Organisational Development (OD) Partner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave rising with years

Generous NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development

Cycle to Work / car leasing including

Wellbeing tools and services

Staff discounts

Staff networks for inclusion and equal

Generous leave provisions

Free parking across Trust sites

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Organisational Development (OD) Partner to join the Leadership and OD team and play a key role in building organisational capability, strengthening leadership and supporting sustainable cultural and organisational improvement across the Trust.

Working with leaders and teams, you’ll design and deliver evidence-based interventions that improve culture, employee engagement, leadership capability and team performance.

Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Teaching or training qualification or equivalent experience.
• Mentoring and/or coaching qualification, and/or psychometric testing (e.g. Hogan).
• Affina OD or Mediation qualification (or willingness to undertake).
• Experience providing OD consultancy to senior leaders and management teams.
• Experience leading organisation-wide OD, culture change or transformation projects.
• Ability to travel to multiple sites and transport training materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert OD consultancy and advice to senior leaders, managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Build trusted relationships, challenge and influence stakeholders to support strategic priorities and organisational improvement.
• Diagnose complex team, leadership and cultural challenges and design evidence-based OD interventions.
• Lead complex Trust-wide OD, leadership development and change projects, managing priorities, risks and resources.
• Facilitate strategic conversations, workshops, team development, conflict resolution and reflective practice.
• Lead leadership, management and personal effectiveness programmes and support ongoing learning through networks and peer development.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to leaders and teams, while developing internal coaching and facilitation capability.
• Lead organisational change and transformation initiatives, supporting sustainable behavioural and cultural change.
• Evaluate OD and leadership interventions, using data and evidence to demonstrate impact and inform decision-making.
• Produce reports, evaluations and assurance information for senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to the Trust’s Leadership and OD Strategy and lead designated Trust-wide initiatives.
• Promote the Trust’s values, behaviours, inclusion and employee engagement through OD practice.
• Identify opportunities for service improvement and continuously develop OD processes and interventions.

Skills

OD consultancy

Facilitation

Coaching

Leadership development

Stakeholder influence

Education

Masters degree

Teaching/training qualification

Coaching qualification

Mediation/psychometric qualification

Job description

Organisational Development (OD) Partner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £51,657 - £58,785 per annum (Incl. of HCAS)

We’re looking for an experienced Organisational Development (OD) Partner to join our Leadership and OD team and play a key role in building organisational capability, strengthening leadership and supporting sustainable cultural and organisational improvement across the Trust.

Working in partnership with leaders and teams, you’ll use your expertise in OD, behavioural science and change methodologies to design and deliver evidence-based interventions that improve culture, employee engagement, leadership capability and team performance. You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Design and deliver tailored OD interventions that create meaningful and sustainable change.
• Facilitate strategic conversations, workshops and team development sessions.
• Provide expert consultancy, coaching and support to leaders and managers.
• Lead key elements of the Trust’s Leadership and OD Strategy.
• Develop programmes that support our workforce, culture and transformation priorities.
• Evaluate OD and learning interventions and demonstrate their impact.
• Build strong relationships and promote an inclusive, engaging and enabling culture.

We’re looking for someone with strong OD expertise, excellent facilitation and coaching skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships and influence at all levels.

• Provide expert OD consultancy and advice to senior leaders, managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Build trusted relationships, constructively challenge and influence stakeholders to support strategic priorities and organisational improvement.
• Diagnose complex team, leadership and cultural challenges and design evidence-based OD interventions.
• Lead complex Trust-wide OD, leadership development and change projects, managing priorities, risks and resources.
• Facilitate strategic conversations, workshops, team development, conflict resolution and reflective practice.
• Lead leadership, management and personal effectiveness programmes and support ongoing learning through networks and peer development.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to leaders and teams, while developing internal coaching and facilitation capability.
• Lead organisational change and transformation initiatives, supporting sustainable behavioural and cultural change.
• Evaluate OD and leadership interventions, using data and evidence to demonstrate impact and inform decision-making.
• Produce reports, evaluations and assurance information for senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to the Trust’s Leadership and OD Strategy and lead designated Trust-wide initiatives.
• Promote the Trust’s values, behaviours, inclusion and employee engagement through OD practice.
• Identify opportunities for service improvement and continuously develop OD processes and interventions.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

• 1. Masters Degree or equivalent knowledge and experience
• 2. Training or teaching qualification or equivalent experience
• 3. Mentoring and/or coaching qualification, and or Psychometric testing e.g. Hogan
• Affina OD etc and or Mediation qualification or willingness to undertake
• 4. Experience of providing OD consultancy to senior leaders and management teams.
• 5. Experience of leading organisation-wide OD, culture change or transformation projects
• 6. Ability to travel to multiple sites and transport training materials

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise thatAItools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants.However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process.AImust not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Oct 2026

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