# Head of Organisation Design & Development **Company**: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs **Location**: Bristol, South West, England; City of Westminster, Greater London, England; Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, England; York, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Salary**: GBP 69,931 - 83,981 per year **Category**: Human Resources **Industry**: Government & Public Sector **Apply**: https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/head-organisation-design-development-107651?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e36f58d5-64e ## Description This is a high-profile opportunity to lead organisation design and development across the Defra Group at a time of significant organisational pressure and change. As Head of Organisation Design & Development, you will bring deep professional expertise and practical leadership to the design and restructuring of Core Defra and its agencies and arm’s-length bodies. The role sits in the Workforce Strategy & Transformation directorate and will be central to enabling the Rightsizing pillar of the Workforce Strategy and Transformation Programme. **Responsibilities:** - Lead organisation design and restructuring across the Defra Group, aligning structures with political direction, including devolution and the future Civil Service, and enabling delivery of Defra’s organisational outcomes. - Lead OD&D work in Core Defra, agencies and arm’s-length bodies, ensuring expert resource is deployed to the highest-priority organisational and transformation challenges. - Work confidently with Directors General, HR Directors and ALB leaders, providing trusted evidence-based advice, constructive challenge and practical organisational solutions. - Play a central role in the Workforce Strategy and Transformation Programme, particularly enabling the Rightsizing pillar through organisation design expertise and delivery. - Provide expert consultancy across organisation design, organisational development, culture and behaviour, team effectiveness, transformation and change, and workforce strategy, with organisation design as the principal focus. - Lead the central OD&D service and act as Head of Practice, setting professional standards, assuring quality and strengthening OD&D methods and capability across the Group. - Lead, coach and develop a team of around seven Grade 7 OD&D practitioners, building bench strength, professional confidence and a cohesive, inclusive and high-performing service. - Manage demand, priorities and practitioner deployment across the Group, balancing urgent restructuring activity with longer-term organisational development. - Commission and procure specialist OD&D contractors where needed, integrating them effectively into the team and ensuring quality, value and delivery. - Use organisational evidence, workforce insight and professional judgement to shape options, recommendations and implementation plans that are practical and sustainable. **Person Specification:** - Deep professional expertise in organisation design and development, with substantial experience of leading complex organisation design and restructuring. - A strong track record of operating in a large, complex organisation and translating strategic, political or operational requirements into practical organisational solutions. - Experience of influencing and advising at the most senior levels, including providing credible constructive challenge and building trusted relationships across organisational boundaries. - Demonstrable expertise across organisation design, organisational development, culture and behaviour, team effectiveness, transformation and change, and workforce strategy. - Experience of applying evidence-based OD&D practice, models, data and organisational insight with professional rigour. - Experience of leading an expert service and senior practitioners, developing capability and bench strength while managing competing demand and priorities. - Experience of commissioning or managing specialist external expertise and ensuring it is integrated effectively into delivery. - Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills, with the judgement to move between strategic advice and practical implementation. **Benefits:** - Salary of £69,931 - £83,981 per year - £20,259 contribution towards Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme - Learning and development tailored to your role - Flexible working options - Culture encouraging inclusion and diversity - Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% ## Skills ### Required - organisation design - organisational development - culture and behaviour - team effectiveness - transformation and change - workforce strategy --- Source: [Apply at jobsgopublic.com](https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/head-organisation-design-development-107651?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)