Summary: The Organisational Design & Change Manager role involves leading complex transformation programmes within a large, values-driven organisation. The position requires a strategic leader to shape organisational structures and drive large-scale change initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leaders and HR teams to ensure effective organisational design and change management. This is a contract position with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring an ASAP start.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading end-to-end organisational design projects across multiple business areas.
- Designing organisational structures that improve effectiveness, accountability and governance.
- Facilitating organisational design workshops with senior stakeholders to develop evidence-based solutions.
- Using workforce data, analytics and benchmarking to inform design decisions.
- Leading complex restructuring programmes, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and best practice.
- Overseeing organisational change processes including restructures, redundancy consultations and TUPE where applicable.
- Developing communication and engagement plans that support colleagues through change.
- Supporting leaders to build capability in organisational design and change management.
- Managing multiple transformation projects simultaneously, ensuring milestones, governance and delivery plans are achieved.
- Building strong relationships across senior leadership teams, influencing decision making through data-driven insights.
- Leading and developing HR colleagues within both direct and matrix management structures.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience leading organisational design programmes from concept through to implementation.
- Strong expertise in organisational design principles and translating theory into practical solutions.
- Proven experience leading complex organisational change and restructuring programmes.
- Excellent knowledge of employment legislation relating to organisational change, including restructuring, redundancy and TUPE.
- Experience facilitating senior stakeholder workshops and influencing executive-level decision making.
- Strong project and programme management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience leading teams and working effectively within matrix environments.
- Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
Salary (Rate): £85000 per annum
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
Organisational Design & Change Manager
- £70,000 – £85,000
- 12 month FTC
- Hybrid x2 days per week
- ASAP start
Are you an experienced organisational design and change professional looking to lead complex transformation programmes within a large, values-driven organisation?
We’re partnering with a highly respected national organisation to recruit a senior Organisational Design & Change leader who will play a pivotal role in shaping future organisational structures, driving large-scale change and supporting the successful delivery of strategic transformation programmes.
This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who enjoys influencing at executive level, leading organisation-wide change and combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
The Role
Reporting into the senior HR leadership team, you’ll lead the design and implementation of organisational change initiatives across a complex, multi-site environment.
Working closely with senior leaders, HR, Finance and transformation teams, you’ll provide expert advice on organisational design, workforce planning and change management to ensure the organisation is structured for future success.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading end-to-end organisational design projects across multiple business areas.
- Designing organisational structures that improve effectiveness, accountability and governance.
- Facilitating organisational design workshops with senior stakeholders to develop evidence-based solutions.
- Using workforce data, analytics and benchmarking to inform design decisions.
- Leading complex restructuring programmes, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and best practice.
- Overseeing organisational change processes including restructures, redundancy consultations and TUPE where applicable.
- Developing communication and engagement plans that support colleagues through change.
- Supporting leaders to build capability in organisational design and change management.
- Managing multiple transformation projects simultaneously, ensuring milestones, governance and delivery plans are achieved.
- Building strong relationships across senior leadership teams, influencing decision making through data-driven insights.
- Leading and developing HR colleagues within both direct and matrix management structures.
About You
You’ll be a highly credible organisational design specialist with significant experience delivering large-scale transformation programmes within complex organisations.
You’ll bring:
- Extensive experience leading organisational design programmes from concept through to implementation.
- Strong expertise in organisational design principles and translating theory into practical solutions.
- Proven experience leading complex organisational change and restructuring programmes.
- Excellent knowledge of employment legislation relating to organisational change, including restructuring, redundancy and TUPE.
- Experience facilitating senior stakeholder workshops and influencing executive-level decision making.
- Strong project and programme management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience leading teams and working effectively within matrix environments.
- Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to shape the future of a complex organisation during a significant period of transformation. You’ll work with senior leadership on high-profile strategic initiatives, influence organisational direction and lead meaningful change that will have a lasting impact
