Head of Organisational Development & Culture

Head of Organisational Development & Culture

Location: West London Salary: £53,656 - £60,082 per annum Hours: Full Time, 36 hours per week

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and innovative Organisational Development leader to join a large and ambitious education group in West London.

Reporting into the Assistant Director of Talent & Reward, this position will lead the organisation's people development, culture and employee experience agenda, helping create a workplace where people can thrive, develop and deliver outstanding outcomes.

This role will play a pivotal part in shaping organisational culture, enhancing workforce capability and driving engagement across a complex multi-site environment.

Key Responsibilities

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• Lead the organisational development and culture strategy.
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• Design and deliver culture transformation programmes.
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• Develop leadership development frameworks and talent initiatives.
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• Create workforce capability and skills development strategies.
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• Drive employee engagement and employee experience programmes.
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• Lead engagement surveys, action planning and wellbeing initiatives.
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• Produce executive and board-level reports, business cases and recommendations.
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• Partner with senior stakeholders to support organisational growth and transformation.
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• Lead and develop organisational development and employee experience teams.
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About You

We are seeking a highly credible OD professional with:

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• Significant experience in Organisational Development, Learning & Development, Employee Experience or Culture Change.
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• Proven success delivering organisation-wide transformation programmes.
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• Experience designing leadership development and workforce capability initiatives.
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• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior leadership teams.
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• Experience developing employee engagement strategies and measuring impact.
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• Excellent programme management and strategic planning capabilities.
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Desirable

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• Chartered CIPD status.
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• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent qualification.
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• Coaching, Learning Design or OD qualifications.
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• Education, NHS, Public Sector or large complex organisational experience.
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If you're passionate about creating high-performing cultures and developing people capability at scale, we'd love to hear from you.