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Talent Assessment Lead

Location: London

Do you love shaping how organisations find and grow talent? This is a great job for someone who’s passionate about assessment and selection – and ready to take the lead on building strategies that unlock potential across every level of Aviva.

We’ve got an exciting opportunity for a Talent Assessment & Selection Lead to join our team. In this role, you’ll define and deliver Aviva’s approach to assessment – from Early Careers right through to Executive level. Reporting to the Head of Talent Management, you’ll create frameworks and tools that help us spot strengths, close gaps and build brilliant teams. Your work will make sure we’re ready to meet our customers’ needs today and tomorrow. You’ll need to travel to our London office when required.

• Deep expertise in talent assessment and psychometrics, with knowledge of current and emerging approaches.
• Experience designing and implementing assessment tools end-to-end – including at C‑Suite level.
• Strong data literacy and analytical skills to evaluate assessment outcomes.
• Background in talent management, culture, organisational development and learning.
• Post‑graduate or professional qualification in occupational psychology.

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague:

• Starting salary circa £90,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity –12% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
• Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

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We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we’d still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week – combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi a call on +447387534297 or send an email to kirthi.kanikireddy@aviva.com

• Director

• Full-time

• Human Resources
• Insurance, Financial Services, and Banking