Senior Organisational Development Manager

This role is suitable for hybrid working.

About Us: Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that “everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well”; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living.

Are you a dynamic leader passionate about shaping organizational success? We are seeking a talented Senior Organisational Development Manager based in either London or Nottingham to lead our OD team and drive transformative initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the OD team so that accurate, timely and relevant data and information is available to support business decisions, and that a customer-centric service is provided to support business transition.
• Collaborate on strategic planning aligned with company objectives.
• Oversee talent management, learning programs, and colleague engagement and change initiatives.
• Implement and roll-out leadership development and performance management processes.
• Analyze data, ensure compliance, and communicate OD initiatives throughout the company.

Personal Competencies:

• Enthusiastic, innovative, and solution-oriented.
• Strong influencer with problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
• Empathetic, resilient, and adaptable with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and lead high-performing teams.

Skills/Experience:

• Extensive L&D management experience in a complex, customer-oriented environment.
• Project management expertise with a track record of adding commercial value.
• Analytical and strategic thinking skills, able to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in cross-functional team leadership and data analysis.
• Qualification in L&D (CIPD membership desirable), coaching, or psychometric testing a plus.

If you are ready to make a significant impact on organisational culture and development, apply now to be part of our dynamic team. Be the driving force behind change and innovation!

What’s in it for you?

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year.
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities.
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra day off.
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave.
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary.
• Cycle2work scheme.
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department.
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members to.
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season ticket loan.
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform.
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues.
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support.
• Employee Assistance Programme - We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation.

About us: We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Our promise: Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others’ wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued.

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.