Are you a Talent & Learning professional with the ability to manage key talent across both our corporate and retail functions? Are you able to review, evaluate and identify areas where we can make an impact on our talent journey? With over 1,600 sites we’re the home of some of the nation’s favourite restaurants, bustling bars, cosy country pubs and the local you didn’t know we owned. If you’re as passionate about making a difference within hospitality as we are, we want to hear from you!
An opportunity presents itself for a permanent Talent & Learning Partner who will support the design and delivery of M&Bs talent strategy. You will work in partnership with line managers in the business to become ‘talent managers’ utilising a behavioural leadership framework and upskilling our internal population to recognise early potential and how to develop it effectively. You will take a lead in designing talent development programmes for those in first time operational management roles to director, both operational and functional specialists. You will also manage key talent programmes across corporate and retail functions, ensuring continual review, evaluation and improvement where necessary
As a trusted partner offering support to the business to aid understanding of the evolution of talent processes you will report into our Head of Talent Management, in a mobile role and this may require you to have a flexible approach to travel.
You’ll be well rewarded…
- Company Car
- Annual Bonus Scheme – We’re all about rewarding the hard work everybody puts in
- Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday – life is for living after all!
- Flexible working – to work around the other important things in life.
- Love eating out? You'll love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands, so whether it’s date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery we’ve got you covered. What’s more, you can also choose FIVE of your nearest and dearest and sign them up to 20% family and friend’s discount.
- Never a dull moment - fun, laughs and lifelong friends!
On top of all this, we offer; a pension, 26 days paid holiday, high-street shopping discounts; and we even give you free shares! There's also a free employee helpline- to support you with whatever life throws at you.
The Opportunity – Talent & Learning Partner
- Be an ambassador for the talent processes in M&B including supporting understanding of M&B’s internal talent management process and ensuring smooth implementation of each part of the process across the business.
- Manage, monitor and improve talent programmes e.g. coaching, graduate programmes, high potential development centres to ensure consistent and effective delivery.
- Work with Key Stakeholders to analyse talent gaps within the corporate functions and source or develop interventions to support continual succession.
- Support development feedback conversions, liaising with Line managers and HR leads to ensure robust development plans are in place for High potential team members.
- Monitor and evaluate the talent processes across M&B including gaining regular feedback from end users, using business metrics to evaluate impact of interventions and establishing a process of continual review of development offers.
- Work closely with Operational Effectiveness Teams and Corporate communications to ensure talent processes and programmes are clearly defined and regularly communicated.
- Keep up to date on current learning and talent theory and apply to inform the evolution of the talent cycle.
What you’ll need to bring to the Talent & Learning Partner role:
- Highly articulate with the ability to understand and navigate the needs of key stakeholders.
- Experience of coaching to improve performance and general management/leadership skills
- Ability to manage the expectations of multiple, competing stakeholder needs and prioritise resource accordingly.
- Able to have high support/high challenge discussions with senior stakeholders to progress talent development
- High level of interpersonal and organisational skills
- Resilience
- Personal impact and credibility at management level
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good coaching skills to navigate career conversations/development feedback sessions
- A CIPD qualification is preferred, alongside coaching training/qualifications, or willingness to acquire
What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?
To us, a career isn’t just about ‘clocking in’. We really care about our colleagues, and we’re an employer that keeps a promise. In fact, as one of the largest employers in the country, with over 44,000 people working for us, we have the responsibility of valuing every contribution from a diverse workforce that are representative of our guests, and who make us stronger.
Sounds like an opportunity where you could make a difference? Apply for this role today and we’ll be in touch to explore how you could be part of our exciting journey.
Closing Date – Friday 11th November 2022
