About the role
Are you passionate about driving meaningful organisational change and helping people perform at their best?
Join our Workforce and Organisational Development team as we shape the future of North Northamptonshire Council (NNC).
In this role, you will be responsible for implementing, monitoring, and evaluating a variety of Organisational Development (OD) interventions that align with NNC’s workforce strategy. You will play a key part in adopting sustainable workforce change by balancing structural elements.
What will you be doing?
As a Workforce and OD Officer, you will play a key role in shaping North Northamptonshire Council’s workforce and organisational development strategy.
Your work will focus on:
Developing Workforce Strategies: Support the creation and implementation of workforce plans to ensure the council has the right talent, skills, and behaviours to meet its future goals.
Leading OD Interventions: Design and deliver innovative solutions to enhance employee engagement, organisational design, leadership networks, and cultural change initiatives.
Providing Expert Advice: Offer strategic guidance on workforce development, culture change, and OD best practices across all levels of the organisation.
Collaborating Across Teams: Work with stakeholders across the council to integrate workforce and OD initiatives with broader organisational priorities.
Evaluating and Improving Initiatives: Use data-driven insights to measure the effectiveness of OD programs and ensure continuous improvement.
Driving Change Readiness: Conduct assessments to evaluate the organisation’s ability to adapt to change and implement strategies that build resilience and a high-performance culture.
Supporting Leadership and Communication: Partner with senior leaders to manage workforce transformation and deliver clear, impactful communication plans.
Contributing to HR Projects: Support key HR initiatives, including pay and grading reviews, talent acquisition, and career pathway development.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on the council’s workforce and organisational development, ensuring employees thrive and perform at their best.
About you
We are looking for a proactive and strategic Organisational Development & Workforce Lead with a strong background in HR, workforce planning, and organisational development.
You will have a passion for driving change, delivering impactful workforce initiatives, land working collaboratively with senior leaders to shape the future of our organisation.
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Proven experience in HR, Learning & Development, or a fast-paced transformation environment
Experience leading and supporting HR and workforce projects, implementing effective change initiatives, and ensuring continuous improvement in service delivery.
Ability to collaborate with senior leaders and managers to co-design solutions that align with business needs and workforce priorities.
A basic understanding of employment law.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence, coach, and engage stakeholders at all levels.
Comfortable working flexibly and using technology to deliver innovative, business-focused solutions.
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other Office programs to support data analysis and workforce planning.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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