Summary

Every member of the team at Gleeson contributes to the vision of; Building Homes. Changing Lives. The key to achieving this vision is working together in line with our company values of being, Passionate, Collaborative and Respectful and genuinely caring about building affordable, quality homes. Where they are needed for the people who need them most.

The purpose of this role is to develop and implement an Early careers strategy, ensuring Gleeson is well placed to attract and develop early careers talent through talent acquisition and development frameworks across the whole business in operational, commercial and specialist roles.

As part of the Organisational Development team, we each have the upmost priority of working inline and being positive ambassadors of the company culture and values of being Passionate, Respectful and Collaborative.

Package

• Generous holiday entitlement of 26 days per annum + bank holidays
• Choice of company car or car allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance Scheme
• Healthshield membership
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Share Purchase Plan

Main Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with managers and teams across Gleeson to understand their business areas and needs so you can identify suitable opportunities and build early talent strategies and build future capability.
• Manage our early career events (e.g. school, college and campus events) including the design and planning of internal events, aimed at attracting prospective early career talent and building the Gleeson brand.
• Drive, develop, design consistent and fair assessment and selection processes (online application form, video interviews and assessment centres).
• Define and manage the full life cycle of apprenticeships including sourcing training providers, reconciling Levy spend and claiming relevant grants.
• Support early careers candidates, review and monitor learner progression aligned to their apprentice standard and Gleeson specific Training records with on-going feedback, mentoring, coaching and development opportunities.
• Provide regular feedback to learners, line managers, business leaders and local HR teams on the progression and performance of their learners. Identifying strengths and development opportunities for each learner.
• Manage the budget for graduate and apprenticeship programmes working with Head of OD and finance to forecast.
• Design, develop and manage induction development interventions so apprentices are “work ready”, gain a broad understanding of their immediate function, the wider business and build an apprenticeship community.
• Design a blended programme of Gleeson development initiatives that complement the professional qualification and support the apprentices in achieving their career ambitions.
• Ensure apprenticeship managers gain the relevant training so they can support the success of their direct report(s) and maintain regular 2-way dialogue with line managers to ensure programme operates effectively.
• Working with internal and external stakeholders to build attraction campaigns and assessment approaches.
• Source and collaborate with suppliers where necessary, managing them to a high standard and quality.
• Support promotion, recruitment and celebration events associated with early careers and apprenticeship programmes along with learners.
• Communicate success stories internally and externally to enhance our employer brand.

Ideal Candidate

• A strong relationship builder and creative thinker who can develop innovative, cost-effective solutions that build critical capabilities.
• A passion for getting the best out of people through development and demonstrates an ethos of continuous development for their selves and others.
• A creative mindset who draws from traditional and non-traditional learning solutions to solve problems.
• Demonstratable facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills, with an ability to adapt your style with the needs of your audience.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• A good understanding of academic and vocational qualifications, delivery and assessment approaches.
• At ease monitoring, tracking and supporting multiple learners across multiple programmes.
• A full UK driving license coupled with flexibility and willingness to travel to multiple JLR Gleeson sites.

Skills:

• Training design and delivery
• Coaching and facilitation
• Marketing and communication
• Networking and relationship building
• Commercial awareness
• Project management
• Computer literacy
• Contract negotiation and management