There is now an opening for a Talent Delivery Manager to join the Aviva IT team on a 6-months Fixed term contract.

Your role will help support the development and delivery of technology’s workforce of the Future, ensuring we have a strong and diverse talent pipeline.  You will work on the planning and execution of a strategic resourcing initiatives including developing a pilot internship programme, a returners programme (specifically aimed at encouraging and developing people back into work following career breaks or periods away from technology), year in industry and work experience placements. 

The role holder will need to be adaptable and work across initiatives in line with priorities and goals to ensure the right quality outcomes are delivered at the right time.

The ideal person we are looking for needs to have a real passion for working with people and a drive for developing talent pipelines in the organisation.

Aviva has introduced “smart-working”, and the person in this role can be based anywhere in the UK, as long as they are comfortable regularly travelling to Norwich office.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Resource Manager - Talent will be working closely with colleagues from across Technology and the People Function to:

• Design, plan and execute initiatives to attract new talent into our technology teams

• Manage delivery governance including tracking progress against plans and taking corrective action as required; managing risk logs; regularly reviewing lessons learnt and continuously improving what we do and how we do it

• Develop relationships with and manage a wide range of stakeholders

• Communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including providing timely updates to Senior stakeholders, writing and delivering internal and external communications and presentations including within schools, colleges and other organisations

• Work with 3rd parties and/or suppliers to support the delivery of talent initiatives

• Implementing tracking metrics to measure the success of initiatives

Skills & Experience required

• Experience of driving the planning and execution of talent pipeline and/or people development initiatives in a matrix environment

• Experience in managing a project and its delivery

• Practical experience of working in a busy team requiring large amounts of stakeholder interaction

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate effectively at multiple levels

• Strengths in collaboration and proven ability to meet tight deadlines and work flexibly and proactively in a changing environment

• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to deliver very detailed logistics

• Strong written communication skills including the ability to construct options and recommendations

What will you get for this role?

• Salary starting from £35000 then depending on skills, experience, and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Manisha Dinesh a call on 07393 803498 or send an email to manisha.dinesh@aviva.com

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.