Capability and Talent Partner

Job summary

Working at HM Treasury puts you at the heart of government, making a difference to the UK economy and ultimately to people’s lives right across the UK.

Jobs at the Treasury are fast-paced, fun and can offer unparalleled perspective – not least the opportunity to advise Ministers on the decisions which directly determine the UK’s prosperity. Deep in our DNA is a commitment to empowering our people: maximising individual and collective impact, with interesting work no matter your role or seniority.

Day-to-day you could be supporting Ministers to decide the right level of a specific tax or line of government spending; helping maintain the stability of financial markets; analysing the long-term trends impacting the future of the economy; or enabling this work as part of our vital corporate functions.

We are a high-performing department and proud to have outstanding staff from a wide range of backgrounds. We are also a friendly, inclusive and sociable workplace that prides itself on fostering great team spirit. Our two largest offices are 1 Horse Guards Road in London, opposite St James’ Park, and the Darlington Economic Campus, which also contains eight other departments. We work seamlessly across all our sites, including Norwich, Birmingham and Leeds, as one Treasury.

We are both a 1,000-year-old institution and dynamic, forward-looking economics and finance ministry, with a strong direction set by our organisational strategy, the Future Treasury Vision. The 21st century offers huge opportunities and poses new challenges for the UK. Working at the Treasury is your chance to help the country chart the right course.

Job description

As Capability & Talent Partner, you will contribute to HMT’s strategic capability and talent objectives, and support the Treasury Future Vision, working in partnership with Professions, Groups, external suppliers and Civil Service Learning to deliver best in class learning and development opportunities for HMT. This role will require you to lead on our internal talent programmes, apprenticeship strategy and Leadership & Management offer, as well as design and facilitate learning events. The postholder partners with Groups, consulting on capability and development needs, to design and deliver effective solutions.

The key accountabilities will include (but are not limited to):

1. Lead on the design and strategy for our internal talent development programmes such as Inspire and Accelerate, which are open to specific grades and under-represented groups
2. Lead on Treasury’s Apprenticeship Strategy, aligning it with our overarching approach to talent development
3. Line manage the Capability & Talent Programme Managers (2), enabling smooth delivery and evaluation of aforementioned talent programmes and other flagship offers such as the Graduate Development Programme and Policy Basecamp
4. Lead on the design and continuous improvement of HMT’s Leadership and Management offer, including the Senior Civil Service (SCS) offer, and enable effective delivery through line management of our Leadership and Management Development Manager
5. Partner with Groups to effectively plan for how they use their Learning and Development budget, working with them to develop key skills that are needed, and design/deliver team-building sessions
6. Deliver on the Capability and Talent Strategy to build a future-ready, AI-enabled, agile Treasury, working closely with colleagues with expertise in data and AI
7. Lead on the design and facilitation of learning events and the development of learning courses, e-learns, videos and podcasts, delivering through team members to develop content aligned to our organisational goal
8. Communicate with and influence staff across the department, including challenging senior stakeholders in their thinking and build a presence in the cross-government Capability and Talent community

Candidate Drop-In Session – Microsoft Teams

The hiring manager will be running several candidate drop-in sessions for this role to give you greater insight about the role as well as the chance to learn more about HM Treasury and ask any questions you may have. If you would like to join us, then use the link below to join the call at the right time:

Wednesday 9th September - 13:30 to 14:15

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/333916558355193?p=LtIbmpXaS252DwkNSH

Thursday 10th September - 10:30 to 11:15

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/383179356646756?p=0tgVxMdbqasbJ1Rqyp

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Jaume Cortes [email removed]

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Person specification

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history won’t be scored. It’s used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form.

1. Developing Self and Others: Ability to lead Capability & Talent programmes, from procurement & design through to delivery and evaluation, including demonstration of strong facilitation, coaching and design skills to create a development culture where everyone can thrive.
2. Communicating and Influencing: Ability to collaborate with key internal stakeholders to understand learning needs, influence senior stakeholders on the best solutions, and work with stakeholders across Government to share best practice learning.
3. Changing and Improving: Ability to oversee delivery of high quality Capability & Talent programmes, managing relationships with external suppliers, holding them to account so that we are delivering innovative solutions that support a future-ready, agile, AI-enabled Treasury.
4. Experience: Proven experience of leading the design and delivery of organisation-wide learning and talent programmes, applying adult learning principles to develop capability and achieve organisational outcomes. Expertise in facilitating engaging virtual and face-to-face learning for large and diverse audiences. Proven ability to lead the development of learning events, e-learning, videos and podcasts through others, ensuring content aligns with strategic organisational priorities.

The lead criterion is: Developing Self and Others.

It is essential that the post-holder has experience in:

1. Design and delivery of Learning and Talent programmes using adult learning theories
2. Virtual and in-person facilitation to large and varied audiences

It is desirable that the post-holder has experience in:

1. Line management, or examples that demonstrate development of others including creating an inclusive team that fosters personal development
2. Using and managing the apprenticeship levy
3. Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, InDesign to help produce HMT specific learning assets
4. Use