Talent Development Business Partner

Pick Everard; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Career and Professional Development

CSR opportunities

26 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Stakeholder pension

Professional subscriptions

Employee Discount Scheme

Eyecare Scheme

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Pick Everard is recruiting a Talent Development Business Partner to shape a culture of continuous learning and growth across the UK. Based in London, Leicester, Nottingham or Birmingham with hybrid working, you will design and deliver innovative learning initiatives, identify development needs, and partner with stakeholders to drive career progression.

The role collaborates with senior leadership to expand training offerings, support chartership routes, and enhance the company’s talent

Qualifications

• Ideally working towards CIPD, or demonstrable comparable experience.
• Experience in professional services.
• Broad learning & development partnering experience.
• Experience in presenting and training to internal audiences.
• Experience developing e-learning courses preferred.
• Positive, enthusiastic, creative approach to work.
• Experience delivering training from entry level to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with key stakeholders to identify current and future skills requirements and design impactful learning solutions.
• Collaborate with Directors to foster a strong learning culture across Pick Everard.
• Develop and deliver personal growth initiatives for individuals and teams.
• Own technical development pathways and support routes to chartership.
• Ensure learning interventions are timely, cost‑effective and measurable.
• Create learning solutions aligned with People Strategy and business goals.
• Onboard new joiners and support Early Career Springboard and Rise Mentoring programmes.
• Coordinate group-wide initiatives with Artelia and implement the Artelia Management Academy.
• Provide agile learning opportunities via our 360 learning platform.
• Champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion across talent development activities.

Skills

CIPD experience

Professional services experience

Learning & development partnering

Training and presenting

E-learning development

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Our Opportunity

At Pick Everard, our people are at the heart of our success. As a leading consultancy within the built environment, maintaining exceptional technical expertise and developing future talent is critical to ensuring we continue to deliver outstanding outcomes for our clients and support the long-term growth of our business.

This is where you come in:

Are you passionate about developing people and creating a culture where talent can thrive?

Are you looking to work as part of a collaborative, supportive culture that prioritises its people?

Can you inspire a culture of continuous growth and high performance?

If you answered yes to these questions, we want to hear from you!

We're looking to recruit a Talent Development Business Partner to help shape a culture of continuous learning and professional growth across Pick Everard. This role can be based from our London, Leicester, Nottingham or Birmingham office, with hybrid working.

Since we've become part of the Artelia Group, it is an exciting time to join us, as we work to offer our people a broader range of career development and learning opportunities as well as growing routes to international collaboration. This role will provide you with the chance to help shape local talent initiatives across the UK and to play your part in supporting transversal learning needs identified as part of the global agenda.

You’ll play a key part in shaping a culture of continuous learning and professional growth across Pick Everard, helping our people develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to succeed. You will design and deliver innovative learning and talent development initiatives that empower employees to reach their full potential. Acting as a trusted subject matter expert, you'll partner with stakeholders across the business to identify development needs, create impactful learning solutions, and drive career development opportunities. From needs analysis and programme design through to delivery and evaluation, you'll help build a culture of continuous learning, strengthen capability across the business, and support our ambition of developing, retaining and growing exceptional talent.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with key stakeholders across the business to identify current and future skills requirements, supporting workforce planning and organisational change initiatives. You'll design and deliver impactful learning and development solutions for employees and managers that align with both business and individual development needs.
• Working closely with the Director of Talent & People Experience and the Group People & Culture Director to foster a strong learning culture across Pick Everard.
• Developing and delivering personal growth initiatives that meet the needs of individuals, teams, and the wider business, ensuring our talent development approach remains sustainable and effective.
• Taking ownership of technical development pathways, ensuring employees are fully supported in their professional development and routes to chartership.
• Ensuring all learning interventions are timely, relevant, cost-effective, and deliver measurable value.
• Creating and delivering learning solutions that support the People Strategy, wider business objectives, and individual performance goals.
• Welcoming and onboarding our new joiners
• Leading and continuously enhancing the success of our Early Career Springboard development programme.
• Managing and evolving our Rise Mentoring Programme, using data and insights to measure and demonstrate its impact.
• Collaborating with our Artelia colleagues to successfully implement group-wide initiatives, including the Artelia Management Academy.
• Providing agile learning opportunities including through our 360 learning platform.
• Championing diversity, equity and inclusion across all talent development activities, ensuring policies and practices are fair, consistent, and accessible to everyone.

Find out what it is like to work at Pick Everard here: Life at PickEverard - Pick Everard

About You

Our Ideal Talent Development Business Partner will have:

• Ideally working towards CIPD, or the ability to demonstrate comparable experience.
• Experience of working within professional services.
• Prior experience in a broad learning & development partnering role.
• Experienced in presenting and training to internal audiences.
• Experience of developing e-learning courses preferred.
• A positive, enthusiastic, creative approach to their work.
• Experienced and comfortable in delivering training sessions to entry level through to senior stakeholders

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 780+ employees, work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.

We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working.
• Career and Professional Development.
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities.
• 26 days' annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days' additional leave.
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan.
• Stakeholder pension.
• Professional subscriptions.
• Employee Discount Scheme.
• Eyecare Scheme.
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

Accessibility

We’re committed to helping you perform at your best throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability or require any adjustments to support your application or interview, please get in touch with us at [e-mail]. We’ll be happy to discuss how we can assist you.

Agencies

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.

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