Hymans Robertson
Learning and Development Business Partner
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The Vacancy
We’re looking for an experienced Learning & Development Business Partner to join our award-winning, forward-thinking L&D team. This is a high-impact role where you’ll work in true partnership with inspiring leaders across the business, shaping and delivering learning solutions that drive growth, performance, and engagement.
What will your role look like?
You’ll have real autonomy and influence to design and deliver learning interventions that respond to the needs of a growing, evolving organisation. As a trusted adviser, you’ll take the time to deeply understand the business, its challenges, and its ambitions — ensuring learning adds genuine value and makes a measurable difference.
If you’re passionate about modern learning, coaching, and creating inclusive, engaging development experiences, this is a role where your ideas and expertise will thrive.
Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:
- Build strong, trusted partnerships with business leaders to understand strategic priorities, challenges, and capability needs
- Lead and deliver key elements of the L&D strategy, taking ownership of a portfolio of impactful learning projects
- Design, deliver, and evaluate learning programmes across a range of topics, both in-person and virtually
- Provide high-quality individual and team coaching to support development and performance
- Create strong networks across the firm, ensuring learning feels accessible, inclusive, and relevant to all colleagues
- Stay at the forefront of best practice by drawing on thought leadership from learning, psychology, leadership, and HR disciplines
To enjoy and succeed in this role, you will have:
- A proven track record of designing and delivering impactful learning interventions, both virtual and face-to-face
- Strong facilitation skills and confidence working with groups at all levels
- Coaching experience and/or a coaching qualification (desirable)
- Experience using psychometric tools to build self-awareness and support development at individual and group level
- A solid understanding of people development frameworks and methodologies, with the ability to apply them practically
- Curiosity and commitment to staying up to date with developments in psychology, leadership, and digital learning
- Thinking strategically, while also designing targeted, innovative learning solutions
- Demonstrating genuine care for colleagues and contributing to a positive culture
- Building meaningful relationships and using emotional intelligence to influence and support others
- Managing multiple projects and priorities, while focusing on outcomes and impact
- Freedom to work both autonomously and collaborating with a supportive team to deliver shared objectives
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Please note that as part of the recruitment process for this opportunity, candidates will be expected to complete a task during the interview stages.
We would also encourage applications from candidates who perhaps do not possess all the attributes and experience listed above but are competent with the majority and would be able to quickly develop the additional skills and experience required in post with our full support. We would also love to hear about other knowledge and experience you may have that is not listed but could be of interest.
We Offer
- A competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme
- A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs
- A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged
- On-site mental health and wellbeing assistance
- A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire
- Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day’s leave to celebrate your birthday
- Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments – with the expectation of two ‘in-office’ days per week
- A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm
About Us
Together, we’ve been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment.
We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams – diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.
Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we’re one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards.
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We’re committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We’ve many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.
We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn’t limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.
Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds – home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here.
If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know.
Together, we can make this the best job you’ll ever have.
Our Culture
We live and breathe our four values – friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward – and genuinely care about our people, clients, community and the environment.
Job Satisfaction
Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose – together, building better futures. Whether that’s helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.
Reward and Wellbeing
We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.
Flexible Working
We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.
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We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.
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There is no linear path – learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.
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