Organisational Design and People Change Partner

The University of Manchester are seeking to appoint a dynamic and experienced Organisational Design and People Change Partner to join their Organisational Effectiveness & Culture Team.

The Organisational Design and People Change Partner is a critical role sitting within the newly created Organisational Effectiveness and Culture centre of expertise covering organisational design, workforce design, talent, succession, performance, experience, wellbeing and culture. The purpose team’s goal is to develop the strategies, approach, frameworks and plan to enable the University to deliver successfully to Manchester 2035 strategic priorities, working alongside People Services, other Centres of Expertise and Partnering Teams.

The role holder will report into the Head of Organisational Design and People Transformation supporting the design and delivery of organisational design and people change programmes across the university. The purpose of the role is to provide coaching, support and to lead delivery on specified goals for operating model and organisational design and people change projects. The role holder will add expertise into the design of operating model, service delivery model and people change management frameworks and process and coach People Partners and leaders on their use in the context of the university. The role has a broad remit across the university, supporting the design and delivery of change at various leadership levels and will be a role that places the people experience at the heart of all change.

Person Specification

• Excellence knowledge of employment legislation, in particular the translation of legislation governance around contractual changes.
• Strong cultural awareness with knowledge of how to embed people experience and principles into people change frameworks and processes.
• Some experience of trade union collective consultation in particular on people change delivery projects.
• Demonstrably successful experience in organisational design, operating model and service de-livery design and people change project delivery.
• Experience of coaching and guiding leaderships teams in the scope, design and delivery or organisational design and people change.
• Successful experience in developing and delivery organisational programmes of change with a people impact, with demonstrable experience of identifying, designing and embedding the people experience.
• Results driven delivery expert with proven experience of coaching leaders in translating their team / organisational goals into operating models within an appropriate change framework.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to simultaneously oversee a number of people change projects within agreed timescales.
• The ability to build strong, credible and trusting relationships with various stakeholders across IT, Finance, Academic and Professional Services, Strategic Change Office and other teams across the university.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engagement and influence a variety of stakeholders include senior leadership teams, trade unions and academic and PS colleagues.
• Excellent planning and organising skills with the ability to delivery results through influence of others.
• Degree level HR, Change or Organisational Design qualification
• Preferably CIPD Accredited.

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