Talent Programme Management Associate

at  Financial Conduct Authority

Salary: National from £39,100 to £48,800 and London from £41,600 to £51,900 depending on skills and experience
Are you passionate about helping people progress their careers and have a background in programme management or supporting the careers of others, then our team could be the right fit for you.
The team/department
We are looking for a motivated individual to support the FCA’s exciting talent management and development agenda. You will help us create a pipeline of talent who are passionate about progressing their career at the FCA doing meaningful work.
In this role, you will be accountable for the day-to-day programme management of our talent programmes. Working closely with the Talent Strategy Senior Associate and another Talent Programmes Associate, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders across the organisation to facilitate a best in class offering to colleagues. You will also help deliver the annual all-colleague talent review process as part of our approach to supporting inclusive and rewarding careers here.

What you will be doing

• Talent programme management and support of our accelerated development programmes and talent review design, build and execution
• Developing and maintaining strong internal stakeholder relationships across the business and managing supplier relationships and effectively challenge when necessary
• Deploying robust project management skills in planning and delivering talent processes, and accelerated development programmes
• Analysing data, to gather insights to continually improve programme delivery and ensure our talent strategy is appropriate
• Maintaining robust talent data to regularly monitor and report on performance, progression and retention stats and measure ROI
• In partnership with the Talent Strategy Senior Associate, partner with internal stakeholders to understand challenges and business needs and help identify solutions
• Effective budget management- budget tracking, raising POs and invoice management

What will you get from the role

• Contributing to the approach and delivery of inclusive career development and progression
• Cultivating and maintaining strong external networks to support programme benchmarking and market knowledge for continuous programme improvement
• This is a unique opportunity to make an impact across the organisation. You will work in close partnership with a variety of teams in both HR and the wider business to ensure successful programme delivery

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35).
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.
The skills and experience you will have
Minimum

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.

• Previous experience managing development or talent programmes
• Experience using Excel and HR information systems to produce targeted management information and managing large data sets and making data-driven decisions
• Experience of interacting with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally

Essential

• Experience delivering and facilitating training sessions
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment needing to multi-task
• Effective project management skills with the ability to break down complex projects identifying risks and appropriate mitigation
• Management of external suppliers ensuring effective service delivery
• Good teamwork skills - collaborates and participates constructively to achieve results across the team

About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found
here.
The FCA’s Values & Diversity
Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our Associate role.
Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.
Multi-location
As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.

Useful information

• Applications for this role close at 23.59 on 24th November 2024
• This role is graded as Associate level 8 - Corporate
• Interviews will take place from 10th December 2024

Got a question?
If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact:
For internal applicants, please contact Linda Bradley at
Linda.Bradley@fca.org.uk
For external applicants, please contact Ifrah Azam at
Ifrah.Azam@fca.org.uk
What to expect from our interview process
If your application is successful you will be invited to complete a competency based interview.
Application support
We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.
If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.
Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted

What you will be doing

• Talent programme management and support of our accelerated development programmes and talent review design, build and execution
• Developing and maintaining strong internal stakeholder relationships across the business and managing supplier relationships and effectively challenge when necessary
• Deploying robust project management skills in planning and delivering talent processes, and accelerated development programmes
• Analysing data, to gather insights to continually improve programme delivery and ensure our talent strategy is appropriate
• Maintaining robust talent data to regularly monitor and report on performance, progression and retention stats and measure ROI
• In partnership with the Talent Strategy Senior Associate, partner with internal stakeholders to understand challenges and business needs and help identify solutions
• Effective budget management- budget tracking, raising POs and invoice managemen

What will you get from the role

• Contributing to the approach and delivery of inclusive career development and progression
• Cultivating and maintaining strong external networks to support programme benchmarking and market knowledge for continuous programme improvement
• This is a unique opportunity to make an impact across the organisation. You will work in close partnership with a variety of teams in both HR and the wider business to ensure successful programme deliver

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.

• Previous experience managing development or talent programmes
• Experience using Excel and HR information systems to produce targeted management information and managing large data sets and making data-driven decisions
• Experience of interacting with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externall