MAG (Airports Group)
Organisational Design Specialist
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Summary
Hybrid working, 2/3 days on site at Manchester, London Stansted or East Midlands Airport
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
We are proud to be a diverse employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
Why MAG?
At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate.
Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities through decarbonisation, skills and employment programmes, and community engagement initiatives.
At MAG, we recognise that creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues. We are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:
- Bonus scheme
- 10% company contribution pension
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Free onsite parking
- Subsidised public transport
- Huge range of company discounts
- 2 volunteering days per year
- Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Care Concierge service
The role
As an Organisational Design Specialist, you will play a key role in shaping how work gets done across MAG, helping us design organisational structures, operating models and ways of working that enable our strategy.
Working across a range of business areas and transformation programmes, you’ll lead and deliver organisation design activity - translating design principles into practical, evidence-led solutions that improve clarity, decision-making, efficiency and performance.
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You’ll partner closely with senior leaders, People Partners and transformation teams to diagnose organisational challenges, design future-state models, and support high-quality, sustainable decision-making aligned to MAG’s operating model.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading organisation design activity across complex, multi-stakeholder areas
- Diagnosing organisational effectiveness challenges using data and insight (e.g. spans, layers, decision rights, workflows)
- Designing future-state operating models, structures, roles and governance
- Coaching and advising leaders to support effective, evidence-based design decisions
- Supporting governance processes with clear recommendations and supporting rationale
- Evaluating the impact of design changes and tracking benefits and outcomes
- Building organisational design capability through tools, frameworks and guidance
- Contributing to enterprise-wide organisational effectiveness priorities
What will make you successful in the role?
You’ll bring strong experience in organisation design or organisational effectiveness, with the ability to turn strategy into practical organisational solutions. You’ll be comfortable working in complex, fast-moving environments and influencing stakeholders through insight and expertise rather than authority.
We’re looking for someone with:
- Strong knowledge of organisation design, operating models and organisational effectiveness
- Experience applying OD or consulting approaches (diagnosis, design, intervention and evaluation)
- Ability to translate strategy into clear organisation design solutions
- Confidence using data, benchmarks and qualitative insight to inform recommendations
- Experience influencing leaders and stakeholders in complex or matrix environments
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to navigate multiple priorities
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It would be great (but not essential) if you also have:
- Experience supporting large-scale transformation or change programmes
- Exposure to workforce analytics, dashboards or benefits tracking
- Experience working across multiple business areas or locations
- Familiarity with organisation design tools (e.g. OrgVue / OrgLab) or programme methodologies
Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments
We’re building something brilliant at MAG: a diverse team of Journey Makers who share our values and want to make a difference. We’re on a mission to be number one in our industry, and that takes talent in all its forms.
With so many exciting roles across our airports and businesses, there’s space for your unique strengths to shine. Whether this is your next step or a new direction, we want to hear from you — even if you don’t meet every requirement.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you need any adjustments to support your application or interview, just let us know.
At MAG, every journey matters. Our Colleague Communities play a big part in that, including Women’s Network, Embrace (Race & Ethnicity), Fly with Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mind Matters (Mental Health), PACT (Parents & Carers), RespectABILITY (Disability & Neurodiversity), and the CAVU Global ID&E Affinity Group.
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