Workforce & Talent Lead

Workforce & Talent Lead

Location:

Loughborough, London or Manchester based, with regular remote working.

Contract type:
Permanent (Full time).

Closing date: 6 January 2026.

As Workforce & Talent Lead, you’ll shape the future of British high‑performance sport by building a world‑class recruitment advisory function. Your goal? Give the UK a competitive edge by attracting, developing, and retaining the best people, and making tough calls when needed.

You’ll provide expertise to enable best‑in‑class recruitment to critical roles across the high‑performance system:
Chairs, CEOs, Performance Directors, Head of Performance Services, key practitioners, and performance coaches. You’ll also manage the Talent Team, setting them up for success and ensuring they deliver an exceptional contribution to the high‑performance system.

This is a role for a strategic thinker and a people expert — an individual who can identify and test for potential, challenge the status quo, and create pathways for future leaders.

• Lead recruitment strategy for high‑performance roles, using modern, inclusive methods to find high potential talent and high performers.
• Build and manage talent tracking systems, creating dashboards and reports to support succession planning and workforce diversity.
• Inspire and lead a team of analysts and advisors, ensuring collaboration and a great end‑to‑end candidate experience.
• Map career pathways and work with learning and development teams to deliver tailored growth opportunities.
• Drive succession planning, identifying future potential and shaping development plans.
• Champion culture, partnering with the Culture Lead to embed values in recruitment.
• Engage stakeholders across the system to align recruitment, development, and cultural initiatives.

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