Talent & OD Business Partner (Early Careers) - REQ00100

This vacancy is internal and open to applications from employees of North Lanarkshire Council and Associated Employers* only. The "Apply now" button is not activated for this role. Please log into your MySelf account for further instructions on how to apply as an internal candidate.

*Fusion Assets, NLP LLP

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Talent and Organisational Development Team as a Talent and OD Business Partner (Early Careers).

We are seeking an individual with significant experience in working in an early careers environment who can advise, support and drive an early careers’ strategy to support our workforce for the future ambitions. You’ll have a creative mindset and exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills. We’re looking for someone who can confidently lead the early careers’ team to develop innovative approaches to enhancing and building on the successful Modern Apprenticeship programme, Graduate Apprenticeship programme and the student placement framework as well as all other areas of early careers’ development.

This role will regularly liaise with all service areas to understand the business dynamics at a local level to provide guidance and solutions to a range of early career’s projects including supporting workforce planning requirements and bringing a greater focus to talent development, career pathways and succession planning. All of this key to ensuring that the Council has a workforce ready to deliver our ambitious operating model that puts local people and communities at the heart of our service delivery arrangements.

With a degree level or equivalent qualification and substantial experience in an organisation development, early careers, or business environment. You should have excellent communication and facilitation skills, be able to apply the principles of design thinking, demonstrable project management skills, and ability to build trust and credibility with stakeholders.

You will be joining a vibrant team that work a hybrid model of office/site based and homeworking. 

For more information, please contact Pauline McCafferty, Leader and Talent Development Manager, on 07973 729532 or mccaffertypa@northlan.gov.uk

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 26 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of offers available to you through our NLLife reward site. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 01698 403151.

The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***