Talent Management Officer, LB Richmond UPON THAMES & LB Wandsworth

Talent Management Officer, LB RICHMOND UPON THAMES & LB WANDSWORTH

Full Time (office based 3–4 times a week) |
Fixed Term Contract – March 2029 |
Salary £37,602 – £45,564

Work Match, Richmond and Wandsworth council’s jobs and skills brokerage is recruiting for a Talent Management Officer to add further resource to an already successful employment delivery team. The Talent Management Officer is the key link between resident engagement and the identification of a resident’s skills, ambitions and development needs, supporting them on their employment pathway and building a talent pool to meet local employment ambitions.

You will be an ambitious self‑starter ready to join a successful job brokerage service for talented residents of Wandsworth. Your employability and employment support skills will deliver high‑quality, resident‑focused employment support by engaging with local people. You should be able to deliver high quality advice, CV preparation, job readiness training and successfully match locals to jobs created in the boroughs, working with the Business Engagement teams.

This is an exciting time to help residents realise their potential and raise their aspirations into the local labour market.

• Effectively engage with a wide range of Wandsworth residents registered with Work Match.
• Assess work readiness and enable residents to access appropriate employment support or training.
• Manage a talent pool of work‑ready residents and liaise with colleagues to place them into local job openings.
• Work closely with Partnerships and Commissioning to ensure training delivered is resident‑responsive and demand‑led, based on local evidence.

• Knowledge of barriers to work for the unemployed and under‑employed.
• Knowledge of suitable provisions to enhance individual work readiness.
• Experience delivering high‑impact and innovative employability programmes.
• Experience managing a wide caseload of people seeking employment and training.
• Experience providing advice, guidance and developing action plans for those wishing to enter employment and training.
• Ability to ascertain work readiness, identify barriers and create interventions to address them.

Sunday 8th February 2026

Monday 9th February 2026

To be confirmed (week of 23rd February 2026)

For an informal conversation please contact Andrew Harland, Employment Delivery Manager, land@

All internal applicants must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised. We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to inclusive recruitment practices. We promote equality and diversity, value differences, and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will be conditional on satisfactory DBS checks.

40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.