Role overview

We have a new opportunity for a Future Talent Partner – Timber Frame to join our team within Vistry Services, at our Vistry Works East Midlands factory in Coalville. As our Future Talent Partner – Timber Frame, you will lead and manage the talent and development pipeline for the ‘Timber Frame Installer’ Trainee programme. The role will focus on recruitment, onboarding, qualification oversight, programme management and pastoral care for trainees. This is a brand new position which will help shape an industry leading Trainee programme.

We are pleased to say, this role could accommodate agile working arrangements in accordance with Vistry’s Agile Working Policy and subject to business need.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • A minimum of 5 GCSE’s (at A* to C) inclusive of English & Maths
  • IT Literate, with an ability to work within generic Microsoft Office packages, as well as bespoke systems
  • Project management
  • Know the commercial importance of working with tight deadlines and strong processes
  • Ability to display a business partnering approach and manage the expectations of each part of the business effectively
  • Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to ensure flexibility when required
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise confidently with people of all levels
  • Project Management: Strong organizational and multitasking abilities to manage multiple stakeholders, deadlines, and program components
  • Interpersonal Skills: Excellent relationship-building skills to engage with trainees, factory staff, external providers, and senior stakeholders
  • Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present data and program updates effectively
  • Analytical Thinking: Ability to measure and analyse program performance, providing
  • Flexible to support various areas of the business, to attend various offices and site locations within the business as and when necessary
  • Driving License essential to effectively support all areas of the business

  Desirable...

  • Partnership working
  • Understanding of manufacturing
  • Specific Timber-Frame knowledge
  • Strong understanding of Apprenticeships and how they work
  • Keen understanding of DE&I
• More about the Future Talent Partner role...
  • Additionally, the role involves fostering partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and steering groups, ensuring the programmes alignment with business goals & transformation, measuring its return on investment – partners namely include CITB, HBF, STRADA, STA, Timber Development UK, NHBC and government.
  • Work collaboratively with regional HRBP’s to inform and enhance succession planning processes and ideas, helping to encourage a culture where future successors are empowered and supported to reach their full potential.
  • Help to embed the organizational values and ethos with organized employee focus groups and collaborative activities
  • Design and manage the end-to-end recruitment process for timber frame apprentices and trainees, ensuring inclusivity and alignment with Vistry’s diversity strategy.
  • Collaborate with the existing Future Talent Partners to develop outreach strategies to attract a diverse pool of candidates, including collaboration with schools, colleges, and communities.
  • Conduct interviews, assessments, and selection processes, ensuring fairness and compliance with company policies.
  • Support the collation of reporting and monitoring.
  • Support careers events, raising the profile of Vistry and supporting career development opportunities.
  • Nurture a diverse talent pool from work placement initiatives feeding into FT programmes (entry routes).
  • Support the development of both internal and external Future Talent case studies, videos and other materials to support key themed events such as for National Apprenticeship Week or National Careers Week.
  • Oversee the apprentices’ and trainees’ progress throughout their qualifications, ensuring timely achievement of milestones and successful completion.
  • Liaise with training providers and educational institutions, to ensure high-quality program design and delivery.
  • Regularly review and update program content to meet evolving business needs and industry standards.
  • Develop guides and tools for the business and supply chain, so they can support Future Talent.
  • Holistic end to end programme management of the Timber Frame talent programme, from inception to execution.
  • Act as the primary business partner for stakeholders at the Leicester Factory, including team leads, managers, and factory staff, to ensure smooth integration of trainees both on and off-site.
  • Collaborate with industry bodies and government departments on skills initiatives, ensuring alignment with wider industry efforts.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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