Learning and Organisational Development Business Partner - Leadership Development

Final date to receive applications: 17 October 2026

Department: Corporate Services

Employment Type: Permanent
- Full Time

Location: Remote

Compensation: £47,000 / year

Learning & Organisational Development Business Partner
- Leadership Development

Salary up to £47,000

Due to growth within our Organisational Development team, we’re looking for a Learning & Organisational Development Business Partner to help shape and lead our leadership development offer. You’ll partner with leaders and teams across the organisation to understand their needs and develop the right leadership, coaching and mentoring solutions to support our people and business priorities.

This is a strategic L&OD role where you will work closely with the business to shape our approach to leadership development, while managing the Leadership Development Specialist and L&OD Coordinator, leading our coaching strategy and overseeing the quality and delivery of Priory’s ILM qualification centre.

This is a remote role, although you’ll need to be comfortable travelling across the UK occasionally, including occasional overnight stays.

You will take the lead on Priory’s leadership development offer, working closely with the business to build the skills, confidence and capability our leaders need to succeed.

You will:

• Lead the Priory Leadership Programme and REACH Leadership Programme, continually developing our offer based on business needs.
• Partner with leaders and HR colleagues to understand organisational and leadership development needs and turn these into effective development solutions.
• Lead Priory’s coaching strategy, developing our internal coaching community and embedding a strong culture of coaching and mentoring.
• Use your own coaching expertise to support the quality and development of our internal coaching offer, including providing coaching supervision
• Oversee Priory’s ILM qualification centre, ensuring our programmes meet quality, compliance and accreditation standards.
• Use data, feedback and insight to evaluate impact and continually improve our approach.
• Manage the Leadership Development Specialist and L&OD Coordinator, supporting them to deliver high-quality development activity.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and contribute to the wider L&OD strategy across Priory.

You’ll bring strong experience in leadership development and a strategic approach to L&OD, with the ability to partner with the business, challenge thinking and turn organisational needs into effective development solutions.

You will need:

• A recognised coaching qualification, such as ILM Level 5+, EMCC or ICF accreditation, with strong practical coaching experience.
• An IQA qualification (or be willing to work towards one), with experience working as an IQA/Lead IQA within an ILM or CMI qualification centre, or experience setting up and managing a qualification centre.
• Strong knowledge of coaching and mentoring best practice, including experience supporting and developing an internal coaching community.
• Significant experience developing managers and leaders and designing leadership development programmes.
• Experience partnering with senior and strategic leaders to identify needs and develop bespoke interventions.
• Strong data skills, with the ability to evaluate impact and use insight to influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including at executive level.

It would be great if you also have:

• A Level 5+ qualification in leadership and management.
• CIPD Level 5 or above.
• A coaching supervision qualification, or be willing to work towards this
• Experience working in a health,…