Organisational Development Consultant - Culture Programme

Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, Fellowship; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Counselling support 24/7

Career-long learning & development

Excellent transport connections

NHS Blue Light discounts

Free Pilates classes

Job summary

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior OD leader to drive a multi-year Culture Programme, shaping leadership practice, psychological safety and equity of experience. You will guide listening, co-design and priority action, aligning initiatives and developing sustainable ownership across the Trust.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Employee Experience, you will lead a multidisciplinary team and collaborate with clinical and corporate leaders, staff networks, unions

Qualifications

• Significant senior-level experience leading culture or organisational change across multiple levels.
• Expert knowledge of OD theory and consultancy practice with evidence of applying diagnosis, contracting, intervention and evaluation.
• Experience delivering a complex multi-workstream transformation programme with governance, risks and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Culture Programme’s delivery plan, milestones, resources and benefits.
• Translate diagnostic evidence and priorities into sequenced, measurable workstreams.
• Design and facilitate OD interventions across organisational and team levels.
• Create inclusive engagement and co-design approaches with voices less heard.
• Provide assurance and papers to executive and Board forums.
• Develop measurement and benefits framework using workforce data.

Skills

Senior leadership

OD theory & consultancy

Transformation programme leadership

Education

Master’s degree in organisational development/psychology/change

Job description

Join Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

At Moorfields, people’s sight matters—and so do the people who make it possible.

For over 200 years, Moorfields has been at the forefront of ophthalmic care, research, and education. With more than 2,300 dedicated team members and over 700,000 patients seen annually across our City Road site and 22 networked sites, we are proud to be a global centre of excellence.

We're also a vibrant community where kindness, equity and excellence shape every aspect of our work. Whether it’s pioneering research through our partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre or training the next generation of global eye care leaders, we’re united by one mission—delivering world‑class eye health, sustainably and at scale.

And we’re just getting started.

From 2027, we’ll move to our brand-new Oriel site in St Pancras, Camden—a state‑of‑the‑art centre that will unite eye care, research, and education under one roof. This groundbreaking facility, developed in partnership with UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity, will enable transformative innovation and collaboration like never before.

Could you be part of this future? Make us more.

Job Overview

This is a high-impact opportunity to provide senior programme leadership and expert OD consultancy for Moorfields’ multi-year Culture Programme. Reporting to the Associate Director of Employee Experience, you will lead the design, mobilisation, delivery and evaluation of a coherent portfolio of interventions that strengthens leadership practice, psychological safety, staff voice, equity of experience, improvement culture and organisational capacity.

You will guide the programme through listening and co‑design, action on priority issues and cultural hotspots, development of the culture vision and strategy, alignment of existing initiatives, longer‑term compassionate and collective leadership interventions, and transition to sustainable business‑as‑usual ownership.

What You Will Do

• Lead the Culture Programme’s delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, benefits, resources, risks and accountabilities.
• Translate diagnostic evidence, strategic priorities, NHS Staff Standards and staff insight into sequenced, measurable workstreams.
• Design and facilitate evidence‑informed OD interventions across organisational, divisional, service and team levels.
• Create inclusive and psychologically safe engagement and co‑design approaches, with targeted outreach to staff whose voices are less often heard.
• Provide clear assurance, insight and decision papers to executive, committee and Board‑level forums.
• Develop the programme’s measurement and benefits framework, using workforce evidence to evaluate impact and equity.
• Lead and develop a small multidisciplinary team, while building OD and culture‑change capability across the Trust.
• Work across boundaries with clinical and corporate leaders, staff networks, trade unions, People and OD colleagues, improvement teams and external partners.

What’s in it for You?

You’ll Join a Flexible, Supportive Organisation Offering

• Competitive salary (including high‑cost area supplement)
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
• 24/7 independent counselling support
• Career‑long learning and development opportunities
• Excellent transport connections
• Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes
• Free Pilates classes
• Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Programme leadership and delivery

• Act as the senior programme lead for the Culture Programme, maintaining a clear delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, benefits, resources and accountabilities across the programme lifecycle.
• Translate the culture diagnostic, strategic priorities, NHS Staff Standards and staff insight into sequenced workstreams and interventions with clear outcomes and measures.
• Lead mobilisation of the first 12–18 months, including socialising the case for change, developing and co‑designing the culture vision, engaging staff, delivering prioritised quick wins, addressing known hotspots, writing the culture strategy and developing the next phase delivery plan.
• Lead longer‑term implementation using compassionate and collective leadership as the programme’s organising framework, ensuring interventions address structures, systems and behaviours.
• Identify and manage interfaces with EPR, Oriel, workforce transformation, improvement and operational People and OD priorities so culture activity supports, rather than competes with, major organisational change.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant senior‑level experience and a proven record of leading complex culture or organisational change across organisational, divisional and team levels.
• Expert knowledge of OD theory and consultancy practice, with evidence of applying diagnosis, contracting, intervention and evaluation to achieve change.
• Experience of leading a complex, multi‑workstream transformation programme with interdependencies, governance, risks, benefits and senior stakeholders.

Desirable criteria

• Substantial experience within the NHS or another complex, regulated, safety‑critical organisation

Education

Essential criteria

• Educated to master’s degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent specialist knowledge and experience in organisational development, organisational psychology, change, HR or a related field.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Advanced organisational diagnosis and systems‑thinking capability, including the ability to integrate complex and sometimes contradictory evidence.

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory DBS disclosure and two references. We do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts, so please consider this before applying.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture. As part of our pledge to take positive action in recruitment we encourage applications from under‑represented candidates including BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) and Disabled candidates as we work towards a representative workforce that is able to provide the quality, the dignity and respect and to deliver above and beyond.

Moorfields is a flexible working friendly organisation, and we are committed to helping our employees achieve a work‑life balance that is beneficial for health and wellbeing, motivation levels and job satisfaction. Every employee of the Trust has the right to request to work flexibly. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

If we receive sufficient applications, we will close this ad prior to the closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.