About The Role:Role Requirements
1. Lead the Organisational Design &ernance workstream, one of four workstreams within the HR Change Programme, responsible for setting strategic direction, parameters, and core design decisions for HR’s Target Operating Model
2. Work closely with the Head of HR Programme, HR senior leaders, the wider HR function, and stakeholders to shape and co-design HR’s future operating model.
3. Design, plan, and facilitate sessions with HR leaders to explore, test, and agree future-state design, using appropriate and inclusive design methodologies and offering a good level of constructive challenge.
4. Develop and maintain a clear mapping of interim states, including one requiring implementation by March 2026.
5. Translateplex design concepts into practical language and approaches, enabling the creation of outputs and decision-making artefacts at pace.
6. Capture and document design outputs, decisions, and actions to support programme delivery andernance
7. Support change readiness and transition planning for interim states
8. Work collaboratively with the Head of Programme, other Workstream Leads, other OD&D Consultants and colleagues across HR to ensure alignment across workstreams and with other programmes where dependencies exist
9. Act as a programme advocate, supportingmunication and engagement across HR and with wider stakeholders
About The Candidate (specialist skills & requirements):Essential Criteria
10. Recognised OD&D qualification and/or significant experience in leading and delivering Target Operating Model work, ideally within HR, shared services, or similar functions
11. Experience working in or with public sectorernment environments (experience desirable but not essential)
12. Proven ability to shape, plan, and drive forward work independently and at pace.
13. Strong facilitation skills, with experience engaging and constructively challenging senior leaders in design and decision-making
14. Ability to translateplex design concepts into practical design and delivery approaches
15. Experience in mapping interim states and planning for staged implementation
16. Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams and functions
17. Excellent written and verbalmunication skills, with the ability to produce clear, engaging outputs and updates
18. Familiarity with programme and project delivery environments, includingernance and milestone tracking.