Organisation Design Lead

Great British Energy Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 96,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Government Commercial Agency (GCA) is seeking an Organisational Lead (Inside IR35) for a hybrid contract running to 31/03/2027, with 2 days in the office per week in Liverpool/Birmingham. The role leads end-to-end Organisation Design and TOM delivery, translating diagnostics into implementable designs.

You will assess structures, model future organisations, and run multiple OD workstreams with HR partners and business leaders, delivering governance packs and roadmaps for senior approval.

Qualifications

• Proven delivery of organisation-wide OD programmes, ideally within the Civil Service.
• Hands-on Organisation Design practitioner with strong practical delivery experience.
• Excellent senior stakeholder management, influencing and challenging confidently at leadership level.
• Strong knowledge of Civil Service OD methodologies and design principles.
• Proven experience of Target Operating Model and organisational design across multiple functions.
• Strong analytical skills, translating workforce and financial data into design decisions.
• Highly collaborative, resilient and delivery-focused self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Organisation Design and TOM delivery from diagnostics to implementation.
• Assess current structures, spans, layers and workforce capacity to identify gaps.
• Design and model future organisational structures, roles, grades and reporting lines.
• Lead multiple OD workstreams with SMEs, HRBPs and business leaders.
• Facilitate key design decisions and translate outcomes into practical designs.
• Turn TOM requirements into actionable delivery plans aligned to needs.
• Develop transition roadmaps with milestones, dependencies, RACIs and impacts.
• Identify new or changed roles, ensuring readiness for HR and Change.
• Prepare and facilitate senior leadership workshops and gain buy-in.
• Produce executive packs and governance materials for approvals.
• Collaborate with TOM delivery partner to drive implementation.

Skills

Organisation design

TOM delivery

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Civil Service knowledge

Job description

On behalf of Government Commercial Agency, we are looking for a Organisational Lead (Inside IR35) for a hybrid contract to run up until 31/3/27 based out of Liverpool/Birmingham.The successful candidate will have an expectation of 2 working days per week in the office and the remainder will be working from home.Government Commercial Agency (GCA) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government.We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers.As a Organisational Lead , your main responsibilities will be:* Lead the end-to-end Organisation Design and TOM delivery, taking it from diagnostic through to implementation readiness.* Assess current structures, spans, layers and workforce capacity to identify gaps and opportunities.* Design and model future organisational structures, including roles, grades, reporting lines and accountabilities.* Lead multiple OD workstreams in parallel, partnering with SMEs, HRBPs and business leaders.* Facilitate key design decisions and translate outcomes into practical, detailed organisation designs.* Turn TOM requirements into actionable delivery plans, aligned to business and workforce needs.* Develop transition roadmaps, including milestones, dependencies, RACIs and workforce impacts.* Identify new, changed and redundant roles, ensuring designs are ready for HR and Change implementation.* Prepare and facilitate senior leadership workshops, securing agreement and buy-in to proposed designs.* Produce executive decision packs and governance materials to support design approval.* Work collaboratively with the TOM delivery partner to drive implementation against agreed milestones.Essential:* Proven delivery of organisation-wide OD programmes, ideally within the Civil Service.* Hands-on Organisation Design practitioner with strong practical delivery experience.* Excellent senior stakeholder management, influencing and challenging confidently at leadership level.* Strong knowledge of Civil Service OD methodologies and design principles.* Proven experience of Target Operating Model and organisational design across multiple functions.* Strong analytical skills, translating workforce and financial data into design decisions.* Highly collaborative, resilient and delivery-focused self-starter.Desirable:* Public sector / Civil Service experience.* Strong Organisation Design / organisational transformation background.* Understanding of Central Government commercial and/or procurement operations.* Knowledge of Government Functional Standards and Professions.* Awareness of the Government Commercial Function (GCF) capability framework and commercial lifecycle.* Experience working with HR, trade unions and Change teams through organisational transition.Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.At GCA, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. GCA is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. GCA believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.Disability ConfidentAs a Disability Confident employer, GCA encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.Armed Forces CovenantAs a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, GCA welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following \"this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different\".