Learning Business Partner (6 month secondment)

We now have a great opportunity for a Learning Business Partner on a 6 month secondment to join us at our York office and work closely with our Regional Underwriting teams in York and Bristol here at NFU Mutual. Reporting to the Senior Learning Business Partner & in a team 5, the main purpose of the role is to work at departmental level to partner with Senior Business Managers & Leaders to provide a single point of access for the full range of Learning & Organisational Development (L&OD) services, and ensure the services provided meet the requirements of the internal customer. The intention is to also have a direct report (a Trainer) later on down the line. Some key accountabilities will include:

Build and maintain strong working relationships with business managers, HRBPs & CoEs to define departmental People Plans and ensure the effective planning & implementation of L&OD services to meet business needs

Provide a L&OD consultancy service to business managers & lead/oversee the provision & design of L&OD services to ensure People Plans and business objectives are met

To act as the central point of contact for L&OD services to ensure departmental senior managers and HRBPs understand & have clear routes of access to the L&OD specialisms and that a consistent, high quality service is provided

To work in partnership with L&OD colleagues to analyse, plan, design, evaluate & lead/oversee the delivery of high quality, cost effective and fit for purpose L&OD solutions to the business to enable business objectives to be realised

To ensure the business has sufficient understanding of and compliance with L&OD policies and standards whilst working to ensure that all L&OD activity is compliant with regulation and legislation

Contribute to the continual review of L&OD learning mechanisms and courses, seeking participant and stakeholder evaluation to ensure they are fit for purpose and constantly improved

We understand how important a positive work-life balance is to you. At NFU Mutual, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 80% of your hours from home. To help you give your best in the office and at home, we’re open to discussing what this might look like for you.

As a Learning Business Partner, you will deliver a business-focused L&OD service to support business projects and designated clients, ensuring that effective L&OD plans, solutions and activities are in place to meet identified L&OD needs that enable the business to deliver both their people and business objectives. You will have strong communication skills - being able to build relationships at all levels and be effective. You will be or have:

Able to build strong credible working relationships that enable you to effectively influence, challenge, deliver and build trust - building relationships with senior managers and stakeholder management

Educated to degree level or with equivalent professional qualification, (e.g. CIPD Level 5 or above)

Ideally working towards an Organisational Development (OD) qualification or equivalent experience and understanding of OD

Ideally with a Coaching qualification or equivalent coaching experience

Experience of working in the Insurance industry/environment (with experience of underwriting, as well as having partnered)

Management/ leadership experience

Experience in Learning and Development/OD and designing, delivering and evaluating effective learning and OD solutions.

Experience of working in a partnering role, ideally within a L&OD business partnering function

Solution focused, pragmatic, agile and commercially minded

This is a Level 4 role which includes an annual bonus of up to 17.5% and 25 days holiday.