Learning Lead

Job Description:

Learning Lead also known as Senior Learning and Development Partner
Location: Cromwell Hospital, London, SW5 OUT and delivery at other Multisite Diagnostic centres (London)
Salary: Up to £70,000
Contract Type: Full Time 37.5 hours, permanent

We're looking for a bold and brilliant senior level Learning & Development Business Partner to shape the future of learning across our hospitals and diagnostic centres.

You'll be the heartbeat of our L&D strategy, combining creativity, compliance, and commercial thinking to deliver real impact. This role is hybrid with on-site 2-3 days per week. We place real value on face-to-face training and learning, and you'll be working directly with our teams to inspire, engage, and drive lasting impact.

This is a role for someone who thrives on variety, one day facilitating a leadership workshop, the next ensuring compliance standards are rock solid and always shaping the bigger picture of how our people learn, grow, and succeed.

What you will be doing:

• Partner with business leaders to understand upcoming learning, talent, and performance needs, aligning these with organisational goals and available resources.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, designing and delivering impactful learning solutions that drive business performance.
• Provide expert coaching and guidance to managers and leaders, empowering them to identify and pursue their own development opportunities.
• Conduct robust training needs assessments, challenging assumptions and ensuring solutions are timely, relevant, and effective.
• Lead the promotion and utilisation of apprenticeship programmes and Clinical Leadership development opportunities within Bupa, tailoring them to meet local needs of the business.
• Build strong relationships across the business to ensure L&D initiatives are well-integrated, well-communicated, and well-received. and support the delivery of bespoke learning requirements across the business area.

What you'll bring:

• Certified Insights Discovery Practitioner - essential.
• Proven ability to design and deliver engaging, high-impact training.
• Strong stakeholder management across all levels.
• Experience shaping learning strategies across multi-site operations.
• Modern approach to training needs analysis, driving smarter, goal-aligned budget planning.
• Track record of managing learning budgets from planning to in-year spend.
• Confident using data and insights to inform strategy and measure impact.
• Creative in developing and delivering learning content through PowerPoint.
• Energetic and thorough in keeping statutory and mandatory training fresh, relevant, and compliant.
• Passionate about owning the learning agenda and building a diverse CPD offering.
• Healthcare or hospital experience - desirable but not essential.

Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Flexible Holidays scheme: 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with the option to buy or sell.
• Environmental - Electric Car Scheme and Payroll giving scheme.
• Financial - Management bonus, Wagestream, Discounts platform, Loan and saving schemes and Enhanced Pension Scheme.
• Mental and Physical - Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind, Health Assessment, Family mental health line.
• Social: Volunteering days and Be You at Bupa Network

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [email protected]

Join Cromwell Hospital, part of Bupa, and be part of a globally respected healthcare provider known for clinical excellence and compassionate care. You'll work in a values-driven, inclusive environment where innovation is encouraged, and wellbeing is prioritised. With world-class facilities, strong professional development support, and outstanding employee benefits-including private medical cover, mental health support, and flexible working-you'll have everything you need to thrive. Whether clinical or non-clinical, your impact will be valued, and your growth supported every step of the way.

If you're ready to bring innovation, influence, and passion to L&D, we'd love to hear from you.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

People & HR

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London, Cromwell HSK, The Kensington