Job requirements
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Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and abilities
Highly developed communication and influencing skills, including the ability to present highly complex and sensitive information to senior audiences
- Skills and abilities
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret highly complex organisational challenges and develop solutions
- Skills and abilities
Ability to lead and manage multiple highly complex programmes simultaneously
- Skills and abilities
Strong planning and organisational skills, including long-term strategic planning
- Behaviours and values
Demonstrates commitment to Trust values and behaviours
- Behaviours and values
Operates with integrity, professionalism and resilience
- Behaviours and values
Builds trust and psychological safety in complex environments
- Behaviours and values
Demonstrates inclusive leadership and commitment to equity and diversity
- Behaviours and values
Acts as a role model for compassionate and values-based leadership
- Knowledge and experience
Educated to Masters level (Level 7) or equivalent experience in organisational development, HR or related field
- Knowledge and experience
Chartered CIPD member or equivalent professional experience
- Knowledge and experience
Highly developed specialist knowledge of organisational development, culture change and leadership development
- Knowledge and experience
Significant experience of leading complex, organisation-wide OD or transformation programmes
- Knowledge and experience
Experience of working with senior leaders and Executive teams in a large, complex organisation
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and abilities
Experience of using organisational diagnostics, engagement tools, or workforce analytics
- Knowledge and experience
Experience within the NHS or public sector
- Knowledge and experience
Experience supporting large-scale service expansion or integration programmes
- Knowledge and experience
Coaching qualification or equivalent
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Organisational Development (OD) Lead (Transformation) to join our Organisational Development and Staff Engagement team.
This senior leadership role will initially provide dedicated organisational development leadership for a major service integration programme involving incoming services from St Andrew's Healthcare. Working alongside operational, clinical and corporate leaders, the postholder will play a key role in supporting the successful integration of services, embedding a culture of safety, psychological safety and high quality care, and ensuring staff experience, wellbeing, leadership development and cultural integration remain central to the programme's success.
The role offers an exciting opportunity to lead complex organisational development, culture and workforce transformation activity at scale, whilst contributing to wider Trust and Group priorities, including the development of values and behaviours and leadership capability.
You will bring senior OD expertise to help leaders and teams navigate change, strengthen leadership capability and create the conditions for positive staff experience, engagement and team effectiveness.
The role will also provide leadership to a team of OD and leadership practitioners, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, continuous improvement and psychological safety.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide strategic OD leadership for a portfolio of culture, leadership and transformation programmes aligned to Trust priorities, with an initial focus on supporting the integration of services transferring from St Andrew's Healthcare.
They will work with senior leaders and stakeholders to design, deliver and evaluate OD interventions that support cultural integration, staff engagement, leadership development, workforce transformation and service improvement.
Acting as a trusted senior advisor, the postholder will use organisational insight, staff feedback and evidence-based practice to influence decision-making, facilitate complex discussions and support leaders to deliver change in a way that balances staff experience with operational outcomes.
The Senior OD Lead will oversee programme governance, risks, benefits and impact measures, providing assurance on delivery while contributing to wider Trust and Group priorities such as values and behaviours, leadership development and culture change.
The postholder will provide leadership and professional oversight to OD and leadership practitioners, supporting their development and creating a positive, inclusive and psychologically safe environment that enables individuals and teams to thrive.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will translate strategic priorities into practical OD plans for the service integration programme and wider transformation portfolio, ensuring activity is clearly scoped, coordinated and aligned with operational, clinical and corporate workstreams.
They will develop and deliver interventions that support team development, leadership capability, engagement, cultural alignment and change readiness, drawing on staff voice, workforce data, organisational diagnostics and recognised OD practice.
The role will require confident facilitation of complex and sensitive discussions with leaders and teams, helping to surface issues, build shared understanding and agree practical actions that support safe, inclusive and effective services.
The postholder will establish clear governance, evaluation and reporting arrangements for OD activity, including monitoring risks, tracking benefits, measuring impact and providing assurance to programme and organisational governance forums.
They will provide professional leadership to OD and leadership practitioners, supporting high-quality delivery, reflective practice, continuous improvement and a team culture that is inclusive, accountable and psychologically safe.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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This advert is for Senior Organisational Development Lead (Transformation) with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Kettering, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Human resources manager role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: N/A. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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