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Organisational Development Manager

The closing date is 28 August 2025

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Job summary

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Organisation Development & Culture, you'll lead a small but impactful OD team and act as an internal consultant, delivering innovative, evidence-based, and sustainable organisational development (OD) and culture programmes across our Trust.

You'll work directly with senior leaders, operational and corporate teams to build leadership capability, improve employee experience, and embed cultural change initiatives that enhance organisational performance and patient care outcomes.

Key areas of focus include:

  • Leading Trust-wide OD and culture transformation programmes.

  • Managing employee engagement and retention initiatives.

  • Delivering leadership and talent development interventions.

  • Facilitating complex team development and culture diagnostics.

  • Championing the NHS People Promise, staff wellbeing and inclusivity.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of culture and leadership within a values-driven, patient-centred NHS organisation.

Main duties of the job

We're seeking a candidate with:

  • Extensive specialist knowledge in OD principles, organisational culture change, leadership development, and employee engagement.

  • Experience of leading complex OD and cultural transformation initiatives at a senior level.

  • The ability to influence and partner with senior leaders and Executive teams, using expert consultancy skills.

  • Outstanding facilitation, coaching and project management capabilities.

  • A collaborative, compassionate leadership style, aligned to NHS values and SECAmb's organisational behaviours.

A relevant master's level qualification (or equivalent experience) is essential, alongside strong working knowledge of the NHS People Plan, NHS People Promise, and the culture challenges facing the health and care sector.

About us

  • Option to join NHS pension scheme
  • A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years' service.
  • Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
  • Access to occupational health and counselling services.
  • Award winning wellbeing hub
  • Back up buddy App
  • Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Other than in exceptional circumstances, the starting salary for staff new to the NHS will be the bottom point of the band to which they have been appointed.

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

278-ODM-0825-AS

Job locations

Crawley HQ

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Job description

Job responsibilities

To identify, create, and lead OD and Culture Programmes and interventions across the organisation.

To lead the provision of an internal OD consultancy service, providing managers and leaders with timely delivery of aligned and consistent highly specialised expertise, advice, coaching and interventions which support the accomplishment of corporate, operational and team objectives, and support leaders in developing individuals and teams, making improvements to morale, organisational culture, employee experience, and organisational performance.

To operate as a specialist internal consultant with regards to the provision of tailored team and individual specific interventions which are developed through strong consultancy skills and designed to improve team effectiveness, culture and performance.

To triangulate data, proactively identify themes and trends which indicate concerns about culture, leadership, improvement, health and wellbeing or staff engagement.

To design and lead, an effective exit interview process and service, ensuring high completion rates, enabling the collection of robust and reliable data on employee turnover to inform retention plans and strategies.

Identify, design, create, programme manage, lead on, facilitate, and evaluate OD and culture initiatives, interventions, and programmes to improve and support leadership, culture, values, employee experience, retention, recognition, and directorate, team and individual performance as required, to ensure SECAmb has the right people approaches and culture to achieve its strategic plan.

To work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to understand national, regional, and organisational OD priorities.

Represent the Trust at regional and national OD meetings, forums, and groups.

To develop robust relationships with senior colleagues to partner with, influence, challenge on and support improved experience and culture throughout the organisation, if necessary, challenging the status quo to produce improvement.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To identify, create, and lead OD and Culture Programmes and interventions across the organisation.

To lead the provision of an internal OD consultancy service, providing managers and leaders with timely delivery of aligned and consistent highly specialised expertise, advice, coaching and interventions which support the accomplishment of corporate, operational and team objectives, and support leaders in developing individuals and teams, making improvements to morale, organisational culture, employee experience, and organisational performance.

To operate as a specialist internal consultant with regards to the provision of tailored team and individual specific interventions which are developed through strong consultancy skills and designed to improve team effectiveness, culture and performance.

To triangulate data, proactively identify themes and trends which indicate concerns about culture, leadership, improvement, health and wellbeing or staff engagement.

To design and lead, an effective exit interview process and service, ensuring high completion rates, enabling the collection of robust and reliable data on employee turnover to inform retention plans and strategies.

Identify, design, create, programme manage, lead on, facilitate, and evaluate OD and culture initiatives, interventions, and programmes to improve and support leadership, culture, values, employee experience, retention, recognition, and directorate, team and individual performance as required, to ensure SECAmb has the right people approaches and culture to achieve its strategic plan.

To work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to understand national, regional, and organisational OD priorities.

Represent the Trust at regional and national OD meetings, forums, and groups.

To develop robust relationships with senior colleagues to partner with, influence, challenge on and support improved experience and culture throughout the organisation, if necessary, challenging the status quo to produce improvement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMasters qualification in human resources, organisational development, organisational design, psychology or related discipline, or demonstrated equivalent level of experience
  • oCIPD qualified
  • oEvidence of recent, ongoing personal development
  • oProject or programme management qualification or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • oManagement qualification or equivalent experience.
  • oRecognised coaching qualification
  • oPsychometric test qualification
  • oAccredited 360-degree feedback facilitator

Knowledge

Essential

  • oExtensive expert knowledge of OD principles, theories, models, methodologies and frameworks, and their role in improving organisational performance.
  • oExpert knowledge and understanding of culture change and how to enable it across dispersed organisations.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMasters qualification in human resources, organisational development, organisational design, psychology or related discipline, or demonstrated equivalent level of experience
  • oCIPD qualified
  • oEvidence of recent, ongoing personal development
  • oProject or programme management qualification or equivalent experience.

Desirable

  • oManagement qualification or equivalent experience.
  • oRecognised coaching qualification
  • oPsychometric test qualification
  • oAccredited 360-degree feedback facilitator

Knowledge

Essential

  • oExtensive expert knowledge of OD principles, theories, models, methodologies and frameworks, and their role in improving organisational performance.
  • oExpert knowledge and understanding of culture change and how to enable it across dispersed organisations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Crawley HQ

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Crawley HQ

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR, Inclusion and L&OD Management

Dawn Chilcott

dawn.chilcott@secamb.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

14 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

278-ODM-0825-AS

Job locations

Crawley HQ

Crawley

RH10 9BG


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