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Senior Organisational Development Adviser, LB RICHMOND UPON THAMES & LB WANDSWORTH
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Job Title: Senior Organisational Development Adviser
Salary Range: £43,545 - £55,992 per annum
Permanent Full Time – 36 Hours
Location: Richmond and Wandsworth Councils
Essential Information
This is a hybrid role between the two council offices and home, with a focus on early careers alongside developing the skills and growth of current staff.
Are you ready to take on a role where your ideas, energy and expertise will directly shape the workforce, culture and future of not one, but two ambitious London councils?
As Senior Organisational Development Adviser, you’ll operate at the centre of transformation, designing and delivering high-impact interventions which improve how our organisation works, how our people grow and how our culture evolves.
Working across Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, you’ll be part of a unique shared organisational model delivering services across two boroughs, giving you the scale, visibility, and influence to make a genuine impact, working closely with senior leaders in a role which offers challenge, variety, and opportunity.
You’ll design and deliver initiatives which:
- Strengthen employee engagement and experience
- Build skills, confidence and career pathways
- Embed a high-performing, inclusive organisational culture
- Position the councils as an employer of choice
About The Role
In this role you will drive continuous improvement in people practices, culture and capability across the organisation.
Key Priorities – Where You’ll Lead and Deliver
Enhancing Workforce Development
You’ll play a central role in shaping how we grow and develop our people by:
- Designing and embedding impactful OD interventions
- Supporting career development pathways across the workforce
- Working with OD, HR and service leaders to align development with organisational need
Driving a High-Impact Early Careers Offer
You’ll lead and evolve our early talent pipeline, ensuring we invest in future capability by:
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- Developing and promoting our apprenticeships and growth & skills levy-funded programmes
- Leading our graduate development programme
- Maximising the impact of early careers offers to support long-term workforce sustainability
Transforming Employee Engagement & Experience
You’ll shape how employees experience working here by:
- Leading and supporting employee voice initiatives (surveys, engagement activity)
- Turning insight into meaningful action and improvement
- Developing inclusive approaches to recognition, communication and culture
Embedding Culture, Values and Inclusion
You’ll help ensure our organisational values aren’t just words but lived experiences by:
- Embedding behaviours that reflect our culture and ambitions
- Ensuring all OD initiatives are inclusive and aligned to ED&I principles
- Supporting a workplace where everyone can thrive
Leading Change and Influencing at Scale
You will:
- Lead or contribute to complex OD projects and transformation work
- Advise senior leaders on people and culture challenges
- Bring insight and innovation to ensure we stay at the forefront of best practice
Essential Qualifications, Skills And Experience
- Strong experience delivering organisational development interventions
- A passion for developing people and improving employee experience
- Expertise in early careers, apprenticeships or workforce development
- The ability to influence, engage and challenge at all levels
- Excellent project management and communication skills
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything you do
- Level 5 CIPD (or willing to work towards) or appropriate qualification level in a related discipline or equivalent by experience.
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Indicative Recruitment Timeline
- Closing Date: Sunday 19th July 2026
- Shortlisting Date: W/C 20th July 2026
- Interview Date: TBC
Please note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change.
For an informal conversation about this role please contact James Pierce - Organisational Development Manager via James.Pierce@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
Richmond and Wandsworth’s Organisational Values
Richmond and Wandsworth’s organisational values underpin everything we do, and we encourage you to share our values of Think Bigger, Embrace Difference, Connect Better, Lead by Example & Put People First.
Useful Information
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
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