers or exceeds business requirements
- Responsible for creating and delivering the Talent Acquisition TOM, bringing together the 4 current teams into one.
- Partnering with senior leaders ensuring delivery of right skills, right people, right time
- Responsible for development of and delivery of Global Solutions hiring strategy, including EVP and go to market strategy
- Develop our brand, ensure appropriate presence in our diverse markets and geographies
- Ownership of the hiring process across multiple geographies in Global Solutions
- Ensuring a DEI lens is applied to all recruitment and development activity including hiring strategy, EVP and Davies offering, L&D strategy
- Provision of analytics on a monthly basis including cost to hire
- Drive the successful implementation of group specific projects as required ie Global ATS
- Work with TA/Development leads in UK&I and North America as appropriate
Learning and Development
- Define and deliver Global Solutions L&D and talent management strategy, working with L&D leads in sub divisions, to support future business requirements
- Ensure best use of L&D resource including Thrive across Global Solutions
- Ensuring equal focus across all of the sub-divisions ie Consulting, Tech, Insurance Solutions and Forensic Accounting
- Ensuring equal focus given to Group Functions as well as Global Solutions roles
- Deliver operational excellence, implementing improvements that gain competitive advantage
- Ownership of Global Solutions TA & Development initiatives such as sustainable resourcing, work experience programme etc.
Key skills and experience required
- Able to demonstrate the key skills and attributes of strategic leader/talent acquisition/development professional
- Professional recruiter and strong leadership skills
- Strategies to attract, development and retain talent into/in a business
- Excellent understanding of employment market in all geographies
- Psychometrics both as a hiring tool and development tool
- Cultural awareness
- Proven experience of introducing inclusive initiatives in multiple geographies
- Talent development from a global perspective with DEI at the forefront of the agenda
- Strong influencing and persuasive skills, able to persuade others of their point of view
- Commercial acumen, creative, decisiveness, resilience, clear thinker and strong leadership ability, transformational change agent
- Able to communicate effectively at all levels, both internally and externally, and build effective working relationships
- Have/able to build and develop external network in all geographies
- Focused on achieving results and finding solutions
- Able to understand diverse business needs
- Worked in a matrixed or high growth organisation
- Experience of working in a PE organisation optional. If joining from a large business, must be able to adapt style and thinking appropriately.
The Company
Davies Group are a multi-award-winning specialist professional services and technology business. We deliver operations across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, transformation, change management and digital innovation.
Over recent years we have consistently delivered double digit organic growth. Our programme of digital transformation has seen us successfully launch a range of technology-led solutions in the insurance and highly regulated markets, including the use of video, drones, robotics and our ‘Disruptive Thinking’ innovation lab that places the power of new ideas in the hands of our people. With our investments in technology, we have grown our solutions with existing clients and added new partnerships to our business. Currently we have a global team of around 6,000 professionals working with over 1,000 of our clients across the world.
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Our Values
We are
Dynamic
We are
Innovative
We are
Connected
We
Succeed
Together
Our Stories
Davies is a community of outstanding people. We welcome different perspectives, support each other’s ambitions and grow together. In a fast-changing business environment, we adapt and look ahead. We succeed because we are multi-talented: in the skills of our teams, specialisms and sector expertise. Working together, we are greater than the sum of our parts.
Charity Work
The Davies Foundation - Our people, clients and the communities we serve are at the heart of our business. The Davies Foundation has been created to give our employees the autonomy to choose how we support, giveback and do good for the local communities we live and work within.
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