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Organisational Development Partner

Ofgem

Burnaby

Hybrid

CAD 47,000 - 100,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Ofgem is seeking an Organisation Development (OD) Partner to enhance organisational culture and performance. This pivotal role involves collaborating with leadership to design initiatives that foster a positive workplace environment and support transformational change. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills and a background in cultural transformation.

Benefits

30 days annual leave after 2 years

Excellent training and development opportunities

Generous Civil Service pension

Flexible working hours

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

Experience in people-focused transformational change.
Strong verbal and written communication capability.
Data-driven with insights to shape interventions.

Responsibilities

Lead OD solutions and culture change initiatives.
Advise senior leaders on OD and Culture interventions.
Evaluate effectiveness of interventions and provide recommendations.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cultural transformation

Change management

Coaching

Education

Relevant qualification in Organisational Design & Development

CIPD Level 7 qualification (desirable)

We especially welcome applicants from Glasgow and Cardiff.

Job Summary

As an Organisation Development (OD) Partner you will play a pivotal role in a range of initiatives that will help optimise structures, enable future performance and align ways of working.

Based in a varied work environment, the job requires not only specific OD&D/HR expertise and the ability to work in complexity, but also excellent interpersonal and relationship building ability.The role requires a growth mindset for getting to the heart of complex problems, consulting and partnering with clients, and drawing on communities, tools and techniques, which add value and drive delivery.

You will work collaboratively with the OD & Culture team; wider People function and our leadership team so that business insight and needs are at the heart of design in products/initiatives, to achieve maximum impact and foster a positive organisational culture. This role requires the ability to bridge the gap between business needs and potential solutions by gathering, organising, and analysing stakeholder requirements to ensure a comprehensive understanding of our operating environment and future opportunities.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Lead And Develop OD Solutions As Required, Such As:

interventions to support the development of an engaged, inclusive, inspirational culture.
support all aspects of culture change, equipping leaders and colleagues with the knowledge, skills and ability to manage change successfully.
analyse and research exciting new ways to drive organisational change into the heart of high-performance teams.
support the design and development of leadership and colleague behaviours / competencies aligned to culture.
ensure leaders have the knowledge and the tools to build an environment that is safe and trusting where people feel valued to act with autonomy and thrive.
map organisational development interventions against the employee life cycle to ensure the strategic vision and values run throughout all colleague engagement and development activity and remain aligned.

General

To act as an internal OD and Culture consultant to advise senior leaders, HR colleagues and other key stakeholders on OD and Culture interventions.
To have a detailed understanding of current and future thinking in the OD and Culture arena, providing insight and recommendations for change to senior leaders.
To chair the internal Culture and Change Champions network - coaching and supporting the champions on developing their knowledge of effective OD and Culture practices.
To build and maintain active OD and Culture relationships across the Civil Service, bringing best practice and learning back to Ofgem.
Support the delivery of key people team initiatives and projects aligned to the Workforce Strategy (WFS).
Collaborate with other key drivers of change (i.e. EDI colleagues and employee network groups) to ensure Ofgem’s culture change initiatives supplement and support our ED&I strategy.
Horizon scanning bringing to Ofgem new thought leadership refreshing content and challenging ideas.
Conducting relevant lines of enquiry including client interviews/conversations
Analysing people and skills data
Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and providing recommendations
Strong coach of people, coaching peers and leaders to build and sustain performance, having confidence to give constructive feedback to people at every level of the organisation.
Design, develop and deliver team events and away days as required.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

Develop and deliver the cultural implementation plan
Lead on key workstreams from the Workforce Strategy; such as people and pulse survey process and associated corporate action plan
Chair the culture and change champion network
Represent Ofgem at cross Civil Service working groups for OD and Culture

Key Stakeholder Relationships

Internal

OD & Culture Team
Wider People and Estates Directorate
Ofgem's Leadership Teams (Senior Executive Committee, Chief Operating Officer - Senior Leadership Team and Leadership Exchange)
Culture and change champions network
Line managers
Heads of Professions and Professions Lead

External

Other Government Departments
Civil Service Culture Working Group and OD Network
UKRN
CIPD and other relevant professional bodies

Lead And Develop OD Solutions As Required, Such As:

interventions to support the development of an engaged, inclusive, inspirational culture.
support all aspects of culture change, equipping leaders and colleagues with the knowledge, skills and ability to manage change successfully.
analyse and research exciting new ways to drive organisational change into the heart of high-performance teams.
support the design and development of leadership and colleague behaviours / competencies aligned to culture.
ensure leaders have the knowledge and the tools to build an environment that is safe and trusting where people feel valued to act with autonomy and thrive.
map organisational development interventions against the employee life cycle to ensure the strategic vision and values run throughout all colleague engagement and development activity and remain aligned.

General

To act as an internal OD and Culture consultant to advise senior leaders, HR colleagues and other key stakeholders on OD and Culture interventions.
To have a detailed understanding of current and future thinking in the OD and Culture arena, providing insight and recommendations for change to senior leaders.
To chair the internal Culture and Change Champions network - coaching and supporting the champions on developing their knowledge of effective OD and Culture practices.
To build and maintain active OD and Culture relationships across the Civil Service, bringing best practice and learning back to Ofgem.
Support the delivery of key people team initiatives and projects aligned to the Workforce Strategy (WFS).
Collaborate with other key drivers of change (i.e. EDI colleagues and employee network groups) to ensure Ofgem’s culture change initiatives supplement and support our ED&I strategy.
Horizon scanning bringing to Ofgem new thought leadership refreshing content and challenging ideas.
Conducting relevant lines of enquiry including client interviews/conversations
Analysing people and skills data
Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and providing recommendations
Strong coach of people, coaching peers and leaders to build and sustain performance, having confidence to give constructive feedback to people at every level of the organisation.
Design, develop and deliver team events and away days as required.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

Develop and deliver the cultural implementation plan
Lead on key workstreams from the Workforce Strategy; such as people and pulse survey process and associated corporate action plan
Chair the culture and change champion network
Represent Ofgem at cross Civil Service working groups for OD and Culture

Key Stakeholder Relationships

Internal

OD & Culture Team
Wider People and Estates Directorate
Ofgem's Leadership Teams (Senior Executive Committee, Chief Operating Officer - Senior Leadership Team and Leadership Exchange)
Culture and change champions network
Line managers
Heads of Professions and Professions Lead

External

Other Government Departments
Civil Service Culture Working Group and OD Network
UKRN
CIPD and other relevant professional bodies

Person specification

ESSENTIAL

Practiced Organisation Design & Development capability - experience of deep involvement in people-focused, transformational change, using organisational development, organisational design, and other associated tools and techniques e.g. systems theory, insights, deep dive analysis, diagnostic reviews, cultural enquiries, all within in complex environments. (Lead)
Stakeholder management and engagement – evidence of influencing senior leaders and operating as an internal consultant, with strong verbal and written communication capability (Lead)
Experience in cultural transformation, change management, or related roles displaying strong implementation skills with a track record of successful change adoption.
Data and insights driven with experience of using business and behavioural insights to anticipate and shape the impact of interventions.

DESIRABLE

Hold a relevant qualification or currently seeking to undertake a relevant qualification in Organisational Design & Development.
A qualified member (ideally at Level 7) of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Seeing the Big Picture
Changing and Improving
Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.

Alongside your salary of £47,895, OFGEM contributes £13,875 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but this is kept under review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

Name : Lucy Dowding
Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk

Recruitment team