Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Head of Employee Engagement and Learning
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The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is the UK's chartered professional body dedicated to educating, developing and regulating actuaries based both in the UK and internationally.
The IFoA regulates and represents over 34,000 members worldwide, overseeing their actuarial education at all stages of qualification and development throughout their careers. We set examinations, continuing professional development, professional codes and disciplinary standards for our members.
We are currently recruiting a Head of Employee Engagement and Learning for a Permanent contract.
This role is hybrid, both working from home and in our Oxford or Edinburgh hub. You will need to be in the office approximately monthly and might need to travel to the London hub from time to time.
We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly between home and the hub to suit their needs and preferences, in line with our hybrid working policy. Colleagues are able to work their hours flexibly, in line with core business hours and requirements. We also offer formalised flexible working agreements.
The starting salary is £67,830
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to HRsupport@actuaries.org.uk by the closing date of Sunday 6 September.
Please note that this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we’d encourage you to get your application in as soon as possible.
Applicants for this role must have the right to work in the UK.
Purpose of Job
The Head of Employee Engagement and Learning is a strategic leader responsible for shaping organisational culture, engagement and capability in line with the IFoA’s strategic objectives and transformation agenda. The role drives a high-performing, values-led organisation by embedding engagement, leadership capability and learning as core enablers of organisational effectiveness, performance and long-term sustainability.
The postholder ensures that colleagues are meaningfully connected to organisational purpose, equipped with the skills required for the future, and supported through a culture that prioritises inclusion, accountability and continuous improvement. The role uses insight, data and evidence to inform strategic interventions that enhance engagement, capability and organisational performance.
Principal Accountabilities
- Strategic employee engagement and organisational insight
- Learning, capability and leadership development strategy
- Organisational culture, values and behavioural frameworks
- Talent development, succession and future capability planning
- Inclusive leadership and EDI capability building
- Strategic internal communications and colleague experience
- Recognition strategy aligned to performance and values
- End-to-end onboarding and colleague lifecycle experience
- Embedding engagement and learning within organisational transformation
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of a strategic employee engagement approach, using data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities and drive targeted organisational interventions
- Design and implement a forward-looking learning and capability strategy aligned to future organisational needs, including digital, professional and leadership capability
- Shape and deliver leadership and management development frameworks that build accountability, performance and inclusive leadership capability
- Drive the embedding of organisational values and cultural behaviours, ensuring alignment to performance, leadership and organisational outcomes
- Lead the design and implementation of talent management and succession frameworks to build organisational resilience and future leadership pipelines
- Evaluate the impact of engagement and learning interventions, using data to continuously refine and improve effectiveness and return on investment
- Partner with senior leaders to strengthen organisational effectiveness, team performance and culture
- Embed capability within the performance management framework, ensuring alignment between performance, development and organisational priorities
- Design and implement a strategic recognition framework that reinforces values, performance and colleague contribution
- Lead the design and delivery of organisational engagement moments, including connection events and leadership-led communications
- Partner across the organisation to identify critical capability gaps and deliver scalable, accessible learning solutions
- Design and embed a high-impact corporate induction and onboarding experience that accelerates colleague integration and performance
- Support organisational change programmes by embedding engagement, communication and learning interventions that enable successful delivery
Essential
Knowledge and Experience
- Significant experience in senior HR leadership or specialist role
- Strong understanding of engagement activities and organisational effectiveness
- Experience influencing senior leaders and managing organisational change
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Demonstrable experience of using data to drive decision making
- Project management skills
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience
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Desirable
- Experience within professional membership, charity or public sector environments
- Experience leading organisational transformation or culture change
Core competencies and behaviours
- Values-led leadership
- Strategic thinking and judgement
- Collaboration and influence
- Emotional intelligence
- Inclusive and ethical decision-making
- Resilience and adaptability
Decision-Making and Complexity
The postholder operates with significant autonomy in shaping and delivering engagement, learning and culture strategies. They are accountable for decisions relating to organisational engagement approaches, learning frameworks, talent strategies and cultural interventions. The role influences Executive and Board-level decision-making through insight, evidence and expert advice, within agreed governance frameworks.
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You can reach us at HRsupport@actuaries.org.uk.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
The IFoA encourages applicants from a variety of backgrounds and experience and welcomes diversity with regard not only to protected characteristics but also diversity of thought. Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than just words for us. That’s why we are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels included and respected, and where no one is unfairly discriminated against. Consequently, we promote diversity, equity and inclusion in all our policies, practices and procedures, and actively encourage applications from a diverse range of potential candidates. All applications for our roles are considered on merit alone, and if you don’t meet all the criteria but believe you have something to offer, we want to hear from you. For more information on our commitments, please see our DEI strategy page.
Read more about working for the IFoA at https://actuaries.org.uk/jobs/
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