Organisational Development Consultant

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The opportunity

We have a great opportunity for a motivated and skilled Organisational Development Consultant to join a diverse and forward thinking OD team, within our HR Culture hub, supporting the delivery of strategic people priorities. This is an exciting time to be joining UAL; we have a new University Strategy, and People Strategy. Inclusion, Social Purpose, Engagement are all core UAL priorities and the OD team will be focused on these areas to impact on staff and student experience.  

As OD Consultant, you will work on a range of organisational development initiatives with a focus on developing forward looking HR policy, equipping managers with the skills and knowledge required for their role and to introduce new and diverse ways of enhancing employee experience and wellbeing. 

You will support the consultation, review, development and communication of UAL employment policies, working collaboratively with internal and external partners and be responsible for providing guidance and knowledge to HR projects.

About you

With a proactive and collaborative approach, you will have experience in developing and implementing HR policy, guidance and wellbeing initiatives for a diverse organisation and in the delivery of briefings, training and communications to support implementation. You will have worked on staff engagement initiatives and will ideally have experience working with a range of organisational change initiatives.  

You will be an excellent and influential communicator, able to work collaboratively and create opportunities to think creatively with others to deliver innovative solutions. You will also be confident in undertaking consultation activities with key stakeholders, pairing this with strong planning, organisational and digital skills, as well as the ability to collect, analyse and report on qualitative and quantitative data.

This role could provide a great career development opportunity for newly qualified professionals, or those currently undertaking a CIPD qualification.

Application:

Please give evidence in your supporting statement of how your knowledge and experience addresses the competencies in the Person Specification. 

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at Peoplestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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