Senior Leadership Development Partner

We are recruiting an experienced and impact driven Senior Leadership Development Partner to join our fast paced, operational Talent & Development team. This is a senior specialist role, responsible for designing and delivering high impact leadership, future skills and top talent programmes across our organisation. You will need to thrive in an environment that values pace, accountability, precision and measurable impact. This is a national role, with regular travel required to support delivery across the organisation. You must be able to travel weekly to Derby to deliver learning at PfP Thrive, our apprenticeship training academy, as well as attend other national locations as required. Candidates unable to meet this travel requirement will not be shortlisted.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver leadership development programmes to senior leaders
• Create and deliver top talent and aspiring leader pathways (Executive ready, Leadership ready, People Manager ready)
• Partner with senior leaders to diagnose capability gaps and design evidence-based learning solutions
• Deliver coaching, mentoring, 360° feedback and psychometric or behavioural assessments
• Lead the design and rollout of AI-related leadership skills, including persona development, learning pathways and adoption planning related to leadership skills
• Produce high-quality written papers, reports and ROI evaluations
• Build strong senior level relationships and influence decision making across the organisation
• Contribute to wider T&D strategic projects and operational delivery within a high performing, fast paced team

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

Safeguarding and Inclusion

Safeguarding at Places for People is everyone’s responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and delivering senior leader and high-potential development programmes
• Strong background in talent management, leadership development and succession pipelines
• Proven experience managing and optimising apprenticeship levy spend
• Skilled in coaching, assessments and behavioural/psychometric tools (e.g., Insights, 360° feedback)
• Experience developing future skills and AI capability pathways
• You bring extensive senior leadership development expertise, with a strong track record in designing and delivering director-level programmes and large-scale talent pipelines
• You’re confident managing apprenticeship levy spend, experienced with Insights Discovery and other behavioural tools, and highly capable in producing clear, high-quality reports, business cases and executive papers
• Operational in high-performance, fast-paced environments with the ability to influence, challenge and partner with senior leaders
• CIPD Level 7, ILM Level 7 coaching, psychometric accreditation or digital/AI learning qualifications would further strengthen your profile