Job title: HR Capability Development Manager - Full Time, Permanent

Job reference: 0000018390

Date posted: 11/08/2022

Application closing date: 25/08/2022

Salary: £42,155 - £51,805 per annum (Grade 6)

Package: Excellent Benefits Package

Job description
Build your HR Career with Edinburgh Napier University

HR Capability Development Manager - Full Time, Permanent

About Us

Edinburgh Napier University is the ‘#1 Modern University in Scotland’ (Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021) and the number one university in Edinburgh for Student Satisfaction (NSS 2021).

Based in Scotland’s vibrant capital city, we are an innovative, learner centric university with a modern and fresh outlook. We have an outstanding academic reputation for delivering the highest quality education and research, and we are committed to empower individuals, transform communities, build careers, and shape futures with an ethos build upon inclusivity, employability, and sustainability.

As the University continues to grow its academic reputation and impact and invest in people, so does the HR team; and recognises the importance of the valuable work we do and how we deliver it. Our people drive the University’s success, whatever their role, and the HR function are at the heart of this – our work is integral and supports the delivery of the University’s Strategy (Shaping our Future: Driving Distinctiveness) underpinned by our core values: Professional, Innovative, Ambitious, and Inclusive.

The Opportunity

This is a great opportunity to join the University at an exciting time as we look to build our academic reputation and standing as a University, embed our new strategy and take forward our talent agenda.

You will play a key role in shaping, leading, implementing, and embedding our L&D strategies and initiatives to help us develop and retain high-performing employees, using skills enhancement as a key tool and way of driving successful delivery of key University projects and priorities.

Specifically, you will lead the development of a talent and leadership strategy which enables us to develop and retain homegrown talent and ensures that we have a talent pipeline to fulfil our future skills needs as the University continues to grow.

You will proactively engage with our stakeholders taking a consultancy approach to understand their business needs and providing innovative learning and development solutions to support their needs. Alongside this strategic focus you will also take a hands-on approach and be involved in workshop and course delivery for all employees.

Who we’re looking for?

• A subject matter expert with an established track record of success and evidence of continuous professional development.
• Highly customer focused individual, able to build and maintain relationships quickly across a broad range of roles and evidence of working and influencing at a senior level.
• Excellent facilitation and consultancy skills and appropriately networked to bring external thinking and new ideas forward to ensure our service delivery remains current, innovative and helps build a learning culture that supports University plans.
• Significant experience of leading talent and leadership development initiatives.
• Experience of effectively managing a range of competing priorities and stakeholders.
• Self-motivation and the drive and perseverance to work on own initiative.
• Experience of leading projects applying project plan methodology.
• Experience of using data, metrics, and other information to develop insight to identify opportunities for improvement and deliver change.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please click here to view the job description.

Benefits We Offer

Salary: £42,155 - £51,805 per annum (Grade 6)

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Edinburgh Napier University is a forward-thinking institution, home to forward-thinking people, inspired by the world around us. Join us and you will find that we offer support and recognition wherever due, as well as fantastic benefits such as an attractive pension with employer contributions of 20.8% and a minimum of 36 days holiday.

There are professional development opportunities, discounted access to onsite sports facilities and a wide range of other staff discounts. For more information about our wide range of benefits, click here.

Additional Information

Application closing date: Thursday 25 August @ 11:59pm

Interview date: w/c 5 September

Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status. Please see here for more information.