Senior Organisational Development Advisor - Maternity Cover (INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY)

City St George's; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

City St George's, University of London is seeking an experienced Senior OD Advisor to cover a 12‑month maternity leave. The role is based at Clerkenwell campus with hybrid working: colleagues spend a minimum of 60% of their working time on campus each week, delivering OD consultancy and university‑wide programmes.

You will design, deliver and facilitate workshops, lead consultancy assignments, manage mentoring and staff survey cycles, and promote digital‑first approaches to learning.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience required; CIPD or a relevant professional qualification (or working towards one).
• Substantial experience designing and facilitating workshops, team sessions and programmes, with evidence of delivering face to face and online learning.
• Proven OD consultancy experience, including contracting and diagnosis, and coaching qualification or substantial coaching experience.
• Demonstrated ability to use evidence and data to evaluate impact, with excellent communication and influencing skills and commitment to inclusive practice.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and facilitate workshops, team sessions and development programmes, face to face and online.
• Lead OD consultancy assignments with teams and leaders, including contracting, diagnosing needs and designing interventions.
• Manage mentoring scheme, staff survey cycle, values and culture work, and manager development; promote digital‑first learning approaches.

Skills

Workshop design

Facilitation

OD consultancy

Change management

Data-driven evaluation

Education

Degree or equivalent

CIPD qualification in progress

Job description

THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY.

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

For additional information on City St George's, our policies, strategy and values, click here Applicant Pack - 2026.08.01.pdf

Background

The Organisational Development (OD) team sits within the People Directorate and supports leaders, managers and teams across the University to develop, work well together and adapt to change. We are looking for an experienced Senior OD Advisor to cover maternity leave for 12 months. This is a hands‑on role for someone who can work independently from the start, delivering OD consultancy and University‑wide programmes as part of a small, specialist team.

Responsibilities

You will design, deliver and facilitate engaging workshops, team sessions and development programmes, both face to face and online, working with teams and groups of different sizes and levels of seniority through change and development. You will also lead OD consultancy assignments with teams and leaders, including supporting teams to adopt new ways of working. This involves contracting with stakeholders, diagnosing needs, and designing, facilitating and evaluating interventions.

Alongside this, you will manage the University’s mentoring scheme, support the staff survey cycle, values and culture work, and manager development, and promote digital‑first approaches to learning and development.

Person Specification

You will have a degree or equivalent experience, and CIPD or a relevant professional qualification (or be working towards one). You will bring substantial experience of designing and facilitating workshops, team sessions and programmes, and be confident delivering face to face and online. You will also have proven OD consultancy experience, including contracting and diagnosis, and a coaching qualification or substantial coaching experience.
We are looking for someone who uses evidence and data to evaluate impact, has excellent communication and influencing skills with credibility at all levels, and is committed to inclusive practice.

Additional Information

This is a full‑time, 12‑month fixed‑term contract to cover maternity leave. The role is based at our Clerkenwell campus with hybrid working: colleagues spend a minimum of 60% of their working time on campus each week.

Closing date for applications: Sunday, 15 November 11:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place in a date to be confirmed.

The selection process

will involve a written case study, a facilitation exercise and an interview. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage. We will accommodate any reasonable requests from candidates with a declared disability or who are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

City St George's offers a sector‑leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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