First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) have a fantastic opportunity for a Talent and Development Lead to join our growing People and Culture Team.

This is full time (37 hours per week) Hybrid role where you’ll split your time between home and our friendly and collaborative office In the centre of Oldham.

 

The impact you’ll make

In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping how we develop, engage and support our colleagues at FCHO. You will help bring our people strategy to life by:

• Designing and delivering inspiring learning and development programmes that grow our people and leadership capability.


• Promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement across the organisation.


• Leading on employee engagement initiatives and helping us measure what matters.


• Supporting the delivery of our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategy and embedding inclusive practices throughout FCHO.


• Managing apprenticeships, graduate schemes and talent development programmes to ensure we nurture and grow talent from within.

 

Our ideal candidate:

• Has significant experience in designing, delivering and evaluating learning and development programmes


• Is confident building relationships and influencing at all levels of the organisation and has strong business acumen.


• Has experience in coaching, leadership development and talent management


• Holds a CIPD qualification (or equivalent) and/or a coaching qualification (Desirable)


• Understands the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and demonstrates this in all areas of their work


• Is passionate about creating an inclusive learning culture that supports continuous improvement and colleague growth


• Has experience of implementing staff surveys workshops and events


• Has experience of working with psychometric tools.


• Has experience of measuring ROI and full evaluation programmes

 

Why Join FCHO?

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) is a housing association providing safe, affordable, and high-quality homes across Oldham and the surrounding areas. We own and manage over 11,500 properties and have the highest regulatory (G1/V1) Governance rating. Every day, we’re proud to make a real difference in our communities.

Our work is guided by our Big Plan, focused on providing homes we’re proud of, supporting people to thrive, and creating a great place to work. We care deeply about our customers, our colleagues, and our communities and we’re committed to delivering services we can be proud of while improving the lives of people across Oldham.

We need great people to work with us - it’s an exciting time to join as we work towards out big ambitions, supporting the growth and prosperity of our local region.

What’s In It for You?

We offer a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development:

• A salary of £42,500 per annum


• A 37-hour working week with hybrid working options


• 30 days’ annual leave and 8 bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time colleagues)


• Option to purchase additional annual leave


• Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option


• Death in service benefit


• Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical, and physiotherapy treatments


• Private health insurance


• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering 24-hour confidential support


• Doctorline – 24/7 worldwide GP access for you and your family


• Access to our colleague benefits platform, offering discounts on major retailers and wellbeing tools


• Discounted gym membership


• Professional subscriptions paid (where essential for the role)


• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay


• Access to our on-site wellbeing room and on-site café


• Long Service awards

Interested?

If you meet the criteria for the role and are passionate about people, development and creating a culture where everyone can thrive, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your application before 18/11/2025

We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills & are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.   As an equal opportunities employer, FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.  We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We care that you have a great experience with us at FCHO and if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother, please let us know & we’ll do all we can.