Organisational Design Lead (Fixed Term)

Sovereign Housing Association Limited; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent housing association is seeking an Organisation Design Lead for a 12-month fixed term contract. The role involves shaping the organisation's structure, leading the implementation of a new Workday operating model, and supporting transformation initiatives. Candidates should have proven experience in organisation design, change management, and strong stakeholder engagement skills. The role offers a hybrid working model and attractive benefits including up to 30 days holiday and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Matched pension scheme up to 12%

Private medical insurance options

Wellbeing discounts including Gym Memberships

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in developing and delivering target operating models.
• Experience of successfully embedding target operating models in similar organisations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Support development and delivery of SNG's target operating model.
• Lead implementation of a new Workday operating model.
• Create Organisation Design Roadmap and support documentation.

Skills

Organisation design principles

Change management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Tools

Workday

Job description

Are you an Organisational Design professional looking for your next opportunity?

We're looking for an Organisation Design Lead to join SNG (Sovereign Network Group) on a fixed term contract basis for 12 months.

This is a key role in shaping how the organisation is structured, how services are delivered and how roles and organisation capabilities are developed to deliver value. You'll support transformation and continuous improvement across the organisation, ensuring that people, processes, and systems are aligned.

Based from either Basingstoke or Wembley, you'll combine home and office working in line with our hybrid approach. There may be some travel to other sites to ensure visibility across wider teams and collaborate across the business.

The Role

Reporting into our People Director, you'll support the development and delivery of SNG's target operating model, working with Senior Leaders and teams across all business areas to analyse, recommend, and implement changes that enable the delivery of the Corporate Plan and strategic objectives. Key responsibilities include:

• Working with the Executive Board and Senior Leaders to develop, implement, and refine SNG's target operating model, including assessing existing operating models and designing future state operating models
• Leading the development and implementation of a new Workday target operating model that drives digital transformation, simplified ways of working and a customer focused, tiered service delivery model
• Embedding a robust approach to organisation design using best practice principles, frameworks and methodologies, ensuring consistency and integrity of SNG's job architecture framework
• Ensuring that systematic methods of measuring impact, quality and effectiveness are in place
• Creating the ongoing Organisation Design Roadmap, supporting documentation and implementation plans
• Supporting transformation change programmes, including restructures, service redesign, mergers and digital transformation
• Supporting the design and deployment of change management and people engagement activities that ensure people buy in to organisation design changes as a result of transparent and inclusive design processes

Qualifications

You should have previous experience in a similar role with proven expertise in developing, delivering, and embedding target operating models successfully into organisations of similar size and complexity. You'll also need:

• Demonstrable experience and practical application of organisation design principles, methodologies, and best practice
• A good understanding and experience of change management and change management principles
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including senior leaders, with demonstrable experience of successfully engaging with and influencing at all levels
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to make sense of complex and logical problems quickly
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience in producing written reports, presentations, recommendations and perform necessary research
• Strong organisational skills, effectively managing multiple workstreams in parallel and balancing priorities with a focus on delivery to deadlines and high standards
• Experience of developing, delivering, and embedding Workday target operating models that drive digital transformation, simplified ways of working and high quality ‘self-service' user experiences

Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days) - pro rated to the duration of the contract
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!