We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 7 4 ,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!
We are recruiting for a Talent and Digital Learning Specialist, as part of the Talent & Learning team, you’ll play a key role supporting the te.am and delivery of the learning & talent strategy. You will take ownership of key learning initiatives by driving projects from initial scoping through to full implementation, ensuring they align with strategic priorities, build critical skills, and support the development and growth of talent across the organisation.
What's the job?
Responsibilities Include
- Coordination of talent activity including tracking of succession plans, development activity, mobility and diversity.
- Relationship management of external/third party talent partners; ensuring SLAs are met, budget spend is tracked and activity is planned effectively.
- Support talent & learning projects from scope through to implementation
- Support in creating exec level presentations
- Build strong relationships across the banner HR and talent teams to help establish a community of best practice
- Support the creation and governance of new talent and performance frameworks and methodologies
Key Deliverables
- Improve talent mobility across the group
- Strengthen talent succession pipelines and development plans at Next Gen level
- Understand and share internal and external talent data and insight
- Support in identifying capability gaps
What You'll Bring
- Ability to prioritise work across multiple projects
- Excellent track record on managing third party suppliers
- Strong attention to detail and organisation skills
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders at a senior level
- Confidentiality and comfortable handling highly sensitive data and information
- Presentation & story telling skills; ability to create insight from data
- Understanding of talent management methodologies and frameworks
- Familiar with digital learning tools and systems – we use Cornerstone
Be Customer Focussed –
constantly improving our customers experience
- I listen to my customers
- I use available data to help make decisions
Be Human – acting with humanity and care
- I do the right thing
- I am respectful
Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious
- I build and share new ideas
- I try new things and share my learnings
Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility
- I have courage to be creative
- Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20
Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together
- I embrace allyship
- I have self-awareness and a desire to learn
Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth
- I own my actions
- I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role
At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.
In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
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