Job Description:
Talent and Executive Recruitment Manager
Location: UK office / Hybrid (Salford Quays, Angel Court, Leeds, or Brighton)
Fixed Term Contract: 12 months
We make health happen
At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world. As a Talent and Executive Recruitment Manager, you will play a crucial role in driving our talent strategy, ensuring we attract, nurture, develop, and retain the best talent across our organisation. Your work will directly contribute to our mission by building a strong leadership pipeline and fostering a culture of continuous development and growth.
Key Responsibilities
Drive Talent Management: Implement talent management disciplines and the annual Unstoppable Talent process across the organisation. Work with leaders to define and shape talent priorities and equip line managers to have development conversations.
Develop Talent Programmes: Lead the delivery of talent programmes and initiatives that address our talent and diversity business needs.
Succession Planning: Create and govern the succession planning process at ExCO-1 level, working closely with business partners.
Upskill Managers: Develop materials and ensure they are accessible to upskill managers in having talent conversations.
Talent Reporting: Improve talent reporting by designing a dashboard to track talent and recruitment KPIs.
Executive Resourcing: Oversee all Executive Resourcing delivery up to board level, ensuring quality talent acquisition in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Channel Partner Management: Manage relationships and performance of channel partners servicing multiple business lines.
Value-Added Services: Deliver services such as market intelligence, competitor mapping, strategic talent pooling, assessment tools, and diversity initiatives.
Stakeholder Relationships: Establish and maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders.
Thought Leadership: Bring thought leadership to the talent and recruitment agenda, shaping our approach to talent in response to changing strategic goals.
What We're Looking For
Essential:
Experience: Proven experience in leading and implementing end-to-end talent strategy, talent management processes, and talent development programmes in large-scale, multinational organisations.
Knowledge: Deep knowledge of market developments and best practices in leadership development and talent management.
Succession Planning: Expertise in creating and executing succession planning processes at ExCO-1 level.
Diversity Initiatives: Experience in developing and delivering talent programmes that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Data Insight: Ability to collate and draw insights from data in a leadership, talent, or learning context.
Talent Management Tools: Proficiency in using talent management tools/systems such as Workday.
Commercial Acumen: Ability to apply a commercial lens and understand the ROI of leadership and talent activities.
Executive Recruitment: Understanding of the executive recruitment landscape.
Desirable:
CIPD and/or coaching qualification, recent experience leading an Executive Talent Acquisition function, experience in a hybrid environment, and the ability to leverage an external network for talent insights.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa medical insurance for you and your family as a benefit in kind
An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
Free health assessment for you and your spouse
Target bonus of 25% based on individual and company performance
Company car allowance
Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Locations:
Angel Court, London
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.