Organisation Design Lead — 12m FTC, 9‑Day Fortnight

Atomic Weapons Establishment; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

Pension scheme (9–13%)

Maternity Leave (39 weeks)

Paternity Leave (4 weeks)

Professional development funding

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Atomic Weapons Establishment in Reading seeks an experienced Organisation Design Lead to shape and optimise our operating model. You will design OD frameworks, lead TOM alignment, and partner with senior leaders to deliver complex change.

You will embed design principles, size and structure analyses, and develop teams and practices that enable long-term success in a dynamic environment. Hybrid working options apply.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale organisation design programmes end‑to‑end.
• Practical OD and TOM methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Experience facilitating organisational change around roles and responsibilities.
• Ability to analyse structures and advise on optimal size, shape and value.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of organisation design and operating model projects across AWE.
• Develop and execute OD strategy aligning structure, capability and processes with business needs.
• Design and embed OD methodologies, design principles, and TOM governance.

Skills

Organisation Design

Target Operating Model

Stakeholder Engagement

Change Management

Analytical Modelling

Job description

Atomic Weapons Establishment in Reading seeks an experienced Organisation Design Lead to shape and optimise our operating model. You will design OD frameworks, lead TOM alignment, and partner with senior leaders to deliver complex change.

You will embed design principles, size and structure analyses, and develop teams and practices that enable long-term success in a dynamic environment. Hybrid working options apply.