Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust seeks an 18-month Organisational Development Consultant to lead its multi-year Culture Programme, reporting to the Associate Director of Employee Experience. The work covers designing, mobilising and evaluating interventions on leadership, psychological safety and staff voice, then handing ownership to business-as-usual. The post leads a small team and presents to executive and Board forums, working across clinical, corporate and trade union partners. Senior, proven OD experience and master's-level knowledge or equivalent are essential.
What the job involves
- Lead the Culture Programme's delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, benefits, resources, risks and accountabilities
- Translate diagnostic evidence, strategic priorities, NHS Staff Standards and staff insight into sequenced, measurable workstreams
- Design and facilitate evidence-informed OD interventions at organisational, divisional, service and team levels
- Lead mobilisation over the first 12 to 18 months, including the culture vision, quick wins, hotspots and culture strategy
- Create inclusive, psychologically safe engagement and co-design, with targeted outreach to staff whose voices are less often heard
- Provide assurance, insight and decision papers to executive, committee and Board forums
- Develop the measurement and benefits framework, using workforce evidence to evaluate impact and equity
- Lead longer-term implementation using compassionate and collective leadership, addressing structures, systems and behaviours
- Identify and manage interfaces with EPR, Oriel, workforce transformation and improvement work so culture activity supports major change
- Lead and develop a small multidisciplinary team, building OD and culture-change capability across the Trust
- Work across boundaries with clinical and corporate leaders, staff networks, trade unions, People and OD colleagues and external partners
- Lead the transition to sustainable business-as-usual ownership of the programme
What’s required
Qualifications
- Master's degree in OD, organisational psychology, change, HR or a related field, or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience
Experience
- Significant senior-level experience of leading complex culture or organisational change across organisational, divisional and team levels
- Expert knowledge of OD theory and consultancy practice, applying diagnosis, contracting, intervention and evaluation
- Experience of leading a complex, multi-workstream transformation programme with interdependencies, governance, risks, benefits and senior stakeholders
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced organisational diagnosis and systems thinking, integrating complex and sometimes contradictory evidence
Nice to have
- Substantial experience within the NHS or another complex, regulated, safety-critical organisation
What’s offered
- Competitive salary, including high-cost area supplement
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
- 24/7 independent counselling support
- Career-long learning and development opportunities
- Excellent transport connections
- Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes
- Free Pilates classes
- Full support and training to develop your skills
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