Job Description

Having a global team of 16.000 colleagues and more than 70 nationalities. And enabling many of them to work flexibly when needed. Both count. Both are us.

Talent & Development Specialist

Company: Vaillant Group U.K. Ltd   Location: Belper-GBR   Country: United Kingdom (GB)     BrandVaillant

Contract type: Permanent     Working time: Full-time

What we achieve together

  • You will design and continuously evolve a holistic talent and development strategy aligned with our core values of courage, passion, and integrity, ensuring accessibility and clarity for all colleagues. 
  • Your responsibilities will include supporting our top talents with their talent trajectory and training plans, managing and enhancing performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning processes, creating transparency and consistency across the organisation. 
  • Working closely with cross-functional teams/senior managers, you will build strong relationships to align development initiatives with business needs and avoid duplication of efforts. 
  • By driving continuous improvement, you will introduce best practices in learning, career pathways, and talent processes, strengthening our learning culture. 
  • You contribute to the smooth day-to-day operation of development systems by monitoring training activities, reporting outcomes, and supporting employees in their learning journeys. 
  • Together with internal and external partners, you will manage training providers, budgets, and compliance requirements while supporting company-wide initiatives such as employee surveys and certifications.

 

What makes us successful together

  • You bring a relevant qualification in Human Resources or Learning & Development, ideally complemented by a recognised professional certification such as CIPD or coaching qualifications. 
  • Your experience as a Talent & Development Specialist or in a comparable role enables you to confidently manage talent strategies, performance processes, and learning initiatives. 
  • With your strong knowledge of adult learning principles, development systems, and performance management tools, you create impactful and sustainable solutions. 
  • Ideally, you have gained experience in areas such as mentoring, safeguarding, diversity & inclusion, or working within structured development frameworks. 
  • Your personality is characterised by empathy, organisational skills, and the ability to build trusting relationships across all levels of the organisation, combined with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset. 
  • You demonstrate strong communication skills and a passion for people development, ensuring that learning opportunities are inclusive, engaging, and aligned with business success.

 

What you can count on

  • We offer our employees an attractive remuneration package, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and bonus opportunities.
  • We are in the 7% of UK businesses that have received the gold award from Investors in People (IIP).
  • Our onsite Bistro and Coffee Bar provide comfortable seating, healthy subsidised meal options and refreshments during the day.
  • We pride ourselves on our Family Friendly Policies, designed to support our employees during important life events.
  • We offer a generous pension scheme which enables our employees to have greater financial security when they do retire.
  • For our employee’s peace of mind, we provide a death in service benefit and the option of subsidised private health care.

 

 

What makes us special

We take care of a better climate. In every home and our environment. As a successful family business, we have been living up to this claim for over 150 years. We are one of the world's leading providers of heat pumps, digital services and efficient gas heating appliances and offer energy-saving solutions.

You will find sustainability everywhere at the Vaillant Group. In the office, at the production sites and on the road. Around 16,000 employees from over 70 countries are committed to this every day. As an international team, we take responsibility - for our future and that of our planet. We promote your personal development so that you can act with passion and together we can ensure a better climate.

Become part of the Vaillant Group and help us shape the future of heating!

 

We promote equity and do not tolerate any form of discrimination. We value the uniqueness of each individual and encourage all people to apply. 

 

Your Contact: 

Amanda Smith
+44 7734 985 093

We rely on digital application processes – not only to work more efficiently, but also to help conserve resources. Therefore, we kindly ask you to apply online only.

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