Job title: Talent Manager (Grade 8)
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: £48,366 - £53,707 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 31 days holiday
Ref: VR1367 / 779
Total Reward value: £56,860.05 - £63,105.73 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 Manager
You will lead and manage the Talent function - Talent Management and Talent Acquisition. You will be the subject matter expert, using your expertise and experience to develop and implement talent strategies that align with Kent Fire & Rescue strategic objectives.
You will promote a culture of internal talent development, progression and succession whilst overseeing an efficient talent acquisition function attracting and recruiting externally. You will have line management responsibilities for 3 x Direct reports, budget management and monitoring of third party resources.
What you’ll do

• Advise on effective talent management methods and the importance of developing and progressing talent from within KFRS
• Lead and oversee internal mobility through facilitating talent review practices to support promotions and internal appointments.
• Lead, advise, implement and facilitate Talent Management practices
• Lead and oversee volume recruitment – recruitment campaigns, managing assessment centres, supporting interviews and coaching managers.
• Lead and oversee both corporate and Fire Fighter recruitment – guide and advise on effective recruitment and selection methods, importance of positive candidate experience, EVP, agency management where needed and ROI.

What you’ll bring

• Advanced knowledge of Talent Management practices
• Excellent knowledge of Talant Acquisition principles, high volume, deadline driven requests and large-scale recruitment programmes
• Excellent communication skills – an understanding of how to engage with key stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes, including influencing/coaching skills and ability to develop managers.
• Be creative and flexible in both problem solving and decision making to ensure that solutions are person centred, whilst meeting business needs.
• Formal qualification in HR Management (CIPD Level 5 or above)
• Formal qualification in administration and interpretation of psychometric and ability tests, is desirable.

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 Linked In 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 our online application on our own website in addition to your CV being provided 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: £48,366.00-£53,707.00 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 / 779