Learning and Development Business Partner
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Tess Dawes
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Learning and Development Business Partner
We're looking for a Learning and Development Business Partner to join our team based in Rushden
Location: Rushden – Hybrid working available with travel to sites and offices
Hours: 37.5 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders across Kier to build and embed competency frameworks and create technical learning pathways that develop capability across the business. You'll play a key role in ensuring our people have the skills and support they need to thrive and deliver excellence.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Learning and Development Business Partner, you'll be working within the Learning and Development team, supporting them in building competency and capability across the business. Your day to day will include:
- Partnering with subject matter experts to develop and maintain competency frameworks using industry insights and best practice
- Developing and managing the competency assessment system, using data to identify gaps and produce recommendations
- Creating learning solutions and programmes for business-critical disciplines and areas where development is needed
- Collaborating on career pathway development and ensuring training is prioritised and linked effectively
- Measuring ROI, reviewing programme effectiveness and providing insights to stakeholders
What are we looking for?
This role of Learning and Development Business Partner is great for you if:
- You have demonstrable experience in learning design, able to translate technical subject matter into engaging, practical learning solutions
- You have experience in competency design and assessment, including supporting structured approaches to evidencing skills and knowledge
- You're confident in interpreting competency data, identifying trends and creating meaningful reporting
- You're a natural collaborator who can work with technical leaders and stakeholders to shape relevant, scalable learning
- You can manage multiple workstreams, dependencies and deadlines while supporting behavioural and process change
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
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Location: Rushden
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Vacancy ID: 12838
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Background check: None
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Closing date: 30 Oct 2026
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Contract type: Permanent
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Working hours: Full Time
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Flexible working: Yes
Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.
