Overview
As an OD Consultant in Oxford's Learning & Organisational Development team, you will provide strategic OD advice and lead development programmes across the University. You’ll work with senior stakeholders to diagnose needs, design and evaluate interventions, and strengthen management and leadership capability. Your work will be evidence-driven and inclusive, embedding EDI in OD practice while delivering high-impact, cross-organisational initiatives. This role offers a collaborative, high-performing environment within a globally renowned institution.
Pay / Benefits
- 38 days annual leave (incl. holidays) with option to purchase extra days
- generous maternity and paternity leave
- hybrid and flexible working
- contributory pension scheme
- cycle loan and travel subsidies
- vibrant staff community through social, cultural, and sports clubs
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic OD advice and lead a portfolio of development programmes and leadership interventions
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to diagnose needs, design and deliver OD interventions
- Evaluate interventions to demonstrate impact using evidence and best practice
- Take end-to-end ownership of selected development programmes within LOD and the wider People function
- Build management and leadership capability and drive purposeful change across the University
- Maintain a practical, collaborative approach while managing competing priorities
Key requirements
- Experienced OD professional with consultancy experience in complex organisations
- Proficient across the full OD consultancy cycle: contracting, diagnosis, design, delivery, evaluation
- Experience designing and delivering learning and OD interventions, especially leadership development
- Accomplished facilitator and communicator with senior stakeholders
- Strategic thinker who can balance practicality and collaboration
- Strong commitment to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in OD practice
- Relationship builder who solves problems and delivers results
- facilitation
- stakeholder management
- influencing and negotiation
- OD consultancy
- leadership development design and delivery
- change management
Organisational Development (OD) Consultant employer: University of Oxford
The Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford is an exceptional employer, offering a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment where finance professionals can thrive. With a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, along with generous benefits such as 38 days of annual leave and a robust family leave scheme, employees are supported in both their professional and personal lives. This role not only provides the opportunity to influence strategic financial decisions within a world-renowned department but also fosters continuous growth and development in a vibrant academic community.
