Strategic Organisation Development Consultant

CO-OP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

28 days holiday

Pension with contributions

Private healthcare

Company car or car allowance

Onsite gym

Staff discount

Cycle-to-work

Virtual healthcare

24/7 support service

Training and development

Job summary

Co‑op is seeking an Organisation Development Consultant to join our specialist team and help shape how we work, grow and perform across our UK businesses. You will partner with senior leaders to diagnose challenges and design practical, system-wide solutions that improve effectiveness, culture and ways of working.

You’ll lead cross-functional projects, apply systems thinking, and build governance and accountability models.

Qualifications

• Experience applying organisation development or systems thinking in complex organisations.
• Strong consultancy skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Ability to connect strategy, structure and culture to organisational performance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to diagnose and solve complex organisational challenges.
• Lead organisational effectiveness projects from discovery to recommendations.
• Design organisational structures and operating models aligned to strategy.
• Apply systems thinking to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Develop governance frameworks and accountability models.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decisions.
• Research internal and external practices to support evidence-based recommendations.
• Support leaders to improve performance, collaboration and ways of working.
• Help navigate large-scale transformation and change initiatives.
• Build trusted relationships across Co-op and provide specialist consultancy.
• Influence senior stakeholders and drive practical solutions to business challenges.
• Connect strategy, workforce capability and culture to performance outcomes.
• Develop clear narratives from data and insights to guide actions.

Skills

Organisation development

Systems thinking

Stakeholder management

Change management

Data-driven insights

Strategic thinking

Job description

Co‑op is seeking an Organisation Development Consultant to join our specialist team and help shape how we work, grow and perform across our UK businesses. You will partner with senior leaders to diagnose challenges and design practical, system-wide solutions that improve effectiveness, culture and ways of working.

You’ll lead cross-functional projects, apply systems thinking, and build governance and accountability models.