Talent and Performance Manager - Potters Bar, United Kingdom - Canada Life

Canada Life
Canada Life
Verified Company
Potters Bar, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Location:
Potters Bar, Lombard Street, Bristol or Isle of Man (with hybrid working options)
Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies.

We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.


At Canada Life, we share one common purpose - to help build better futures for our customers and each other.

That's why we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces.

We have over 1,550 colleagues working together across 5 locations - including those working virtually. Potters Bar, our largest site, has over 600 colleagues. We also have teams based in Bristol, Isle of Man and Central London


Job Purpose
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and forward-thinking Talent and Performance Manager to join our team.

This is a newly created role which will ensure that Canada Life has a true culture of high performance and a strong pipeline of well-developedinternal successors who will deliver our strategic ambitions, live the Blueprint and are highly engaged.


You will also lead the development of the performance management ensuring it reflects best practice in what we do and how we do it and, through your influence, will champion the approach throughout the organisation to build a true culture of high-performance.


You'll will provide expert advice to the People Strategy Team and engage with Senior Leaders across the organisation to drive awareness, engagement and champion the benefits of effective talent management, career development and performance management.

Youwill be successful by using their influence and expertise in organisational development, talent and performance to help others adopt new ways of thinking on performance and talent, and work collaboratively with expert functions in the UK, Europe and Global.


At Canada Life we have a blended way of working, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers.

This role will require you to be in one of our offices a few days eachweek.


Desired Knowledge / Experience / Skills

  • Specialist knowledge and experience in designing and implementing talent and performance practices
  • Effective relationship and stakeholder management
  • Influencing and communication skills both internally and with external suppliers
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to make decisions independently
  • Experience of early career apprenticeship programmes
  • Collaboration and partnership with other colleagues to cocreated solutions
  • Experience coaching, mentoring and developing others
  • Resilient, deals with ambiguity and able to operate under pressure and change
  • Ability to work with a virtual team, with colleagues and stakeholders spread across multiple locations

Benefits of working at Canada Life

We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed.

As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pensionand bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance.

We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.

How we work at Canada Life
Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us.

We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures.

Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationshipswe have with others.

Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.


We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces.

That's why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.
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