Organisation Design and Development Manager

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Job Description

We are looking for a seasoned Organisation Design and Development Manager to join our team at Heathrow. The chosen individual will be responsible for defining, managing, and implementing Organisational Effectiveness initiatives at Heathrow, aligning with the business and people strategy.

This position offers significant opportunities to impact and shape strategic thinking, and we are looking for a candidate brings subject matter expertise to enhance our organisational effectiveness capability at Heathrow.

You should have prior experience working in a large organisation, preferably in a matrixed environment, and demonstrate expertise in organisation design, development, or people change. You are likely to be an expert in organisational design or development or have acquired these skills in a strategic people business partnering role.

Responsibilities

• Leading pragmatic and practical end to end organisation design and implementation initiatives, and drive capability development and workforce planning to improve overall capability
• Developing high-level operating model solutions that enable Heathrow's strategy execution and creates detailed organisation design solutions.
• Using data and insight to diagnose issues, creating compelling cases for change with evidence-based recommendations that will drive business improvements
• Being able to provide challenge and support to the business and people partners, using organisational data and insights to drive workforce improvements
• Being confident to challenge the status quo and bring the outside-in fresh thinking and innovation into the team.
• Helping establish and embed the OD function
• Creating audit and diagnostic tools to measure organisational effectiveness, to help create an OE roadmap

Qualifications

• Technical expertism: A Organisational Design (OD) and Development practitioner with previous experience leading OD strategy and initiatives; Strong understanding of OD methodologies and previous project management experience
• Impact and influencing: Credible to act as a trusted advisor, centre of excellence, to influence senior leaders with a track record of successful delivery.
• Data driven ability to build strong cases for change, which are evidence based and compelling, so as to secure consensus from senior colleagues and teams.
• Communication: a strong storyteller and able to translate people and OD speak into a meaningful narrative to senior leaders in a way that is relevant to the business leader and their strategic objectives.
• Experience in working cross-functionally in a matrix environment.

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About Us

There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you'll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow's Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger - not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With four diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

About the Team

People are at the heart of Heathrow. Not just the millions of passengers who travel, trade, shop, eat, connect and explore with us every year, but also the thousands of colleagues who go the extra mile to give every one of them the best airport service in the world. In the People team, we partner with people across our business to help to make Heathrow a place where everyone is accepted for who they are and can achieve their best.

We're a community of human resources and health and safety professionals, encompassing all aspects of HR and wellbeing. Whether your passion is in business partnering, reward, learning and development, or any other specialist area, you'll be part of a team creating and delivering Heathrow's innovative People Strategy. We are committed to being a truly inclusive organisation that represents the diversity of the local community at every level.

There's no place like Heathrow - for the buzz, for the variety, for the sense of belonging and for the chance to go on a really fulfilling career journey. We're passionate about our colleagues' experience, making Heathrow a great place to work and creating careers, not just jobs.