Lead for Organisation and Staff Development

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Organisational and Staff Development (OSD) practitioner, with a proven track record of leading teams to deliver on complex, high impact organisational wide programmes that align to University of the Arts London’s strategic priorities. As an Organisational and Staff Development Lead you will oversee key initiatives such as the staff survey, policy development and review schedule, strategic workforce planning and leadership development.

You will review and enhance the internal consultancy service to support local department or college and team level development needs, working in partnership with HR Business Partners and college staff developers. Working collaboratively with colleagues across People and Culture, Trade Unions, Teaching and Learning Directorate, college management teams, you will strengthen the overall OSD service to meet the needs of all staff.

You will drive the team’s focus on data and evidence-based interventions and decision making, including organisational learning needs analyses and the production of an annual staff development report to ensure learning is aligned to UAL’s strategy and budgets.

Additional responsibilities will include supporting the Head of Organisation and Staff Development with team management, operational and budget planning, communication plan and team resourcing.

Your profile

You will be a highly experienced Organisational and Staff Development practitioner, with experience of working on complex organisation wide initiatives and hold professional membership/accreditation (for example CIPD).

You will have experience of reviewing and/or developing people policy (for example related to performance management).

You will be able to evidence your skills in influencing, advising and presenting to senior level audiences and authoring presentations and reports on strategic or complex staff and organisational development issues.

You will show a willingness to keep up to date with the latest trends, evidence and research in Organisation Development and Staff Development.

You will also be an experienced manager and an advocate for creating supportive and inclusive working environment.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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