People Development Partner

Overview

People Development Partner

Knottingley, WF11 0BU up to £31,000 - £35,000 per annum depending on experience
Full-time, Permanent - 40 hours per week
Closing date 31st October 2025

Are you passionate about making a real difference through Learning and Development? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, multi-site environment where high-quality development is at the heart of your role?

At Real Life Options, every role is a crucial piece of the puzzle, working together to empower, uplift, and transform lives. Our frontline teams provide the freedom, dignity, and support that help people live life on their own terms, but none of that is possible without dedicated people development professionals working behind the scenes to support and develop the people who make it all happen. That's where you come in.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced People Development Partner to act as the local expert for learning delivery, capability building, and professional development, supporting Real Life Options' ambition to create a high-performing, values-led workforce.

Key Responsibilities

Regional Learning Delivery and Support

• Deliver and facilitate learning activities, workshops, and programmes aligned to organisational priorities and local workforce needs.
• Provide accessible, regionally tailored learning support to colleagues and managers, ensuring development solutions are practical and impactful.
• Support regulatory and compliance training, including SSSC and SVQ requirements in Scotland.
• Partner with managers to identify learning priorities within their teams and design responsive interventions.

Capability and Career Development

• Support the embedding of career pathways and competency frameworks across Real Life Options.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and resources to managers to enable effective team and individual development planning.
• Support leadership and management development initiatives at local and regional levels.
• Promote professional qualifications and apprenticeship pathways, ensuring take-up and completion are supported.

Continuous Improvement and Evaluation

• Evaluate the impact of learning interventions using feedback, data, and performance outcomes.
• Contribute insights to the People Development Manager on emerging skill needs and workforce trends.
• Maintain accurate training records and data, ensuring compliance with regulatory and organisational standards.

Collaboration and Partnership

• Build effective relationships with local managers, regional leaders, and external learning providers.
• Act as an ambassador for learning and development across the region, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the design, testing, and rollout of group-wide learning frameworks, programmes, and systems.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Significant experience in learning and development or people development within a complex, multi-site organisation
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences.
• Experience in delivering and evaluating learning programmes.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Confident in using learning management systems and digital learning tools.
• Well-organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Why Join Us?

A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)

Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network

A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)

An employer contributory pension scheme

Work in a collaborative, values-led environment

Additional Benefits

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

Don't miss out - Be Part of Something Bigger - Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters

Apply today and start making a real impact!

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect - Honesty - Responsibility - Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.