Talent & Development Business Partner

Prism Healthcare Ltd.; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Healthcare cash plan

Death in service

Store discount

Free car parking

Sick pay

Work from home flexibility

Flexible start/finish times

Job summary

Prism Healthcare Ltd. in Wakefield is seeking a strategic HR lead to own recruitment and learning & development across the group. You will shape how these functions are delivered, working directly with the Head of HR, SLT and ELT to build capability and talent pipelines.

You'll have scope to introduce AI-driven tools and digital learning, and to influence multi-site workforce planning while ensuring compliant, efficient processes across the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven end-to-end recruitment experience.
• Experience designing training programmes and materials.
• Ability to build talent pipelines and succession plans.
• Strong stakeholder and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing to onboarding.
• Develop group learning & development plan with SLT/ELT.
• Coordinate talent reviews and succession planning activities.
• Embed AI and digital tools in recruitment and training.
• Ensure accurate HR records and compliance with legislation.

Skills

Recruitment mastery

Learning & development

Talent management

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Driving licence

Education

CIPD or equivalent qualification

Tools

LMS/ATS/HRIS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Why Prism Healthcare

We are providers of specialist moving, handling and bathing equipment for elderly, disabled and mobility disadvantaged clients in a range of care environments, from community care to schools, hospitals and care homes. Employing employing circa 700 colleagues, across various locations within the UK and Europe, we work with a variety of mobility equipment, including patient moving, handling, and bathing devices, committing to the ongoing safety and wellbeing of the people who use our equipment. Through our family of brands, we are best positioned to share our experience and expertise with every client and customer.

With over 30 years of experience in designing, developing, manufacturing, providing and installing bespoke mobility and care solutions, we have an established track record of working closely with carers and their clients across the UK. The Group has grown over the last year both organically and by acquisition, with a turnover of £100M.

About the Role

This is a rare chance to build something rather than inherit it. Across a Group of around 700 people, you'll own both recruitment and learning and development — and you'll be shaping how both are done, not maintaining someone else's framework.

You’ll work directly with the Head of HR, HR Business Partners, line managers and senior leadership to identify what capability the business needs now and in the future, then build the plans, training materials and talent pipelines to deliver it. That means real exposure to SLT and ELT, and real ownership of the outcome.

There's also scope to bring AI and digital tools into how the Group recruits, trains and develops people. If you've been waiting for a role where your ideas get built rather than filed, this is it.

Location:Grange Moor, Wakefield (WF4). We're a multi-site organisation, so travel to other sites will be required where support is needed.

Hours:Full time, 37.5 hours per week, 9am to 5pm with a half hour unpaid lunch. We're happy to discuss start and finish times.

Working pattern:Some flexibility to work from home following successful onboarding (around one day per week).

What you'll be doing

Recruitment and talent acquisition

• Lead the full recruitment lifecycle, from vacancy briefing and attraction through to selection, offer and onboarding
• Partner with managers to understand current and future workforce needs and build recruitment plans around them
• Develop direct sourcing strategies, talent pipelines and employer branding to improve candidate quality and reduce agency reliance
• Build relationships with colleges, universities and apprenticeship providers
• Report on recruitment KPIs including time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality of hire and vacancy trends
• Ensure recruitment follows the Group's authorisation process, with approvals and documentation retained correctly

Learning and development

• Own the Group learning and development plan, working with line managers, SLT and ELT to identify capability requirements
• Design and maintain Group training and skills matrices covering mandatory, technical, role-specific and development needs
• Translate skills gaps into practical training and personal development plans
• Create internal training materials, toolkits and learning resources, working with subject matter experts
• Coordinate internal and external learning programmes and evaluate their impact and return on investment
• Support Health & Safety and other functions with e-learning, mandatory and compliance training

Talent, careers and succession

• Support the Head of HR to develop and embed Group talent and succession frameworks
• Coordinate talent reviews and help managers identify high-potential employees
• Build career pathways and matrices that give people clear routes to progress
• Link personal development plans to training, career pathways and succession activity
• Manage apprenticeship programmes and Apprenticeship Levy spend, alongside graduate, apprentice and early-careers attraction

AI, technology and continuous improvement

• Identify and implement ways to use AI and digital technology across recruitment, learning and talent
• Use technology to improve productivity, candidate attraction and the quality of learning content
• Explore new learning technologies and support the wider HR team to adopt AI-enabled ways of working
• Review processes for opportunities to simplify and automate

You’ll also work with the wider HR team on Group people initiatives, workforce planning and organisational development projects, and keep recruitment, learning and talent records accurate and compliant with employment legislation, GDPR and Group policy.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment and building effective attraction strategies
• Practical learning and development experience, including identifying training needs and developing training plans
• Experience designing or implementing training or skills matrices
• Experience creating internal training materials, toolkits or learning resources
• Demonstrable experience of using AI or digital technology to improve processes, productivity or service delivery
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to work with line managers and senior leaders
• Strong project management, organisational, analytical and communication skills
• Strong IT skills and confidence picking up new systems and digital tools
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel between Group sites as required

Desirable

• Experience managing apprenticeship programmes and Apprenticeship Levy funding
• Experience of succession planning, talent reviews, career pathways or capability frameworks
• Experience within a multi-site or Group organisation
• Experience using an LMS, ATS or HRIS
• CIPD, L&D or a relevant professional qualification, or working towards one

About You

You’ll be well organised, comfortable juggling competing priorities across several sites, and happy working independently as well as with the wider team. You’ll need the credibility to influence managers and senior leaders, and the confidence to challenge where it's needed. Curiosity about AI and new technology matters here, as does discretion. Above all this is a practical role: you’ll design the plan and then build it yourself.

So.. why us?

Alongside working in a supportive and friendly environment, you’ll also receive:

• 25 days' annual leave, with the option to purchase a further five (subject to eligibility)
• Healthcare cash plan from day one
• 2x death in service benefit from day one
• Store discount
• Free car parking
• Company sick pay on completion of your probation period
• Some flexibility to work from home following successful onboarding (around one day per week)
• Flexibility to discuss your start and finish times