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Professional Development Partner

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Salary Band

£40,736 - £55,114

Grade: MP2

Job Description

About the role

As Professional Development Partner you will operate across the full talent development portfolio, including Talent Development, Leadership Development and Talent Management and will work closely with colleagues across the Group to engage, deliver and embed initiatives in support of the wider talent strategy.

This role is people centred by nature, requiring the development and ongoing management of effective stakeholder relationships. The ability to work in partnership with external suppliers, providers and strategic partners, will be critical to successful delivery and ensuring the talent agenda is delivered in a meaningful and impactful way.

The Professional Development Partner will play an active role throughout the colleague journey, from induction and onboarding through to professional development and ongoing career progression. You will support the delivery of the talent management cycle, leadership development programmes, group-wide learning needs analysis, creation of professional development pathways and early career programmes, including apprenticeships, graduate and placement schemes.

This role reports into the Strategic Talent Development Partner but will work closely with the Talent leadership team across the wider portfolio. The role requires an innovative and ambitious approach, playing a key role in connecting the talent portfolio for our customers and leading on delivery.

About You

A confident communicator, with significant experience delivering across the full professional development portfolio. You will thrive in a fast paced and varied role, that requires an agile, innovative and responsive professional, who is confident in operating across a wide range of internal and external stakeholder groups.

Experienced working within a matrix model, partnering senior managers in support of project delivery, you are expected to have a customer-focused mindset, coupled with a passion for people development and experience in bringing multiple development pathways together in a way that effectively supports and drives the wider people strategy. You will be committed to continuous improvement, seeking opportunities to enhance the existing offer through a data-led approach and comfortable taking ownership and accountability for project delivery.

In-depth experience in supporting talent management, leadership development and early career pathway’s is key, alongside an up-to-date working knowledge of the apprenticeship levy (Growth and Skills Fund) and a proven track-record in maximising the value of the levy for the benefit of colleagues and the organisation.

About us

The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

The Group provides traditional financial services, helping people own their own home, plan and manage their finances and operate a 32-branch network across the North-East, North-West, Cumbria and Yorkshire. Our Strategic Solutions subsidiary owns the UK’s leading savings management platform and provides managed technology services to new challenger banks and other established providers.

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:

Financial

• Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%)
• Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
• Annual performance related pay reviews
• Colleague mortgage scheme
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
• Access to our financial advisers
• Access to a range of high street and online discounts

Work/Life Balance

• A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
• The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
• Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
• Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

Health and Wellbeing

• Private medical insurance
• Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
• Two paid volunteering days’ each year
• Cycle to work scheme

Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiters for this vacancy at kate.wilkinson@newcastle.co.uk or dave.cowell@newcastle.co.uk

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Why work here?

People are the focus of absolutely everything we do. We believe in people, we care deeply about their hopes, their dreams and their wellbeing. And that applies equally to our customers, our communities and our colleagues – which means you, if you choose to work here. it’s important to us that you know if you join us we will welcome you, respect you, encourage you and help you to achieve your goals.