NHS Blood and Transplant

Organisational Design & Development Lead

The closing date is 13 August 2025

Job summary

Come and join our brilliant OD (design and development) team. We are a small but perfectly formed team supporting NHSBTs purpose to save and improve even more lives, what could be more purposeful work? NHSBT has an ambition to create a high performing, anti racist and inclusive organisation. We need a skilled and experienced Organisational Design and Development Lead to be a strategic partner to the business and play a crucial role in making our ambition a reality, through whole system interventions. This could be leading the OD elements of our People Plan and transformation agenda, supporting our leadership teams to be high performing, through interventions such process consulting, operating model reviews or co-creating and implementing performance and talent solutionsThe OD team is part of our Leadership, Performance and Culture Centre of Excellence. You will act as a key change leader, drawing on your deep and specialist understanding of OD philosophies, practices, methods and interventions, to shape, embed, and reinforce our desired culture and behaviours, whilst building change capability and capacity across NHSBT. If you were to join us, as well as being part of a brilliant team, you will experience rewarding, interesting and engaging work and a wonderful opportunity to develop and push yourself, to maximise your potential in a supportive environment.

Main duties of the job

You will be in the Leadership Performance and Culture centre of excellence and will be responsible for shaping, embedding, and reinforcing NHSBTs desired culture , whilst building change capability and capacity across NHSBT. In this role, your responsibilities will include: Engaging with stakeholders and clients at all levels within the organisation to build effective high challenge, high support working relationships to enable the delivery of the organisations strategy and particularly a high performing and intentionally inclusive organisation Analysing the organisations strategy, OD strategy, business plans and the wider NHS system to determine priority OD interventions that will deliver the greatest return on investment and value for the organisation Working with high levels of autonomy to interpret and lead on OD needs and requirements across multiple service streams/programmes of change activity, to optimise organisational effectiveness and support the delivery of the NHSBTs strategy Carrying out highly complex OD interventions, in conjunction with the client, using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to drive insight into the effectiveness and impact of the intervention against agreed outcomes Working collaboratively with the Senior Leadership team, taking the lead of the organisational analysis of the strategy and development and implementation of interventions which deliver change and agreed service improvements

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

006675

Job locations

NHS Blood and Transplant

England

England

United Kingdom

B2 4DU


NHS Blood and Transplant

Filton

Bristol

BS34 7QH


NHS Blood and Transplant

Plymouth Grove

Manchester

M13 9LL


NHS Blood and Transplant

Capitol Way, Dodworth

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 3FG


NHS Blood and Transplant

New Street

Birmingham

B2 4DU


NHS Blood and Transplant

Charcot Road

London

NW9 5BG


NHS Blood and Transplant

75 Cranmer Terrace

London

SW17 0RB


Job description

Job responsibilities

 

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

 

Job description

Job responsibilities

 

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

 

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Hold a Masters or equivalent qualification in Organisation Design and or Development, or related subject or has demonstrable equivalent relevant experience to Masters level
  • Demonstrable relevant post qualification development
  • Be an active member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Organisation Development Network Europe (ODNE), European Organisation Design Forum (EODF) or an equivalent professional body

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a senior Organisation Design and Development (OD) role, working in a multi-site service.
  • Experience of successfully delivering OD interventions, at whole system level, clearly aligned to the organisations strategy.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrable experience of, application of key OD models, interventions and theories, using the OD Consultancy cycle
  • Experience of working with colleagues at all levels, in a variety of settings, to achieve desired outcomes.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Hold a Masters or equivalent qualification in Organisation Design and or Development, or related subject or has demonstrable equivalent relevant experience to Masters level
  • Demonstrable relevant post qualification development
  • Be an active member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Organisation Development Network Europe (ODNE), European Organisation Design Forum (EODF) or an equivalent professional body

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a senior Organisation Design and Development (OD) role, working in a multi-site service.
  • Experience of successfully delivering OD interventions, at whole system level, clearly aligned to the organisations strategy.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrable experience of, application of key OD models, interventions and theories, using the OD Consultancy cycle
  • Experience of working with colleagues at all levels, in a variety of settings, to achieve desired outcomes.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

NHS Blood and Transplant

England

England

United Kingdom

B2 4DU


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

NHS Blood and Transplant

England

England

United Kingdom

B2 4DU


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head Of OD

Hannah Johnson

hannah.johnson@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

006675

Job locations

NHS Blood and Transplant

England

England

United Kingdom

B2 4DU


NHS Blood and Transplant

Filton

Bristol

BS34 7QH


NHS Blood and Transplant

Plymouth Grove

Manchester

M13 9LL


NHS Blood and Transplant

Capitol Way, Dodworth

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 3FG


NHS Blood and Transplant

New Street

Birmingham

B2 4DU


NHS Blood and Transplant

Charcot Road

London

NW9 5BG


NHS Blood and Transplant

75 Cranmer Terrace

London

SW17 0RB


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