Job Description

We are now seeking an experienced and strategic HR/Organisational Development professional to join our globally renowned London-based client.

Please note, this is a fixed term contract role until July 2027 offered on a hybrid working basis with a minimum of 2-days onsite at the central London offices.

Working at the centre of a significant transformation programme, you will play a key role in supporting organisational change, strengthening leadership capability and ensuring a consistent, high-quality people approach across multiple business areas and stakeholder groups.

You will act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, partnering with HR colleagues, programme teams and organisational development specialists to deliver complex people and change initiatives. Alongside providing expert guidance on organisational design, workforce change and engagement, you will lead the development of learning and capability products and interventions that support leaders and managers through transformation.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring both strategic oversight and hands-on delivery. You will work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to harmonise and embed new ways of working, support matrix collaboration and ensure colleagues have the skills, confidence and behaviours needed to succeed in a changing environment.

The role offers the opportunity to contribute to a high-profile organisational programme while supporting leadership, management, and organisational development practice specifically within the context of this major transformation programme.

To be considered you will require:

Significant experience as an HR Business Partner or Organisational Development professional with a strong track record of leading complex people, OD and change initiatives within large, multifaceted, unionised organisations.

Expertise in organisational development (ideally in relation to standing up a new operating model), stakeholder engagement and leadership development.

Proven experience of designing and/or delivering learning and development interventions that drive practical behavioural change and strengthen leadership capability.

Experience in large organisational change programmes covering restructures and redundancies.

Excellent stakeholder management skills along with the credibility and confidence to influence at senior level and the ability to navigate ambiguity with sound judgement, resilience and a collaborative approach.

Strong project management skills