Learning and Development Partner

Transport for Greater Manchester; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Public transport benefits

Professional development support

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Transport for Greater Manchester is seeking a Learning & Development Partner to translate workforce priorities into practical development solutions. You’ll diagnose needs, shape demand, design and evaluate learning initiatives, and collaborate with HRBP and OD colleagues.

In a permanent role, you’ll lead or contribute to leadership development, capability programmes, and supplier management, with a strong emphasis on evidence, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in analysing learning needs within a complex organisation.
• Ability to design accessible learning solutions and facilitate learning.
• Experience coordinating programmes or projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead leadership and management development and strategic capability programmes.
• Oversee talent and succession development, supplier management, and learning evaluation.

Skills

L&D partnering

Learning needs analysis

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Job description

Are you passionate about using learning and development to make a practical difference to organisational capability?

We’re looking for a Learning & Development Partner to join TfGM’s People directorate. You’ll provide an evidence-led L&D partnering service, helping translate organisational, directorate, and workforce priorities into accessible, inclusive, and effective learning and development solutions

Your Role

As a Learning and Development Partner, you’ll diagnose learning and capability needs, shape demand, and design, commission, deliver, and evaluate learning solutions.

You’ll work closely with managers, HR Business Partners, Organisational Development colleagues, and other People specialists, using evidence and insight to improve capability, performance, and colleague experience.

Depending on career-grade level, you’ll also contribute to or lead leadership and management development, strategic capability programmes, talent and succession development, supplier management, learning evaluation, and continuous improvement.

Facilitation is an important part of the role, including delivering high-quality development for TfGM managers and aspiring managers

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

You’ll be part of TfGM’s Learning & Development Centre of Excellence within the People directorate, working alongside Organisational Development, HR Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition and Inclusion, Early Careers, engagement, and other specialist teams.

Our work connects learning with organisational capability, talent and career development, leadership and management development, colleague engagement, and the wider priorities of TfGM. The role gives you the opportunity to work with stakeholders ranging from individual learners and managers through to Heads of Service and senior leaders, alongside external learning and development partners.

What you’ll bring

You’ll have relevant L&D, capability, training, or closely related experience in a complex organisation with experience of analysing learning needs, designing accessible learning solutions, facilitating learning and coordinating programmes or projects.

You’ll be confident working collaboratively with stakeholders and using data, feedback, and evaluation to improve learning.

TfGM’s Deliver, Care and Adapt behaviours should be reflected through an evidence-led and outcome-focused approach, inclusive and accessible practice, effective collaboration, sound judgement, clear communication and the ability to respond constructively to changing demands.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role and comes with a salary of £43,335 - £48,087per annum depending on experience

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
• Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
• Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
• Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.