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Job title: Senior Organisation & Workforce Development (OWD) Business Partner

Salary: £49,710 - £54,975 (pay award pending)

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: flexible (any Care Inspectorate office)

Contract: Temporary (maternity cover) - secondments will be considered

Closing date: 08:00 on Monday 12 January 2026

We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. That means we look at the quality of care in Scotland to ensure it meets high standards. We are responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high‑quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.

• Person‑centred: we put people, empathy, compassion, and kindness at the heart of everything we do
• Respect: we value everyone's dignity and are respectful in everything we do
• Equity: we embrace diversity and nurture an inclusive environment where everyone is supported to achieve equal outcomes
• Integrity: we act impartially, fairly, and consistently, upholding transparency and accountability in all our actions
• Impact: we focus on making a positive impact for everyone experiencing care in Scotland whilst ensuring our work delivers the best value to the public

Our desire is to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, which enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work‑life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. Our hybrid working policy gives you the flexibility to mix working from home with attendance at your base office and other work locations, spending no more than 60% of your working time working from home, measured over a four‑week period.

This national role offers a significant opportunity to shape organisational culture, capability and performance across the Care Inspectorate. As Senior OWD Business Partner, you will provide a high‑quality internal consultancy service that strengthens alignment between our people, values, culture, systems and ways of working.

You will support the OWD Manager in designing and delivering organisation‑wide development strategies that enhance performance, wellbeing and our ability to adapt and thrive in a changing environment. You will significantly contribute to key corporate projects, develop and evaluate workforce and leadership development programmes, and provide expert advice on organisational development, change and workforce transformation.

You will also provide line management, coaching and development to our OWD Advisers, enabling a high‑performing and values‑led function that delivers meaningful outcomes for the organisation.

Key aspects of the role include supporting employee engagement, overseeing the effective use of our Learning Management System, developing organisational insights, and contributing to corporate reporting for senior governance groups. You will also manage external suppliers and support procurement processes to ensure value for money and quality in commissioned services.

Throughout your work, you will model our organisational values of equity, integrity, respect, person‑centred and impact, embedding them in your approach to collaboration, leadership and decision‑making.

You will find more information in the job profile and person specification.

You will bring significant experience of delivering internal consultancy, organisational or workforce development support in a complex organisation, with the ability to diagnose issues, co‑design solutions and influence senior leaders. You will have contributed to major organisational development or change projects and be confident managing multiple projects, priorities and stakeholders.

You will be an excellent communicator and facilitator, skilled in building trusted relationships with the confidence and credibility to engage leaders and managers at all levels. Your leadership approach will support, empower and develop others to enhance performance and impact. You will be committed to inclusive practice and to role‑modelling our organisational values, with resilience, flexibility and a proactive approach.

You will be able to use organisational, workforce and learning insights to inform decision‑making, identify opportunities for improvement and evaluate impact. A strong understanding of learning and development approaches, organisational change and systems thinking will be essential.

You will also have experience working constructively with trade unions in a partnership environment, and be able to navigate organisational dynamics with professionalism, discretion and emotional intelligence. You should be educated to degree level (SCQF level 9) and CIPD qualified. A coaching qualification or further qualifications in organisational development, change management or learning and development are advantageous.

New employees start at the minimum salary for the grade. However, we offer an generous benefits package.

If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, please complete our online application form by 08:00 on Monday 12 January 2026.

Interviews and assessments will take place no earlier than 22 January 2026.