Senior Learning Partner

The British United Provident Association Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

Bupa Health Care options (Including …

Free annual health assessment

25 days annual leave

Enhanced pension scheme

Life Insurance

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Senior Learning Partner to shape the future workforce capability across Care Services. This leadership role requires partnering with senior operational leaders, guiding capability priorities and directing a team of Area Trainers to deliver measurable business impact.

The position offers hybrid working with weekly regional travel and a competitive salary. You will drive strategic capability plans, use data to identify risks and opportunities, and champion modern learning

Qualifications

• Significant leadership and people management experience, workforce capability, organisational development or a similar people-focused discipline.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build credibility at senior leadership level.
• Strong analytical capability, able to interpret complex data, identify trends and make commercially sound business recommendations.
• Experience leading change, transformation or improvement initiatives within complex operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and deliver strategic capability plans that support operational performance, workforce development and organisational priorities.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of Area Trainers, ensuring resources are focused on the highest-value business needs.
• Use data, insight and performance trends to identify capability risks, opportunities and priorities, making informed recommendations to stakeholders.
• Drive business improvement by challenging ineffective approaches, influencing decision-making and ensuring learning activity delivers measurable outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Change management

Job description

Job Description: Senior Learning Partner. Contract: Hybrid with weekly regional travel. Location: Regional. Permanent. Salary: £Competitive. Full Time: 37.5 hours per week.

At Bupa, we're transforming how learning and capability support our people, residents and services. We're looking for an influential Senior Learning Partner to help shape the future workforce capability agenda across Care Services. This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll partner with senior operational leaders to identify capability priorities, influence strategic decision-making and ensure learning investment delivers measurable business impact. Leading a team of Area Trainers, you'll combine commercial thinking, people leadership and data-driven insight to drive performance improvements across a diverse and geographically dispersed portfolio. If you're someone who enjoys challenging constructively, influencing at senior levels and turning business strategy into meaningful capability outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

How you'll help us make health happen

Partner with senior leaders to develop and deliver strategic capability plans that support operational performance, workforce development and organisational priorities. Lead, coach and develop a team of Area Trainers, ensuring resources are focused on the highest-value business needs. Use data, insight and performance trends to identify capability risks, opportunities and priorities, making informed recommendations to stakeholders. Drive business improvement by challenging ineffective approaches, influencing decision-making and ensuring learning activity delivers measurable outcomes. Champion innovation, continuous improvement and modern learning approaches that enhance colleague performance and resident outcomes.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role

• Significant leadership and people management experience, workforce capability, organisational development or a similar people-focused discipline.


• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams across multiple locations.


• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build credibility at senior leadership level.


• Strong analytical capability, able to interpret complex data, identify trends and make commercially sound business recommendations.


• Experience leading change, transformation or improvement initiatives within complex operational environments.

Benefits

• Company Car


• Bupa Health Care options (Including Health Insurance) & Free annual health assessment


• 25 days annual leave exclusive of Bank Holidays (increasing with service)


• Enhanced pension scheme


• Life Insurance

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to \"Be You at Bupa\". We champion diversity and understand the importance of our workforce reflecting the communities and customers we serve. That's why we particularly welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We aim to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you're treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process to anyone who needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email [e-mail]

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: People & HR Locations: Home Based North c/o Bupa Place

Be at the heart of helping people live longer happier, healthier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we'd like to hear from you.

Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.