Learning & Development Business Partner

Consensus is not just a care provider – we’re a community of amazing people dedicated to inspiring and empowering people with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. If you’re as passionate as we are about making a meaningful difference in the lives of others, then this may be the job for you.

Role: Learning & Development Business Partner

Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum

Location: Central Support Office, Colchester

Your Role

• Working closely with operational leaders, recruitment and L&OD colleagues to ensure early‑career programmes meet business priorities, regulatory requirements and workforce capacity needs.
• Overseeing the onboarding, induction and early development of apprentices and graduates, ensuring a positive, supportive and compliant learner experience.
• Acting as the key liaison with training providers, awarding bodies and external partners, managing quality, performance and contractual expectations.
• Monitoring learner progress, completion and outcomes, intervening early where risks to engagement, performance or retention are identified.
• Maintaining oversight of the apprenticeship levy account, Skills for care and LDSS funding streams.
• Providing day to day oversight of learning management systems (LMS) and digital learning platforms, ensuring they are accurate, accessible and fit for purpose.
• Enabling consistent learning journeys across services by standardising system processes and reporting.
• Acting as a key point of contact for managers and services in relation to learning systems, providing guidance and support on platform use and compliance responsibilities.
• Delivering system training and guidance to colleagues and managers to build confidence and consistency in use.
• Undertaking administrative activities for the smooth operation of the L&OD department, which includes booking/arranging training venues, processing invoices, creating and managing workshop events, being the first point of contact for all L&OD queries and managing the L&OD inbox (this is not an exhaustive list).

Our Benefits

Consensus is a certified Great Place to Work and has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women. Here’s just a small selection of the benefits you’ll enjoy:

• Holiday Purchase Scheme: 25 days annual leave, plus purchase an additional two days’ annual leave each year.
• Recognition & Rewards: Including long service awards and a recognition platform.
• Learning & Development: Supporting your personal and professional growth with Consensus Academy.
• Life Assurance: Benefit of twice your annual salary.
• Wagestream: Withdraw a percentage of your wages as you earn them before payday.
• Discounts: From over 150 retailers through our employee benefits platform.
• Health & Wellbeing: From our Employee Assistance Programme to our Mental Health First Aiders – colleague wellbeing is a priority and we’re here to support you and your teams.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Experience of working in a L&OD environment
• Experience of working with learning, compliance or workforce data, producing reports or insights for stakeholders
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements within social care or similar sectors.
• Strong administrative and organisational experience within a people, learning or operational function.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.