Organisational Development Partner

Ofgem; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ofgem is seeking a skilled Organisational Development Partner to drive cultural initiatives and change within the organisation. This pivotal role involves collaborating with leadership to optimize structures and enhance performance through expert OD&D practices. Ideal candidates will possess strong stakeholder management skills and a proven track record in effective change management.

Benefits

30 days annual leave after 2 years

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Civil Service pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in transformational change and cultural transformation.
• Strong implementation skills with a track record of successful change.
• Ability to consult with senior leaders and provide recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop OD solutions to support culture change.
• Act as an internal OD consultant to advise senior leaders.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and provide recommendations.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Data analysis

Education

Qualification in Organisational Design & Development

Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (Level 7)

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As an Organisation Development (OD) Partner you will play a pivotal role in a range of initiatives that will help optimise structures, enable future performance and align ways of working.

Based in a varied work environment, the job requires not only specific OD&D/HR expertise and the ability to work in complexity, but also excellent interpersonal and relationship building ability. The role requires a growth mindset for getting to the heart of complex problems, consulting and partnering with clients, and drawing on communities, tools and techniques, which add value and drive delivery.

You will work collaboratively with the OD & Culture team; wider People function and our leadership team so that business insight and needs are at the heart of design in products/initiatives, to achieve maximum impact and foster a positive organisational culture. This role requires the ability to bridge the gap between business needs and potential solutions by gathering, organising, and analysing stakeholder requirements to ensure a comprehensive understanding of our operating environment and future opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and develop OD solutions as required, such as:

• interventions to support the development of an engaged, inclusive, inspirational culture.
• support all aspects of culture change, equipping leaders and colleagues with the knowledge, skills and ability to manage change successfully.
• analyse and research exciting new ways to drive organisational change into the heart of high-performance teams.
• support the design and development of leadership and colleague behaviours / competencies aligned to culture.
• ensure leaders have the knowledge and the tools to build an environment that is safe and trusting where people feel valued to act with autonomy and thrive.
• map organisational development interventions against the employee life cycle to ensure the strategic vision and values run throughout all colleague engagement and development activity and remain aligned.

General

• To act as an internal OD and Culture consultant to advise senior leaders, HR colleagues and other key stakeholders on OD and Culture interventions.
• To have a detailed understanding of current and future thinking in the OD and Culture arena, providing insight and recommendations for change to senior leaders.
• To chair the internal Culture and Change Champions network - coaching and supporting the champions on developing their knowledge of effective OD and Culture practices.
• To build and maintain active OD and Culture relationships across the Civil Service, bringing best practice and learning back to Ofgem.
• Support the delivery of key people team initiatives and projects aligned to the Workforce Strategy (WFS).
• Collaborate with other key drivers of change (i.e. EDI colleagues and employee network groups) to ensure Ofgem’s culture change initiatives supplement and support our ED&I strategy.
• Horizon scanning bringing to Ofgem new thought leadership refreshing content and challenging ideas.
• Conducting relevant lines of enquiry including client interviews/conversations
• Analysing people and skills data
• Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and providing recommendations
• Strong coach of people, coaching peers and leaders to build and sustain performance, having confidence to give constructive feedback to people at every level of the organisation.
• Design, develop and deliver team events and away days as required.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

• Develop and deliver the cultural implementation plan
• Lead on key workstreams from the Workforce Strategy; such as people and pulse survey process and associated corporate action plan
• Chair the culture and change champion network
• Represent Ofgem at cross Civil Service working groups for OD and Culture

Key Stakeholder Relationships

Internal

• OD & Culture Team
• Wider People and Estates Directorate
• Ofgem's Leadership Teams (Senior Executive Committee, Chief Operating Officer - Senior Leadership Team and Leadership Exchange)
• Culture and change champions network
• Line managers
• Heads of Professions and Professions Lead

External

• Other Government Departments
• Civil Service Culture Working Group and OD Network
• UKRN
• CIPD and other relevant professional bodies

Person specification

ESSENTIAL

• Practiced Organisation Design & Development capability - experience of deep involvement in people-focused, transformational change, using organisational development, organisational design, and other associated tools and techniques e.g. systems theory, insights, deep dive analysis, diagnostic reviews, cultural enquiries, all within in complex environments. (Lead)
• Stakeholder management and engagement – evidence of influencing senior leaders and operating as an internal consultant, with strong verbal and written communication capability (Lead)
• Experience in cultural transformation, change management, or related roles displaying strong implementation skills with a track record of successful change adoption.
• Data and insights driven with experience of using business and behavioural insights to anticipate and shape the impact of interventions.

DESIRABLE

• Hold a relevant qualification or currently seeking to undertake a relevant qualification in Organisational Design & Development.
• A qualified member (ideally at Level 7) of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.

Alongside your salary, OFGEM contributes towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but this is kept under review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.

Things you need to know:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Ofgem takes any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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