Organisation Development Lead

Organisation Development Lead

Date: 14 May 2024

Location: Abuja, Sub Saharan Africa, NG

Company: British Council

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.
About the role:
The Organisational Development Lead role is a new role for us in the British Council. The role will drive delivery of key initiatives across our businesses, addressing the biggest talent and organisational challenges, using enterprise frameworks developed by the People Experience teams to activate our Employee Value Proposition and desired culture.
Appointed candidate will consult on and lead a variety of projects, sometimes simultaneously, spanning multiple People specialisms and business areas addressing the biggest talent and organisational development priorities. By applying design thinking, project delivery methodologies, People function subject matter and change management expertise they create sustainable impact.
The British Council has recently undertaken a significant Transformation programme across all areas of the business, with departments across the organisation at varying stages of maturity in implementing and embedding their new operating models.
The Talent and Organisational Development team (T&OD) exists to bring focus to the development of our people and organisation, partnering with leadership teams to build the diversity, future skills, capabilities, and ways of working we need so that we continue to renew and strengthen our global impact. It also has a significant role in the activation of our EVP (Employee Value Proposition) and in influencing our culture and the experience of working within the British Council through the work with leadership teams and colleagues in other People teams.
The Organisational Development Lead works within a team of peers as part of the Organisational Development Practice team, consulting with People business partners, CoEs and organisation stakeholders to design and deliver solutions. This is a flexible and dynamic team, which can be deployed to projects based on the talent and organisation development challenges and opportunities that arise in the business. Members of the team work directly with People business partners, business leaders and CoE teams to hypothesize, test and build solutions to talent and organisation challenges and opportunities, using project management methodology and taking an agile approach. As a flexible pool, the team helps the People team to achieve goals of agility, customer centricity and operational efficiency.
What we require of the successful candidate:
Language Requirements
The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required.
Education and Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent professional experience
• Organisational development or design qualification / certification (desirable)
• Agile trained (desirable)
• Formal project management qualification (desirable)

Role specific knowledge and experience:

• Experience in delivering projects or initiatives within a People function environment.
• Knowledge of and experience using project management methodologies
• Design thinking knowledge and experience
• Experience of modern project management methodologies (desirable)
• Experience of consultancy within People function disciplines (desirable)
• Knowledge of user-experience design (desirable)

Role Specific Skills
Data Literacy

• Data Driven - Grasps and uses data to make decisions and inform practice (developing).

Business Acumen

• Customer Understanding - Understands customer needs and applies user-centric principles (developing).

Digital Agility

• Digital Adoption - Creates an environment ready for digital adoption (developing).
• Technology Empowered - Integrates tech to build efficient, scalable, & impactful HR solutions (Novice).

People Advocacy

• Change Navigation - Builds the change structures and capacity to promote change and resilience (developing).

Execution Excellence

• Action Orientation - Implements actionable and adaptive plans to achieve results (developing).
• Interpersonal Skills - Achieves shared goals using effective interpersonal skills (developing).
• Culture and Wellbeing- Shapes inclusive performance culture prioritizing wellbeing (developing).

Further Information
Pay Band – 8 Contract Type – Indefinite Location – Nigeria
In addition to a competitive salary and excellent pension contributions, the British Council offers:

• annual leave subject to policy
• Employee Assistance Programme

Requirements –

• Candidates are expected to have researched whether they have the right to live and work in the specified countries in which the role is based.
• Some travel and out of hours work may be required.

Closing Date – 28th May 2024 Interviews: w/c TBC
A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.
Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement
The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.
The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.
We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.
Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.
If you have any problems with your application please email askhr@britishcouncil.org
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