Learning and Development Business Partner

Learning and Development Business Partner Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne (Ref; 14049) Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week) Starting Salary £28,000 - £33,000 per annum, with the potential of rising to £39,000 subject to performance So who is Home Group? We are one of the UK’s top provider’s affordable housing, as well as the UK’s largest provider of care and support services. With over 120,000 customers in 55,000 social, affordable and shared ownership properties across the UK, but many of our clients need more than a home and through our Stonham brand we work with almost 30,000 vulnerable people in over 500 supported housing, justice and health services each year. We are a financially strong, social enterprise charity and for us to be able to deliver more for our customers and clients, financial strength is vital. We have a turnover of over £300m and assets valued on the open market in excess of £3b. Our surplus is growing us to enable us to grow too, to support the needs of future customers and clients About the role The Learning & Development Business Partner will work collaboratively to support the organisation in ensuring all colleagues have the knowledge, skills and behaviours necessary to deliver our business strategy and enable growth. The successful candidate will take a partnering approach and provide expertise in the areas of learning and development applying the cycle of: ? Identification of learning and development needs ? Analysis ? Formulation of solutions ? Implementation and monitoring of solutions ? Evaluation of outcomes and establishing Return on Investment This is a highly flexible, generalist role and will require the post-holder to work across the business (including national travel of at least 4 overnight stays per month) communicating effectively with colleagues of all levels and building and maintaining highly effective relationships with stakeholders. This role requires an individual with an energised, creative and solutions-focused approach to ensure service is delivered in a manner that supports our values of accountable, commercial, caring and energised. Our values At Home Group, we live by our values every day through our colleagues to provide a great service to our clients and customers. To be a success with us you’ll need to be Accountable (Don’t pass the buck – own it!), Commercial (Spending wisely and working creatively), Caring (Looking after one another) and Energised (Having a positive, can-do approach) What we’ll give you Our ‘My home package’ includes competitive salaries, performance related pay, a contributory occupational money-purchase pension scheme with life assurance and long terms disability insurance, 25 days paid holiday a year - rising by 1 day per year up to 30 days, with the ability to purchase an extra 5 days, salary sacrifice schemes including cycle, car and childcare vouchers.