Consensus is not just a care provider – we’re a community of amazing people dedicated to inspiring and empowering people with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. If you’re as passionate as we are about making a meaningful difference in the lives of others, then this may be the job for you.

Role: Learning & Development Business Partner

Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum

Location: Central Support Office, Colchester

Your Role

• Working closely with operational leaders, recruitment and L&OD colleagues to ensure early-career programmes meet business priorities, regulatory requirements and workforce capacity needs.
• Overseeing the onboarding, induction and early development of apprentices and graduates, ensuring a positive, supportive and compliant learner experience.
• Acting as the key liaison with training providers, awarding bodies and external partners, managing quality, performance and contractual expectations.
• Monitoring learner progress, completion and outcomes, intervening early where risks to engagement, performance or retention are identified.
• Maintaining oversight of the apprenticeship levy account, Skills for care and LDSS funding streams.
• Providing day to day oversight of learning management systems (LMS) and digital learning platforms, ensuring they are accurate, accessible and fit for purpose.
• Enabling consistent learning journeys across services by standardising system processes and reporting.
• Acting as a key point of contact for managers and services in relation to learning systems, providing guidance and support on platform use and compliance responsibilities.
• Delivering system training and guidance to colleagues and managers to build confidence and consistency in use.
• Undertaking administrative activities for the smooth operation of the L&OD department, which includes booking/arranging training venues, processing invoices, creating and managing workshop events, being the first point of contact for all L&OD queries and managing the L&OD inbox (this is not an exhaustive list).