This is a 9-month FTC in our London (Kings Cross) office half of the time, with the other half working from home. **What you will deliver** * Shape and embed a future-focused talent strategy that ensures NewDay can access, grow, and retain the capabilities needed for long-term growth. * Evolve talent frameworks that drive agility, accountability, and continuous development in a fast-changing environment. * Design digital-first, scalable talent solutions---partnering with Architecture \& Implementation to embed performance, skills, and succession planning into Workday and everyday decision-making. * Connect data on performance, potential, and readiness to emerging business needs---enabling informed, proactive succession planning for critical roles. * Influence senior decision-making through compelling, insight-led reporting that highlights talent risks, progress, and strategic workforce opportunities. * Explore and test new talent approaches---such as gig-style work, skills marketplaces, and alternative sourcing which expand access to critical capabilities beyond permanent hiring. **Skills and Experience** **Essential** * Deep experience designing and implementing talent and performance strategies that deliver measurable outcomes. * Proven ability to work cross-functionally with SMEs across OD, resourcing, reward, analytics and systems to co-create aligned solutions. * Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels in a matrixed environment. * Comfort working autonomously in a senior individual contributor role, operating at pace and with a strong delivery mindset. * Analytical capability with a confidence using data to derive and communicate insight. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing high-quality content for senior audiences. **Desirable** * Understanding of Workday Talent \& Performance modules, or appetite to develop deep system proficiency. * Familiarity with data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI) to enhance storytelling and insight generation. #LI-Hybrid #LI-TT1 **We work with Textio to make our job design and hiring inclusive.** Fixed Term (Fixed Term)Benchmark salary for London and Leeds.png