Employability and Talent Partner

Contract: 8 Mths FTC/Secondment

Location: Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

About the role

Building a strong future talent pipeline is vital to our success and the Employability and Talent team plays a key role in achieving this. Were a dedicated team developing innovative and engaging solutions that attract inspire and support individuals throughout their career journey empowering them to grow and thrive. Our work focuses on raising aspirations building confidence and providing meaningful opportunities to experience the world of work helping people gain and sustain employment.

As an Employability and Talent Partner you will play a key role in scoping designing and delivering insight-led employability and talent solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers colleagues and the business.

Our teams creative and impactful approach supports a diverse range of individuals from young people taking their first steps into employment to those returning to work or seeking a career change. If youre motivated to make a real difference in peoples lives this role offers an exciting chance to challenge yourself grow and contribute to something truly meaningful. Reporting into Employability Manager you will:

Key Responsibilities

• Work with key stakeholders from across the business to deliver impactful outreach programmes and community-focused initiatives from work experience and emerging talent programmes to transformative projects with our charity partners aligned with our ESG and People Strategy goals.

• Partner with subject matter experts (SMEs) and stakeholders both internally and externally to design and deliver innovative Employability and Talent programmes creating engaging data-driven/high-impact solutions across multiple platforms and formats.

• Inspire future talent by providing engaging and insightful careers advice and guidance.

• Promote and market our employability and talent initiatives both internally and externally to strengthen our employer brand and raise awareness of our work.

• Partner with our Assessment Provider to ensure we are utilising the most effective tools and solutions for our diverse range of candidates identifying the right people for the right roles while delivering an exceptional candidate experience.

• Use data and insights to make informed decisions ensuring our activities and initiatives meet the evolving needs of both the business and our learners.

• Effectively plan and manage projects taking accountability for deadlines and ensuring delivery to a high standard. Continuously seek opportunities for improvement keeping all content fresh relevant and engaging.

• Contribute to wider projects and initiatives supporting the broader objectives of the Employability and Talent team.

What youll need to have (our must-haves)

• Proactive and curious mindset with the confidence to bring fresh ideas try new approaches and get involved

• Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to collaborate effectively across teams and engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

• Strong organisational and time management skills with experience of delivering high quality work

• A passion for learning and development and help others to grow

• An interest in using data and insights to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement

• A change mindset able to challenge processes constructively and identify opportunities for greater efficiency

• A strong drive for personal growth and self-development

• An interest in employability our brand and the positive impact we create

• Some travel may be required for this role
  

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits schemeincluding option to buy additional holiday discounted gym membership life assurance activity passes and much more.
• Access to free 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health our Employee Assistance Programme.

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A bit about us
At Boots were proud to be an equal opportunity employer creating a place where everyone feels welcome supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included they thrive so were committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

Whats next
Our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon.
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