Senior Organisational Development Lead (Transformation)

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage employer

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Organisational Development Lead (Transformation) at Band 8b. The role focuses on leading the integration of services, embedding a culture of safety and staff wellbeing, and shaping leadership capability across the organisation.

You will oversee OD leadership for culture, leadership, and transformation with a team of OD practitioners, ensuring inclusion, accountability and continuous improvement across the programme.

Qualifications

• Masters level (Level 7) in organisational development, HR or related field
• Chartered CIPD member or equivalent professional experience
• Significant experience leading complex OD/transformation programmes
• Experience in NHS/public sector and large-scale service integration
• Coaching qualification or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic priorities into practical OD plans for the service integration programme and wider transformation portfolio.
• Develop and deliver interventions for team development, leadership capability, engagement, cultural alignment and change readiness.
• Facilitate complex discussions with leaders and teams to surface issues and agree actions.
• Establish governance, evaluation and reporting for OD activities with risks, benefits and impact tracking.
• Provide leadership to OD and leadership practitioners and foster a positive, inclusive, psychological safe environment.

Skills

Communication & influence

Analytical thinking

Programme leadership

Planning & organising

OD diagnostics & workforce analytics

Education

Master's level (Level 7) or equivalent

Chartered CIPD member

Tools

Coaching qualification

Job description

Senior Organisational Development Lead (Transformation)

Band 8b

Main area Organisational Development Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent: N/A Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 270-TH264-CORP

Site Newland House Town Northampton Salary £66,582 - £77,368 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Organisational Development (OD) Lead (Transformation) to join our Organisational Development and Staff Engagement team.

This senior leadership role will initially provide dedicated organisational development leadership for a major service integration programme involving incoming services from St Andrew's Healthcare. Working alongside operational, clinical and corporate leaders, the postholder will play a key role in supporting the successful integration of services, embedding a culture of safety, psychological safety and high quality care, and ensuring staff experience, wellbeing, leadership development and cultural integration remain central to the programme's success.

The role offers an exciting opportunity to lead complex organisational development, culture and workforce transformation activity at scale, whilst contributing to wider Trust and Group priorities, including the development of values and behaviours and leadership capability.

You will bring senior OD expertise to help leaders and teamsnavigate change, strengthen leadership capability and create the conditions for positive staff experience, engagement and team effectiveness.

The role will also provide leadership to a team of OD and leadership practitioners, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, continuous improvement and psychological safety.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide strategic OD leadership for a portfolio of culture, leadership and transformation programmes aligned to Trust priorities, with an initial focus on supporting the integration of services transferring from St Andrew's Healthcare.

They will work with senior leaders and stakeholders to design, deliver and evaluate OD interventions that support cultural integration, staff engagement, leadership development, workforce transformation and service improvement.

Acting as a trusted senior advisor, the postholder will use organisational insight, staff feedback and evidence-based practice to influence decision-making, facilitate complex discussions and support leaders to deliver change in a way that balances staff experience with operational outcomes.

The Senior OD Lead will oversee programme governance, risks, benefits and impact measures, providing assurance on delivery while contributing to wider Trust and Group priorities such as values and behaviours, leadership development and culture change.

The postholder will provide leadership and professional oversight to OD and leadership practitioners, supporting their development and creating a positive, inclusive and psychologically safe environment that enables individuals and teams to thrive.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will translate strategic priorities into practical OD plans for the service integration programme and wider transformation portfolio, ensuring activity is clearly scoped, coordinated and aligned with operational, clinical and corporate workstreams.

They will develop and deliver interventions that support team development, leadership capability, engagement, cultural alignment and change readiness, drawing on staff voice, workforce data, organisational diagnostics and recognised OD practice.

The role will require confident facilitation of complex and sensitive discussions with leaders and teams, helping to surface issues, build shared understanding and agree practical actions that support safe, inclusive and effective services.

The postholder will establish clear governance, evaluation and reporting arrangements for OD activity, including monitoring risks, tracking benefits, measuring impact and providing assurance to programme and organisational governance forums.

They will provide professional leadership to OD and leadership practitioners, supporting high-quality delivery, reflective practice, continuous improvement and a team culture that is inclusive, accountable and psychologically safe.

Person specification

Knowledge and experience

• Educated to Masters level (Level 7) or equivalent experience in organisational development, HR or related field
• Chartered CIPD member or equivalent professional experience
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of organisational development, culture change and leadership development
• Significant experience of leading complex, organisation-wide OD or transformation programmes
• Experience of working with senior leaders and Executive teams in a large, complex organisation
• Experience within the NHS or public sector
• Experience supporting large-scale service expansion or integration programmes
• Coaching qualification or equivalent

Behaviours and values

• Demonstrates commitment to Trust values and behaviours
• Operates with integrity, professionalism and resilience
• Builds trust and psychological safety in complex environments
• Demonstrates inclusive leadership and commitment to equity and diversity
• Acts as a role model for compassionate and values-based leadership

Skills and abilities

• Highly developed communication and influencing skills, including the ability to present highly complex and sensitive information to senior audiences
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret highly complex organisational challenges and develop solutions
• Ability to lead and manage multiple highly complex programmes simultaneously
• Strong planning and organisational skills, including long-term strategic planning
• Experience of using organisational diagnostics, engagement tools, or workforce analytics

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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