NHS Blood and Transplant
Head of Organisational Design & Development
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Head of Organisational Development
Job Summary
Are you passionate about shaping organisations where people can thrive and perform at their best? Come and lead the teams shaping leadership, culture, employee experience and organisational effectiveness across NHS Blood and Transplant.
NHS Blood and Transplant is seeking an experienced and strategic Head of Organisational Development to lead our Organisation Development, Leadership & Management Development, Employee Experience & Engagement, and Inclusive Culture teams. This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for driving organisational effectiveness, strengthening leadership capability, enhancing colleague experience, and embedding an inclusive, high-performing culture across NHSBT.
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Organisational Design & Development, you will work closely with Executive Directors, senior leaders and teams across the organisation to design and deliver people-centred solutions that support NHSBT's strategic priorities. You will provide expert leadership on organisational development, culture change, leadership development, engagement and inclusion, helping NHSBT respond to current challenges while building capability for the future.
Leading a multidisciplinary team of specialists, you will combine strategic thinking with practical delivery, ensuring high-quality interventions that improve organisational performance, strengthen leadership, and create a positive and inclusive experience for colleagues. You will also play a key role in supporting major transformation activity, organisational redesign and the delivery of NHSBT's People Strategy and organisational objectives.
This is an exciting opportunity for an influential leader who can build strong relationships, challenge constructively, and inspire others to deliver meaningful and lasting change across one of the NHS's most important organisations.
Main duties of the job
As Head of Organisational Development, you will lead NHSBT's organisation development function and provide strategic leadership across Organisation Development, Leadership & Management Development, Employee Experience & Engagement, and Inclusive Culture. You will lead a team of specialists and senior practitioners, ensuring our people, culture and organisational priorities support the delivery of NHSBT's strategic ambitions.
Working closely with Executive Directors, senior leaders and key stakeholders, you will act as a trusted advisor, leading organisation-wide initiatives that strengthen organisational effectiveness, leadership capability, engagement, inclusion and cultural transformation.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Leading and developing multidisciplinary teams across Organisation Development, Leadership & Management Development, Employee Experience & Engagement, and Inclusive Culture, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, impactful services across NHSBT.
- Acting as the organisational lead for strategic organisation development, supporting the delivery of NHSBT's strategic objectives through evidence-based interventions and whole-system thinking.
- Partnering with Executive Team members and senior leaders to shape organisational strategy, improve organisational effectiveness and drive sustainable cultural change.
- Designing and implementing organisation-wide strategies and programmes that build leadership capability, enhance employee experience, strengthen engagement and create an inclusive, high-performing culture.
- Using workforce, culture and organisational insight to inform strategic decision making, evaluate impact and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Leading the development, governance and evaluation of ODD, leadership development, engagement and inclusion plans, ensuring delivery against organisational priorities and objectives.
- Managing significant budgets, resources and external partnerships, ensuring value for money and high-quality outcomes.
- Representing NHSBT internally and externally, building partnerships across the NHS and wider public sector to share learning, influence practice and promote innovation.
- Deputising for the Assistant Director of Organisation Design & Development and contributing to the overall leadership of the People Directorate
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About You
You will be an experienced organisational development leader with a strong track record of delivering organisation-wide change in complex environments. You will bring expertise across organisation design, leadership development, culture change, employee engagement and inclusion, alongside the ability to influence and build credibility at Executive and Board level.
Experience And Knowledge
- Significant senior leadership experience in Organisation Design and Development within a large, complex organisation.
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams across organisational development, leadership development, employee engagement, culture and inclusion.
- Experience of working strategically with Executive Directors, Boards and senior leaders to shape organisational effectiveness and performance.
- Successful delivery of large-scale organisational change, transformation programmes, organisation design and target operating model development
- Experience of designing and implementing organisation-wide leadership, culture, engagement and inclusion strategies.
- Experience of managing significant budgets, resources and external suppliers.
- Track record of using organisational and workforce data to inform decision-making and measure impact.
- Experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships and influencing at senior and executive level.
Qualifications And Training
- Master's degree or equivalent level qualification in Organisation Development, Human Resources, Psychology, Business, Leadership or a related discipline
- Demonstrable relevant post qualification development
- Be an active member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Organisation Development Network Europe (ODNE), European Organisation Design Forum (EODF) or an equivalent professional body
- Evidence of substantial continuing professional development in organisation development, organisation design, leadership development or related disciplines
About Us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
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Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.
By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work – and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
What We Offer
- Hybrid working arrangements – because NHSBT works nationally, we’re able to offer hybrid working options that give you more flexibility to balance work with life.
- Flexible working options – we promote flexible working where the role allows. We’re happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
- Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-about-nhs-pensions
- Supportive learning culture - we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
- Health and wellbeing support – we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endeavour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.
You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:
- Read about our application process
- Learn more about our culture at NHSBT
Next steps
This vacancy will close at 23:59pm on Sunday 11th October
The assessment process for this role will include an assessment / presentation followed by final interview. Interviews are anticipated to be held on 28th October face-to-face in Bristol Filton – subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact –
Name: Lisa Johnson
Job Title: Assistant Director Leadership, Culture and Performance
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Contact Details: Email – lisa.johnson@nhsbt.nhs.uk
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