Lioness Recruitment believe it takes specialist experience to find specialist careers. Feel like a new interim contract enabling the success of an important public sector organisation by supporting the delivery of their Business and Transformation Plans? They’re looking for an experienced Organisation Design Lead who can own the organisational approach to organisation design and lead the development. This is an initial six month daily-rate contract which is inside of IR35 and therefore must be worked through an umbrella company.

Your main responsibility as Organisation Design Lead will be to lead the design, implementation, evaluation and evolution of organisational design methodologies, tools, frameworks and solutions, to ensure they are future-focused, relevant, innovative, cost effective and inclusive, aligned to the organisational strategy supporting the delivery of both organisational and functional priorities and enabling the organisation's workforce strategy working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders across functional and organisational boundaries, ensuring effective communication and shared ownership. You will also champion thought leadership through a blend of external market awareness and internal insights, blending external industry trends and internal knowledge to drive innovation and influence decision-making.

Essential experience:

• Extensive experience of using external insight, internal data and professional judgement to create, implement and assess the impact of organisation design methodologies, frameworks, tools and solutions aligned to organisational strategy and business plans to deliver tangible outcomes, enable data driven decision making and drive continuous improvement in a large, complex matrix organisation
• Demonstrable knowledge of the critical factors in planning change and practical experience of applying project and programme management approaches with the ability to identify risks and create mitigation plans
• Strong communication and report writing skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders at all levels including the corporate leadership team, political leadership team and partners. Demonstrable evidence of coaching others to influence behaviours and improve performance
• Evidence of providing strong, adaptable leadership demonstrating resilience and tenacity in pursuing goals, delivering successful outcomes through others and role modelling ethical behaviours and professional integrity
• Demonstrable experience of managing complex cultural, systems, process and behavioural change through professional application and proactive development of the consultancy model
• Strong working knowledge of business technologies and the benefits/limitations this provides to support the organisation design agenda.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant professional field such as Human Resources, organisational development and design, business improvement or equivalent by experience
• Professional membership of CIPD at Chartered Level or working towards this. Evidence of continuing professional development and positive contributions to professional networks and forums to maintain and grow expert knowledge in the field of organisation design

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