Learning & Development Business Partner
Location: Home-based with regular travel across the country
Salary: £37,000 - £44,000 pro rata
Contract: 6‑month fixed term, Full-Time
Reporting to: Head of Learning & Development
About the role
We are looking for a Learning & Development Business Partner to join our People Team on a 6‑month fixed-term contract, supporting the delivery of high‑quality learning across Rethink Mental Illness and Mental Health UK during a key period of organisational activity and change.
Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you will build a strong understanding of learning needs, using insight, data and stakeholder relationships to design, deliver and embed learning solutions that align with our people and organisational strategy.
This is a home‑based role with regular national travel. Face‑to‑face delivery, visibility and in‑person relationship‑building are essential, particularly when delivering training, supporting managers and working alongside operational teams.
Responsibilities
Learning design and culture
Training delivery and facilitation
Stakeholder management
Compliance, quality and monitoring
Project and organisational development
Person Specification
You will be a credible, confident learning professional who enjoys working collaboratively and thrives in a fast‑paced, purpose‑driven environment.
Essential knowledge and experience
Skills and attributes
Desirable
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.