Learning and Development Business Partner

Turning Passion into Purpose. London South Bank University are excited to be recruiting for the post of Learning and Development Business Partner to join their highly skilled People, Cultural & Legal department. Comprised of a number of teams, covering HR Business Partnering, Recruitment, Employment Services, HR Systems, Learning and Development, Organisational Development, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Legal Services – the People, Culture and Legal function at LSBU is at the heart of the delivery of our ambitious 2025 People and Culture Strategy, with its vision of building an inclusive culture and a first-class employee and student experience.

This position will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to play a vital role in shaping and leading learning and development. From your passion to build an agile learning culture where everyone can thrive you will work with key stakeholders across the LSBU group to drive learning and development throughout the organisation.

About You:

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Experience in Higher Education Institutions or similar organisations
• Experience in developing and delivering learning and development strategies and programmes   
• Experience in commissioning learning and development, ensuring ROI and value for money 
• Experienced in managing learning management systems, including reporting and analysing data
• Ability to deliver e-learning and blended solutions
• Demonstrable personal credibility which enables influencing, negotiation and giving advice to senior leaders and colleagues at all levels 

The ideal candidate will be an experienced learning and development professional with a track record of delivering learning and development solutions across the organisation. Experience is organisational development is desirable as the Learning and Organisational Development (OD) team cover both learning and OD interventions.

Benefits and How to Apply:

As a leading Higher Education Institution LSBU offers staff a highly competitive benefits package including holiday entitlement starting at 26.5 days per annum, professional development opportunities and flexible working. Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here.

The person specification for this role alongside applicant guidance on what to submit within your application can be found within the candidate pack attached. Applications must be submitted via the "Apply Online" button.

For an informal conversation ahead of applying please feel free to contact the hiring manager for this position, James Pickin, Head of Learning and Organisational Development at james.pickin@lsbu.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 14th July 2024 at 11.59pm

Interview/assessment week - TBC

We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us to discuss any support you need. The diversity of LSBU’s staff and students is a source of our strength and the richness of ideas and perspectives that this diversity brings makes LSBU a unique place to work.

This role is eligible for sponsorship under the UKVI Skilled Worker route, more details on this can be found within the candidate pack.

If you have any questions related to your application or queries related to reasonable adjustments, please email the recruitment team hrdsr@lsbu.ac.uk

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.

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