Leadership and Talent Assessment Senior Manager, Resourcing, Human Resources
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Deloitte is a global leader in professional services and each year we hire over 7,000 talented people into our UK firm so that our people can fulfil the firm's purpose; to make an impact that matters for our colleagues, our clients and for society.
The Assessment team is integral to resourcing delivery, ensuring we hire and internally promote the best talent in the marketplace and deliver an exceptional candidate experience. This team design and execute selection strategies which ensure candidates and colleagues perform at their best, remove barriers for under-represented groups and enable hiring managers to make confident and fair hiring decisions through high quality materials and training.This team also protects candidate integrity through risk mitigation measures.
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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact .These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
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Reporting to the Head of Assessment, this role is responsible for providing subject matter expertise to shape and guide our internal promotion and external hire leadership assessment approach as well as more broadly supporting the standardisation and quality of our assessment practices across all levels.
Responsibilities- Maintains the quality, suitability and inclusiveness of the UK firm's psychometric assessment suite used for Director and Partner hiring and promotions, including leading validation and improvement activities, and ensuring applicants and decision-makers understand and apply insights for maximum value.
- Guides and upskills hiring managers, recruiters, schedulers and talent team colleagues to fully embed leadership‑level assessment materials and processes for Senior Manager, Director and Partner roles, ensuring all stakeholders understand assessment requirements, have easy access to up‑to‑date materials (via repositories) and can confidently apply the solutions.
- Monitors compliance with assessment practice, including use of materials, process adherence and quality of evaluation (e.g. feedback notes) and makes recommendations for improvement where necessary.
- Completes review and evaluation work to assess the impact and value of leadership assessment practices and materials, reporting on trends and findings with recommendations and actions for continuous improvement to products, processes and related assessment services.
- Makes recommendations to Talent leadership on strategies to build assessment capability among Senior Manager, Director, Partner and HR decision makers, enhancing standards of leadership assessment.
- Shares important research, insights and thought leadership on leading assessment practice and innovation in focus area, sharing these with the Assessment CoE Team, Talent leadership, Executive Hiring Teams and relevant resourcing and business stakeholders for broader discussion.
- Creates business buy‑in for new leadership assessment solutions and enhancements, fully scoping the work and deciding the most suitable resources to deliver (gig team member, supplier or self).
- Maintains applicant/candidate preparation guidance and resources for internal and external applicants relevant to leadership assessment so people feel supported and able to perform at their best.
- Works with the Professional Hire Assessment Manager to oversee a clear programme of work that ensures effective maintenance and ongoing improvement of experienced hire and leadership assessment repositories (including interview guides, case studies, business challenges, ability tests and technical assessments), ensuring repository structure meets business needs and assessment requirements and requirements for new/growth areas and skills are met.
- Works with the Professional Hire Assessment Manager to manage governance of assessment repositories and SOPs: briefing recruiters and schedulers, monitoring compliance, addressing non‑compliance and supervising responses to inbound assessment customisation requests.
- Acts as an assessment SME escalation point for complex reasonable adjustment cases, working closely with the Reasonable Adjustments Manager and legal teams (ER and OGC) where required to identify and implement effective solutions that balance candidate and business needs, meet legal obligations and uphold our public commitment as a Disability Confidence employer.
- Deputises for the Head of Assessment, during periods of absence/ when needed, and direct responsibility for managing specific budgets relevant to area of work.
- Supports more broadly with assessment projects, based on the CoE book of work.
- Deep subject‑matter expertise in leadership, with considerable experience in shaping assessment approaches in consultation with business stakeholders and designing and implementing large‑scale leadership assessment programs in a multi‑disciplinary, high‑volume professional environment.
- Qualified user of psychometric products with expertise in how behavioural psychometric tests are designed and validated.
- Broad knowledge of leadership‑assessment products, their applications and benefits.
- Some experience in statistical analysis methods relevant to assessment and selection.
- Preferably a business/occupational psychology or related discipline (human resources, organisational behavior)
- Strong internal and external consulting, influencing and stakeholder‑management skills, underpinned by excellent interpersonal and communication abilities (verbal, written and presentation).
- Experienced in supplier management and implementing controls to ensure quality and delivery
- High level of attention to detail
- Strong project management skills
- Strong collaborative and team working skills
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Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact.Come join us.
Human Resources
At Deloitte, Human Resources is transforming. We are already an award-winning HR team but we’re not resting there. We want to make an impact that matters for our people, our clients and for society. To achieve this, we're firmly embedding HR into the business, advising and innovating along with our business leaders.
Personal independence
Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships).This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm).
The recruitment team will provide further details as you progress through the recruitment process, or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
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"We’re in the process of transforming the way we do resourcing, to future proof our offering. It’s exciting and there’s never been a better time to join us.” -Jhon, Enabling Functions
Our hybrid working policy
You’ll be based in our Manchester, Bristol or Birmingham with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely.You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So, we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So, we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too.Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills.Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.
Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
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