Job Description

Role

Senior Learning & Development Partner

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Category:

Business professional

Team:

People

Location:

Bristol

Terms:

Permanent

Ready to make a difference in how we grow and develop talent? Would you like to work for a forward-thinking, inclusive, and ambitious firm?

We are looking for a

Senior L&D Partner

with a focus on talent development initiatives alongside delivering on our L&D offering. Based in our Bristol office, this role offers the opportunity to influence performance, drive innovation in learning and talent development, and strengthen our culture of leadership, high performance, and continuous learning.



This is one of two exciting L&D Partner opportunities to join our growing Learning & Development team. You'll be part of a knowledgeable team of nine, including Coordinators, Advisors, Specialists, and Senior / Business Partners. Together, we deliver a growing L&D and talent offering that supports high-performing individuals and teams across the firm. Working closely with our wider People team, other business teams, and subject matter experts, you'll help shape and deliver learning and talent solutions that respond to evolving business needs and build firm-wide future skills capability.

Why Join Us?

Influence and Impact

- Be part of a growing and ambitious firm where your expertise will influence our people strategy.

Innovative Projects

- Collaboratively lead the design and delivery of talent development, performance, and L&D initiatives, including the integration of GenAI tools.

Collaborative Culture

- Work alongside passionate professionals in a supportive, inclusive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and commercial thinking.

What You'll Be Doing

Partnering with senior stakeholders and People team colleagues to co-create talent development programmes and initiatives.

Drive initiatives in collaboration with the People Advisory team, such as performance management, talent mapping, pipeline planning, and contribution frameworks, joining up with related L&D practice and activities.

Design and facilitate business skills sessions / programmes on our learning offering as part of the L&D team.

Managing and mentoring L&D team members.

Driving the development of our People Team Academy and delivering on our business skills offering.

Driving data-driven decision-making and impact measurement.

Embedding inclusion and future skills thinking into all aspects of L&D.

What We're Looking For

Proven experience in talent development and L&D, ideally within professional services or a complex matrixed environment.

Strong understanding of performance management and talent development strategies / processes and learning strategy.

Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills at all levels.

Confident facilitating high-calibre skills sessions and programmes in a professional services or similar environment.

Is a friendly, proactive, and collaborative team player to join a well-regarded and successful team.

A proactive mindset and passion for continuous improvement.

Experience leading teams and managing specialist roles.



We're looking for someone who can bring talent and L&D expertise and insight to our team. If you're ready to contribute to the direction of talent development and high performance in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment, we welcome your application.

Why Burges Salmon?

We're proud to be one of the UK's leading independent law firms, known for our collaborative culture and commitment to innovation. Based in the heart of Bristol, we offer flexible working, a supportive environment, and the opportunity to work on exciting projects that shape the future of legal services.



We're proud to be named RollOnFriday's '

Best Law Firm to Work At

' for four years running and one of

The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024

. We're also Platinum-accredited by Investors in People for our commitment to developing our people.



We welcome applications from all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an accessible recruitment process and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. We're happy to discuss flexible working options for this role.

Interested in applying or want to learn more?

The full job description is linked below. If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Katarina Athanasakos, Resourcing Specialist, at Katarina.Athanasakos@burges-salmon.com or call 0117 307 6517.



Deadline for applications: 26th September 2025.




Meet the recruiter

Katarina Athanasakos

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Katarina.Athanasakos@burges-salmon.com


+44 117 307 6517