HR Consultant OD

Overview

In this role you will partner with senior leaders to shape an organisation-wide OD offer that enables sustainable change. You’ll help design and embed a cohesive OD framework, support major change programmes, and align structures with strategy. Working across People, L&D, Internal Comms, Employee Engagement and the Transformation Office, you will turn ambition into practical improvements. You’ll balance strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery to drive performance, inclusion and future-readiness for the council.

Pay / Benefits

• guaranteed interview scheme
• flexible working opportunities (reduced hours, part-time, job share)
• generous holiday entitlement

Responsibilities

• act as a strategic partner to translate organisational ambition into practical change
• develop and prioritise a coherent corporate OD framework and sequencing of major change
• contribute to organisational design (spans and layers, operating models) and redesign assurance
• support services to align structures, accountability, outcomes and affordability
• lead strategic workforce planning, future skills, and talent/succession pipelines
• embed a consistent leadership model and strengthen performance management
• support transition of the Strategic role review programme to business as usual
• collaborate with senior leaders, People Business Partners, L+D, Internal Comms, Employee Engagement and Transformation Office

Key requirements

• strategic thinking
• credible and collaborative approach
• strong influencing and stakeholder engagement
• organisational design
• operating models
• workforce planning

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