# Organisational Development Consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/organisational-development-consultant/5680f778-3fc3-48c9-9b81-8ed0f4fd5410 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/organisational-development-consultant/5680f778-3fc3-48c9-9b81-8ed0f4fd5410.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Northampton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 8 months (Fixed Term - contract ending 31st March 2027) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T14:31:26.833Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Kettering_Northampton/Northampton_General_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Organisational_Development/Organisational_Development-v7989592 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7989592?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A great opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Senior OD Consultant to join our OD team at UHN. The successful candidate will be instrumental in undertaking strategic responsibilities as well as interventional work to support us at UHN  to continue to develop and build our collaborative and implement a robust programme of Organisational Development and Design. In line with the overarching UHN priorities, contribute to the development of the UHN OD and Inclusion strategy and lead the local implementation to secure improvements in performance, behaviour and engagement. Responsible for supporting managers and leaders in implementing effective change management processes and support an ethos of continuous improvement. Provide diagnostics to services and teams, including taking actions through to delivery and ensuring appropriate measurement of interventions, to enable leaders to create the environment and culture in which individual and team performance is enhanced and valued. Contribute to the development and embedding of the UHN values and lead local delivery of  work to embed organisational values and shape a culture where these are authentic and observed. ### Main duties of the job - Contribute to the development and implementation of the UHN Organisational Development and inclusion strategy that improves business performance. - Identify and implement initiatives to support the delivery of the UHN People Plan, ensuring consistency across UHN. - Contribute to the development and embedding of the UHN values and their local implementation. - Facilitate teams and coach individuals to support delivery of the UHN transformation, quality improvement and efficiency programme. - Leads the OD support to clinical and non-clinical collaboration - Provide support to teams and individuals experiencing difficulties e.g. behavioural /teamwork/ conflict resolution. - In conjunction with the HRBP team and the H&WB team to highlight to the Head of OD & Inclusion  areas of concern and identify appropriate interventions to resolve the issues. - Monitor progress and identifies new interventions where appropriate. - Design, develop and deliver training programmes and give presentations on organisational development interventions, skills, methodology and outcomes. - Ensure that vision, values and leadership behaviours are effectively communicated and embedded into the organisation culture and ways of working. - Consult stakeholders on organisational development plans and lead implementation as appropriate. - To participate in committees and act on behalf of the Head of OD & Inclusion as and when required. - Produce reports as and when required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Staff Engagement - Work with the relevant Head of Communications and Engagement to implement the Trust employee engagement strategy ensuring outcomes deliver for staff and for patients. - To communicate and directly engage with staff to seek their participation and involvement with trust wide organisational development and staff engagement strategies. - Provide specialist staff engagement expertise service areas – the people/human dimensions of change. - Support the effective implementation of the national staff survey by suggesting the best methods for maximising completion, driving the same and responding as needed. - Identify appropriate responses to the staff survey and enable the implementation through local management. - Work with the communications and engagement team to develop and implement ways to stay in touch with staff e.g. pulse surveys, listening events. - Contribute to the development and implementation of recognition plans based on intelligence gathered during the course of activities. Leadership and Management Development - Identify the needs for leadership and management development, assess the appropriate response, design the relevant programmes, deliver the programmes where appropriate or work in partnership with the Learning and Education team/external suppliers - Assess the effectiveness of programmes, identify improvements and amend accordingly. - Design and deliver bespoke development interventions to teams and individuals. - Support the design of the UHN talent management programme and be responsible for its local implementation  liaising where appropriate with Group colleagues, UHL partners, system partners or regional bodies External - Represent UHN  on system OD groups as and when require Personal and Professional Development - Ensure that all mandatory training is up to date. - Partake in all specialist workshops offered internally. - Keep up to date on HR best practice and statutory regulations/guidance. - Continuously improve own knowledge of OD practice. ## Job Details A great opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Senior OD Consultant to join our OD team at UHN. The successful candidate will be instrumental in undertaking strategic responsibilities as well as interventional work to support us at UHN to continue to develop and build our collaborative and implement a robust programme of Organisational Development and Design. In line with the overarching UHN priorities, contribute to the development of the UHN OD and Inclusion strategy and lead the local implementation to secure improvements in performance, behaviour and engagement. Responsible for supporting managers and leaders in implementing effective change management processes and support an ethos of continuous improvement. Provide diagnostics to services and teams, including taking actions through to delivery and ensuring appropriate measurement of interventions, to enable leaders to create the environment