Associate Vice President, Talent and Employee Experience (12 month FTC)

The AVP Talent and Employee Experience is accountable for shaping and delivering an integrated talent, reward, employee value proposition, learning, and culture agenda across Carnival UK. The role ensures the organisation has the workforce capability, leadership strength, and employee experience required to achieve current and future business objectives, while creating a high-performance, values-driven culture that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional talent.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the design and delivery of an integrated enterprise Talent Strategy aligned to business goals and future workforce needs.
• Drive strategic workforce planning, skills transformation, capability frameworks, succession planning, and talent pipeline development across the organisation.
• rovide strategic leadership and governance for reward frameworks, employee benefits, and job architecture to support a future-focused employment proposition.
• Shape and oversee learning, leadership development, and capability-building strategies that support organisational performance and future skills requirements.
• Define and embed the Employee Value Proposition and employer brand to enhance attraction, engagement, retention, and employee experience.
• Lead organisation-wide culture, engagement, employee voice, and inclusion initiatives, supported by data, analytics, governance, and continuous improvement measures.

Essential Experience Required

• Experience in HR leadership experience covering multiple domains (Talent, Learning, OD, EVP, or Org Design).
• Proven success in developing and delivering integrated talent and organisational strategies in complex, multi-geography organisations.
• Deep experience in workforce planning, capability building, and large-scale organisational design or transformation.
• Strong understanding of culture, engagement, and employer brand drivers.
• Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills with C-suite exposure.
• Analytical mindset with a strong grasp of metrics, benchmarking, and insight generation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and scale high-performing teams across multiple disciplines.
• Change leadership capability and comfort navigating ambiguity.
• Strategic and systems thinker who can connect culture, talent, and performance.
• Trusted advisor and collaborative influencer across leadership levels.

Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as a CUK04, offered as a full-time position, on a 12 month fixed-term basis, with an offering of hybrid work including up to two days from home.

Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague here.

We're more than just a holiday company; we're a community that values work-life balance, personal growth, and wellbeing. As part of our team, you'll enjoy:

• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• A friendly welcome with help settling in

• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers 

• Extensive learning and development opportunities 
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

Application Note

Due to the high volume of interest in our roles, we encourage early applications. This is your chance to contribute to a company that's setting the standard for holiday experiences. Apply today to be part of our journey to create joy and memories for our customers—and for you.

Don't let this opportunity sail away. Join us in making holiday dreams come true while advancing your career to new horizons.

Recruitment Journey

For more information on your recruitment journey, please visit our Candidate Journey Map.

Any offer of employment for this role will be conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a Basic DBS check. A criminal record will not automatically bar you from employment; any information disclosed will be considered fairly and proportionately in light of the responsibilities of the role.

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