Head of Talent and Learning

Were Gravita: the accountants fuelling ambitious businesses. Were a full service tech-enabled firm working with entrepreneurs and businesses to help them achieve their goals and make an impact in the world.

Were growing fast and are bringing like-minded advisors together to form a full-service tech-enabled accounting partner for thousands of SMEs. Our team use their incredible expertise alongside intuitive technology to help businesses and entrepreneurs plan better and grow faster.

Our mission is to become the UKs leading tech-enabled accounting firm for SMEs. We have ambitious goals and our high-calibre team work hard to achieve them. We are one team with one agenda working collaboratively in a respectful environment to deliver a great service to our clients. So if you join us youll not only be working on exciting client challenges youll also be helping us shape the future of accounting.

The Role

The Head of Learning Performance and Talent is responsible for designing implementing and overseeing programs that enhance the skills and capabilities of employees. The role holder will also lead on the design of talent and performance initiatives to ensure continuous learning performance development and employee engagement that enhances our growth aids employee retention and is aligned to regulatory and professional standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Talent Management

• With the CPO develop and deliver a practical scalable Talent Strategy suited to a mid-tier environment.

• Lead structured talent reviews succession planning and pipeline development.

• Identify current and emerging skills gaps across service lines.

• Oversee early careers programmes including graduates and apprentices.

• Ensure fair and inclusive talent processes across offices.

• Maintain the organisational behavioural framework and keep live. Embed in ways of working performance assessment and development frameworks

Learning & Development

• Create a firmwide learning curriculum covering technical training and soft-skills

• Manage relationships with training partners and professional bodies

• Build a blended learning offer including virtual classroom and coaching

• Drive leadership development for managers directors and future partners

• Introduce evaluation methods to measure learning effectiveness

• Oversee LMS use and learning technologies

Performance Management

• Refine and embed a simple transparent performance management framework that is forward (rather than backward) focused

• Lead objective-setting and review cycles and associated supporting guidance

• Equip managers to deliver effective feedback and development conversations

• Use performance data to inform reward and promotion decisions

• Ensure consistency across service lines and offices

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a credible adviser to Partners and senior leaders

• Lead and develop a small high-performing talent and L&D team

• Collaborate with HR and Recruitment teams for integrated people strategies

• Provide reporting and insight to the Management Board

• Manage budgets for talent learning and performance programmes

Qualifications Knowledge & Experience:

Essential

• Extensive experience in Talent Learning or Organisational Development (OD) within professional services

• Knowledge of qualifications like ICAEW ACCA CTA and AAT

• Ability to design scalable talent solutions for multi-site organisations and implement performance management frameworks

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills along with experience managing small teams

• Proficient in instructional design creating career paths and conducting needs analysis

• Familiar with AI-driven learning solutions and skilled in consulting with senior leadership on talent development

• Excellent facilitation skills for delivering learning interventions

Desirable

• Coaching qualification or leadership development experience

• Qualified in development and assessment tools

• Experience implementing LMS or talent systems

• Background in a mid-tier or regional accountancy practice

Your Career with Gravita

When you join Gravita well support you on your own growth journey. We want to be the place you learn grow and unlock your true potential.

Well work with you to build a progression plan to outline how youll grow at our company and everything well do to help you get there. Were also passionate about learning and development to help you focus on your future.

The Nitty Gritty

• Our standard working week is a 37.5-hour week on a hybrid basis (with up to 50% of your time across the month home based and the other 50% office based)

• Core working hours are 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday

• Flexible working and happy employees are at the top of our list here at Gravita and we have been working hard to support our teams through the fast-paced changes.

• Your development wont be forgotten our development support is extraordinary for a firm of our size.

• Its a busy fast-paced environment here at Gravita. Feel free to check out our social media channels (Instagram X LinkedIn and Glassdoor).