Organisation Design Lead – Outside IR35 – Remote

We’re supporting an organisation undergoing a significant target operating model redesign and are looking for an experienced Organisation Design Lead to partner with senior leaders across the business. This role will play a key part in shaping future teams, capabilities and ways of working, ensuring the organisation is set up to deliver its strategy effectively.

The Role
As part of an organisation-wide transformation, you’ll work closely with senior leaders and people colleagues to lead organisation design reviews at team, function and capability level. You’ll bring evidence-informed best practice, support good job and work design, and help embed a people-centric approach to change.

Key Responsibilities

• You will own and apply best-practice organisation design principles, ensuring alignment to strategy and “good work” outcomes
• You will advise, consult and challenge senior leaders on organisation design decisions
• You will support the development and embedding of the organisation’s target operating model
• You will lead and contribute to projects assessing and developing organisational capabilities
• You will enable leaders to plan for and embed change within their teams
• You will contribute to wider organisation-wide initiatives across leadership, talent, culture and employee experience

Essential Skills:

• Significant experience leading organisation design activity
• Strong knowledge of OD best practice, approaches and tools
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence senior stakeholders
• Experience delivering organisation-wide initiatives on time and to budget
• Background across areas such as organisation design, leadership development, culture, team development, HR and/or change

Desirable skills:

• Experience working within charities or not for profit organisations

The Details

• Contract: 14 weeks
• Start date: 9 February
• Rate: Up to £600-650 per day (excl. VAT)
• IR35: Outside IR35
• Time commitment: 3 days per week
• Location: Mostly remote with limited travel to London

If you’re an experienced organisation design specialist who enjoys working closely with senior leaders on complex change, we’d love to hear from you.