Learning and Development Business Partner

OneAdvanced Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Pension with 5% matched contributions

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

OneAdvanced Limited is seeking an experienced Learning & Development Business Partner to partner with leaders, identify capability gaps and translate these into practical development solutions.

Based in a hybrid role with two days a week at the Birmingham Mailbox office, you will act as a trusted consultant, diagnose capability needs and drive measurable impact through blended learning and future-skills initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience operating as an L&D Partner, Learning Consultant, Capability Partner or similar consultative role
• Strong experience partnering with senior stakeholders and translating priorities into learning solutions
• Evidence of diagnosing needs rather than simply responding to training requests
• Experience designing, sourcing or implementing blended learning interventions

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to understand strategic priorities and capability needs
• Conduct capability needs analysis using data to identify gaps
• Translate business challenges into practical development plans
• Lead organisation-wide capability initiatives including AI and future skills
• Source and curate learning solutions from internal and external sources
• Design blended approaches that drive behaviour change, not just learning
• Advise stakeholders and help decide where development investment has greatest impact
• Connect learning with wider talent and workforce priorities
• Measure learning impact with data and feedback
• Stay updated on emerging learning practices and AI

Skills

L&D partner

Stakeholder management

Needs analysis

Capability planning

Job description

Help shape how our people learn, grow and build the skills we need for the future.

At OneAdvanced, our People team is an award-winning function, recognised as CIPD People Team of the Year and HR Excellence People Team of the Year. As our business continues to evolve, we're looking for an experienced Learning & Development Business Partner to join the team and help shape capability across OneAdvanced.

This is a business-facing role partnering with leaders and teams across the organisation to understand their priorities, identify skills and capability gaps, and translate these into meaningful development solutions.

Rather than simply responding to training requests, you'll act as a trusted consultant to the business, challenging where needed, diagnosing the real capability requirement and ensuring our investment in learning delivers measurable impact.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of two days per week from our Birmingham Mailbox office.

What You Will Do

• Partner with senior leaders and teams across the business to understand strategic priorities and identify current and future capability needs.
• Conduct learning and capability needs analysis, using insight and data to identify skills gaps and development priorities.
• Translate business challenges into practical, impactful learning and capability plans.
• Lead and contribute to organisation-wide capability initiatives, including AI, commercial capability, development and future skills.
• Source and curate the right learning solutions, drawing on internal expertise, digital learning, external partners and on-the-job development.
• Design and coordinate blended approaches that create genuine behaviour change rather than learning in isolation.
• Act as a trusted L&D advisor, constructively challenging stakeholders and helping them make informed decisions about where development investment will have the greatest impact.
• Work closely with colleagues across the wider People function to connect learning with our broader talent, skills and workforce priorities.
• Measure the effectiveness and application of learning, using data, feedback and business outcomes to continually improve our approach.
• Stay curious about emerging learning practices, technology and AI, bringing new thinking into how we build capability at OneAdvanced.

What You Will Have

• Experience operating as an L&D Business Partner, Learning Consultant, Capability Partner or in a similarly consultative learning role.
• Strong experience partnering with senior stakeholders and translating business priorities into learning and capability solutions.
• Evidence of diagnosing needs rather than simply responding to training requests.
• Experience designing, sourcing or implementing blended learning and capability interventions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge without direct authority.
• An understanding of how skills, capability and learning connect to wider business and workforce priorities.
• A commercial mindset and the ability to demonstrate the impact and value of learning.
• Curiosity around AI, emerging technology and the changing skills organisations will need for the future.
• Experience within technology, SaaS, professional services or another fast-paced, changing organisation would be advantageous.

What We Do For You

Wellbeing that means something

• 26 days' holiday + bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year
• Exceptional family leave, 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave
• Robust sick pay of up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
• Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical-history exclusions

Financial Benefits That Have Your Back

• Performance-based rewards tailored to your role, from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures
• Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it
• Pension with 5% matched company contributions
• Life assurance worth 4x your salary from day one
• Free financial planning session with the option to engage in more tailored financial coaching.

Grow your career with us

• SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future-manager training, and a huge online library
• Access to external training and apprenticeships

Making a Difference

• MatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
• Pennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger

Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including:

• ULEV car scheme with 1,000+ models
• Dental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover, Health Assessment, Gym Membership

Who We Are

At OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society. We're much more than a software company. We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more.

OneAdvanced is one of the UK’s largest business software and services companies. Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia. Our secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors. Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation.

We strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet.

Proud to be recognised in the Financial Times' Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data led ranking based on employee feedback. Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.