Organisational Development Specialist

Package Description

Job Reference: 14713

Band: D

Salary: £44 – 51k depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Continuing

Location: Office Base is flexible with travel to BBC bases. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

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Job Introduction

The Organisation Development Specialist is responsible for contributing to the BBC organisation development (OD) strategy including Performance & Development, Talent and Succession &  Careers.

The OD Specialist ensures that OD is a key enabler to deliver the BBC’s strategic and cultural ambitions.

This role will be a trusted specialist, contributing to designing and implementing solutions to improve organisational effectiveness.

Critical to the success of this role will be to consult with key internal stakeholders to establish requirements and outcomes to enable the design, development and implementation of OD solutions, along with the provision of expert advice and guidance on OD best practice. Project planning and stakeholder management will be critical to the success of the role, to meet organisational outcomes.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead/support the successful delivery of Org Dev activity and projects
• Help create and drive effective project plans and Org Dev initiatives to support delivery of business outcomes, outlined in strategy people plans
• Analyse internal and external workforce trends and data to inform People & Org Dev interventions
• An attention to detail with evidence of working with data analysis to support proposals
• Strengths as a completer-finisher in managing the completion of work across multiple projects
• Ability to engage stakeholders and communicate clear information on project progress
• Evidence of creating compelling and inspiring communication materials

Are you the right candidate?

• Extensive experience of delivery within one or more Organisational Development Specialism (e.g. Performance Management, Career Development, Talent Management & Succession Planning).
• Experience of managing small/ cyclical projects from end to end, demonstrating strong attention to detail.
• Evidence of ability to analyse internal and external data and trends and produce data-driven Organisational Development insights.
• Learning agility and experience of movement and flexing across a portfolio of work, along with the ability to quickly assimilate new information and making a contribution.
• Proven experience of working collaboratively and productively with a range of stakeholders across HR and in the wider organisation providing expert advice and guidance.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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