Organisational Development Support Officer in Slough

GLL is looking for an Organisational Development (OD) Support Officer to work at Middlegate House, Royal Arsenal Woolwich. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as an OD Support Officer, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than an OD job, it's a career.

As an Organisational Development (OD) Support Officer you will play a key role in delivering people change agendas that directly support our annual We Will strategy and wider corporate plan. As an OD support member of staff, you will support a variety of programmes that create real organisational impact from multi-skilling and EDI initiatives to apprenticeships and onboarding, communication and wider business-wide change. You will be an individual who thrives on designing and facilitating impactful interventions, supporting managers and staff teams through change and ensuring our people have clear, accessible routes to development and growth. The role blends strategy, creativity and hands-on delivery and support - perfect for someone who wants to make a difference.

What you will be doing:

• Build strong working relationships with managers and staff to support live people change initiatives.
• Deliver presentations, training sessions and development programmes aligned to organisational needs.
• Support all L&OD workstreams including management development, multi-skilling, induction programmes, TUPE and EDI workstreams.
• Work with internal stakeholders on OD design, restructures, intranet development and national change initiatives.
• Support with the design and facilitation of OD interventions that support organisational readiness and capability.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to understand the workforce voice and inform the design of initiatives.
• Represent GLL at external events, building connections with professional bodies and strategic partners.
• Influence workforce demographics, supporting diversity and representation across leadership.
• Engage proactively with KPIs and data to measure impact and return on investment for OD initiatives.

As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.

What you need:

• CIPD Level 3 (or willingness to work towards).
• Experience leading people change initiatives from concept to completion.
• Experience in supporting the design and facilitation of training and assessing impact.
• Experience in supporting OD design projects, restructures or people-focused change.
• Excellent relationship building, communication and influencing skills.
• Creative problem solver with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong understanding of EDI, apprenticeships, people KPIs or similar frameworks.
• Confident presenter with excellent written communication skills.

As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

• This is a Full-time, Fixed-term role up until the 1st September 2026. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible, working from home is not possible in this role.
• We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.
• We can offer a career, not just a job with extensive Learning & development support available.
• A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.

GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in. As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.

Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:

• Access to a pension scheme.
• Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
• Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
• Free annual eye tests.
• Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner.

This includes GLL Extras! GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:

• The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
• Access to team building and fun events such as Treks, Concerts, outings etc.
• Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people - ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.

About GLL:

As the UK's largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children's centres. Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area. One of our core values is More than a Job, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us.

To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

• A permanent employment contract - part-time and full-time.
• A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool.

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7-day-a-week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you. So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you'll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer. However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people's lives. We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams. All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.