and culture in which individual and team performance is enhanced and valued. Contribute to the development and embedding of the UHN values and lead local delivery of work to embed organisational values and shape a culture where these are authentic and observed. ## Job Description Contribute to the development and implementation of the UHN Organisational Development and inclusion strategy that improves business performance. Identify and implement initiatives to support the delivery of the UHN People Plan, ensuring consistency across UHN. Contribute to the development and embedding of the UHN values and their local implementation. Facilitate teams and coach individuals to support delivery of the UHN transformation, quality improvement and efficiency programme. Leads the OD support to clinical and non-clinical collaboration Provide support to teams and individuals experiencing difficulties e.g. behavioural /teamwork/ conflict resolution. In conjunction with the HRBP team and the H&WB team to highlight to the Head of OD & Inclusion areas of concern and identify appropriate interventions to resolve the issues. Monitor progress and identifies new interventions where appropriate. Design, develop and deliver training programmes and give presentations on organisational development interventions, skills, methodology and outcomes. Ensure that vision, values and leadership behaviours are effectively communicated and embedded into the organisation culture and ways of working. Consult stakeholders on organisational development plans and lead implementation as appropriate. To participate in committees and act on behalf of the Head of OD & Inclusion as and when required. Produce reports as and when required. ## Responsibilities Staff Engagement Work with the relevant Head of Communications and Engagement to implement the Trust employee engagement strategy ensuring outcomes deliver for staff and for patients. - To communicate and directly engage with staff to seek their participation and involvement with trust wide organisational development and staff engagement strategies. - Provide specialist staff engagement expertise service areas – the people/human dimensions of change. - Support the effective implementation of the national staff survey by suggesting the best methods for maximising completion, driving the same and responding as needed. - Identify appropriate responses to the staff survey and enable the implementation through local management. - Work with the communications and engagement team to develop and implement ways to stay in touch with staff e.g. pulse surveys, listening events. - Contribute to the development and implementation of recognition plans based on intelligence gathered during the course of activities. Leadership and Management Development Identify the needs for leadership and management development, assess the appropriate response, design the relevant programmes, deliver the programmes where appropriate or work in partnership with the Learning and Education team/external suppliers Assess the effectiveness of programmes, identify improvements and amend accordingly. Design and deliver bespoke development interventions to teams and individuals. Support the design of the UHN talent management programme and be responsible for its local implementation liaising where appropriate with Group colleagues, UHL partners, system partners or regional bodies External Represent UHN on system OD groups as and when require Personal and Professional Development Ensure that all mandatory training is up to date. Partake in all specialist workshops offered internally. Keep up to date on HR best practice and statutory regulations/guidance. Continuously improve own knowledge of OD practice. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Experience of supporting or leading change and service transformation to deliver improved outcomes - Ability to influence across a broad range of stakeholders including Trade Unions and within challenging environment politically astute - Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate both direct reports and colleagues from across the organisation - Ability to coach others (teams and individuals) to find their own solutions - Innovative, with the ability to “think differently” and challenge current behaviours and mind sets - Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to facilitate groups of all sizes to achieve agreed outcomes - Highly effective communication skills: verbal, written, presentation - IT Skills i.e. MS Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the ability to manipulate and present complex information **Desirable** - Experience of working in the NHS across multiple sites, different organisational culture and developing a system network ### Qualifications **Essential** - Masters degree or equivalent demonstrable experience ( in an OD/Practitioner role) - Specific OD practitioner accreditation e.g. MBTI, Insights, DISC, Hogan, Sova, 360 facilitation - ILM Coaching accreditation/equivalent experience in Coaching at a senior level - Evidence of CIPD development activity undertaken in areas relevant to the remit of this role **Desirable** - Occupational/Psychometric qualification - Project Management experience ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Compassionate and inclusive leader, team player and responsive to the needs of colleagues. Behaviours which align to our Values - Open to new ideas and change and actively promotes new ways of working - Resilience to keep focused and positive for others - Self motivated and confident (understands and manages own emotions / is attuned to the emotions of others, knowing how to respond) - Driven to deliver on organisational objectives and have a strong drive for improving performance ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 185.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1875) - [code of conduct (pdf, 235.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1872) - [benefits and ngh (pdf, 379.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1874) - [relocation expenses policy (pdf, 548.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2447) - [respect and support document (pdf, 207.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1869) - [staff fair processing statement (pdf, 90.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1868) - [job description and person spec (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10310075) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.