People, Talent & Development Advisors

Multiple Opportunities - People Advisor, Talent Acquisition Advisor and Learning & Organisational Development Advisor

We're expanding our People Directorate and are looking for talented people professionals to join our growing team. Whether your passion is employee relations, learning and development, organisational development, talent acquisition, recruitment, workforce planning or people projects, these exciting opportunities offer the chance to make a real impact across one of the UK's most ambitious public sector organisations.

This advert is being promoted as a combined campaign for multiple opportunities across our People team. When applying, you'll be asked to select the specific role you wish to be considered for:

We are currently recruiting to:

• People Advisor x1
• Learning & Organisational Development Advisor x1
• Talent Acquisition Advisor x1

Your Role

As part of TfGM's People Directorate, you will provide professional people support, advice and expertise to managers and colleagues across the organisation, helping us attract, develop, engage and retain a talented workforce that delivers for Greater Manchester.

Depending on your specialism, you may:

• Provide employee relations advice and support on attendance, performance, disciplinary, grievance, capability and organisational change matters.
• Support managers with recruitment and selection activities, ensuring a fair, inclusive and positive candidate experience.
• Lead and coordinate recruitment campaigns from vacancy approval through to offer stage.
• Deliver learning and organisational development initiatives that support workforce capability and performance.
• Support apprenticeships, early careers, talent management and succession planning activities.
• Analyse workforce data and provide insight to support people-related decision making.
• Develop and review people policies, procedures and guidance.
• Contribute to strategic projects linked to workforce planning, employee engagement, employer brand, equality, diversity and inclusion, and organisational development.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and provide high-quality customer-focused support.

Who are we?

At Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), we're delivering the Bee Network and creating a more integrated, sustainable and accessible transport system for Greater Manchester.

Our People Directorate plays a vital role in ensuring we have the right people, skills and culture to deliver our ambitions. We support colleagues throughout their employee journey, providing expertise across employee relations, talent acquisition, organisational development, learning and development, workforce planning and people strategy.

Working within our People teams offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects that directly impact the organisation, our people and the communities we serve.

What you'll bring

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You'll bring:

• Experience working within a People, HR, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development or Organisational Development environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to provide professional advice, guidance and support to managers and colleagues.
• Experience interpreting policies, procedures and best practice guidance.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience using HR, recruitment or learning systems and producing reports or management information.
• Strong communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
• A commitment to delivering an outstanding customer and colleague experience.
• A proactive and continuous improvement mindset.
• Knowledge of employment legislation and people best practice appropriate to your level.
• CIPD qualification, working towards CIPD qualification, or equivalent relevant experience would be advantageous.

What we can offer you

People Advisor

Band 6: £36,198 - £41,281

Learning & Organisational Development Advisor

Career Grade Band 5-6: £31,855 - £36,198

Talent Acquisition Advisor

Career Grade Band 5-6: £31,855 - £36,198

The roles sit within banded salary ranges. Successful candidates will normally be appointed at the starting salary of the relevant band, with progression subject to meeting the requirements of the role and TfGM's pay progression arrangements.

In addition, we offer:

• Permanent opportunities within TfGM's People Directorate.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
• Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Exposure to a diverse range of people disciplines and projects.
• The opportunity to contribute to high-profile organisational initiatives and transformational programmes.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel for your commute, and access to our Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

To view the full role details and submit an application, please visit our careers page:

https://www.greater.jobs/transport-for-greater-manchester#jobs

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES – we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.