Learning & Development Business Partner in Birmingham

We are looking for a Learning & Development Business Partner to help shape and deliver learning that makes a real difference across Baily Garner. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building strong relationships, understanding what the business needs and turning insight into practical, high-impact development solutions.

Who are Baily Garner? With nearly 50 years of experience, Baily Garner LLP is a leading multidisciplinary construction consultancy with over 300 employees and offices in Eltham, Manchester, and Birmingham—delivering national coverage. We provide a full suite of services including Architecture, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, M&E Engineering, Sustainability Consulting, and more. Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives. We achieve this by delivering exceptional service and creating opportunities that make a real difference—for our clients, end users, our people, and the planet.

What you'll do:

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, managers and subject matter experts to understand learning needs across the business.
• Identify capability gaps and help shape learning solutions that support business priorities and improve performance.
• Carry out learning needs reviews and help ensure development plans stay aligned with current and future business needs.
• Work closely with HR to support wider talent, performance and organisational development activity.
• Design, develop and evaluate digital and blended learning solutions, working with external providers where needed.
• Review and tailor existing learning content so it reflects Baily Garner's values, objectives and ways of working.
• Use data, feedback and evaluation insight to measure impact, spot trends and improve learning activity.
• Support the delivery of a high-quality, responsive L&D service across the business.
• Apply strong learning design principles and sound judgement to create practical, effective solutions.
• Help maintain clear L&D processes, standards and governance.
• Travel to various offices (once or twice a month, expenses covered by the business).

What we're looking for:

• A recognised L&D or training qualification, or equivalent professional learning qualification.
• Ongoing CPD in learning design, facilitation or related practice.
• Experience of building trusted relationships and influencing stakeholders at different levels.
• Strong knowledge of learning methodologies, adult learning principles and learning design approaches.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently.
• Good data literacy, with the ability to turn insight and evaluation findings into practical action.
• A proactive, curious and improvement-focused approach.
• A strong interest in digital learning, innovation and new ways of engaging learners.
• Good organisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines.
• A collaborative, professional and accountable approach, aligned to Baily Garner values.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience or training in facilitation, evaluation, change or project fundamentals.
• Professional membership of a relevant body, or a commitment to work towards this.
• Experience in a professional services environment, ideally within construction.
• Knowledge of systems and technologies that support learning delivery and engagement.
• Experience of working across multiple teams and stakeholder groups.
• Experience of supporting project, programme or change activity.
• Experience of e-learning and blended learning programmes, including commissioning, briefing, quality assurance or design.
• Knowledge of the construction industry.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to demonstrate learning impact.
• Working knowledge of project, programme and change management principles.

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours (choice of start and finish times based around a 7.25 hour working day, core hours between 10am-4.15pm).
• 36.25 hours per week.
• Hybrid working (potential to work from office and home).
• Medicash health plan (money back on your dental, optical, physio appointments, gym discounts and more).
• Life assurance cover (four times annual salary) for all colleagues.
• In-house mental health first aiders.
• Pay reviews twice a year.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Birthday leave.
• Buy/sell annual leave.
• Long-service leave.
• Scottish Widows pension and salary sacrifice (4.5% contribution matched).
• Sponsorship of professional fees.
• 2 paid corporate social responsibility days.

Baily Garner LLP are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity needs. We are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage, please let us know.