Senior Manager - Strategic Outplacement - 18 mth FTC

BT ,
London, Greater London

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Our mission is to break down the barriers of today to release the potential of tomorrow. Join us today and release yours. About this role This will be an exciting, transformational role working across the business! Over the next five years the Group is going to go through some significant changes in terms of the structure of the workforce and the skills required to support its future business strategy. We want to be market leading and innovative in the way we do our workforce management. If you have great ideas on how we can do this, please apply. *** This is an 18 month fixed term contract *** You'll have the following responsibilities Design, build and implement a new pan-Group processes to ensure we can identify those people we need to reskill and retain and work with Training and other units to ensure this can occur Design, build and implement a more effective processes to move people on who do not fit the long-term skills requirements of the business To optimise the Group's spend on redundancy payments by looking at alternative ways to reduce the overall cost, improve our colleagues' experiences on exiting the business and to enable us to better align our people to future roles in order to meet the MTP profiles Be the thought leader within the Group on outplacement services - where are the trends going and what can we do to use these services to mitigate assumed redundancy costs in the MTP Provide the input into the training teams so that they know what content needs to be created to support the relevant re-training Provide input to the Performance Management teams to help them understand how we can identify potential longer term performance issues to help the individual and their line manager intervene earlier You'll have the following skills & experience Employee Relations/ Outplacement Expertise- the role will need strong expertise in Employee Relations/ Outplacement as we will need to work with the ER team on any proposed changes (subject to necessary consultations) to employee terms. Change Management: In depth experience designing change processes esp. in the colleague experience space Good knowledge of future skills/ retraining approaches. Work out the predicted expenditure on retraining, outsourcing and redundancy will be very material (Group P&L impacting). Data Analysis: The analysis needs to be heavily evidence based and ensure that at all times we are data compliant. The person needs to be able to mine insights from data. Project Management- the role needs to be able to take a combination of strategy, insight and change and then create practical plans to deliver (will be delivered through others e.g. units/ through matrix management). *** This is an 18 month fixed term contract *** Benefits 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) Potential for a 15% on target bonus Car allowance Pension scheme Family Healthcare Personal landline Shares Plan Flexible benefits Discounted BT products We encourage volunteer 3 days p.a. Every day, people across BT are making a difference by giving their time and enthusiasm (as an individual or a team) to help charities and good causes. About BT BT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here. We're now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And we're on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential. So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT at How to Apply It's easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Don't worry if you need to make changes - you'll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application! Job: Resource Management Title: Senior Manager - Strategic Outplacement - 18 mth FTC Location: GBR & Ireland-GBR-London-London Requisition ID: 138368 Other Locations: UK & Ireland-United Kingdom-West Midlands-Birmingham, UK & Ireland-United Kingdom-Avon-Bristol