Head of Organisation Design and Development

We’re looking for a dynamic leader to head up our Organisation Design and Development Team; a team dedicated to creating an exceptional employment experience for our people. This is your opportunity to shape the future of our organisation, enabling leadership excellence, optimising structures and processes, and fostering a culture of inclusion, continuous improvement, and high performance.

You will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team and will work with the Director of People Services, and broader Executive Team, advising and influencing at the highest level to make the Gambling Commission a truly great place to work.

You will lead and inspire a talented team to deliver innovative and joined‑up organisational development solutions. You will champion our People & Culture Strategy, driving cultural change and organisational effectiveness, develop management capability to prepare the Gambling Commission for the next stage of our evolution.

• Work with the Director of People Services to develop, deliver and embed our People & Culture Strategy through the design and development of change initiatives to enable the delivery of the Commission's strategic aims.
• Oversee the design of comprehensive organisation development frameworks in service of the People and Culture strategy and the corporate strategy e.g. foster leadership and management capability, learning and development, organisation design, cultural change, performance improvement, and employee experience.
• Lead the development and delivery of the organisation-wide learning and development agenda, fostering development through digital and creative learning solutions, and maintaining strong engagement with our leaders to drive workforce capability and performance.
• Lead the long‑term development of capabilities ensuring that the learning and development offer is aligned to the corporate strategy.
• Lead the delivery of the Diversity and Inclusion strategy, ensuring it is integrated into all organisation design and development initiatives to foster an inclusive culture.

• Oversee and lead diagnostic assessments and reviews to design and optimise operating models, structures, systems and processes that meet evolving operational demands, ensuring alignment with workforce planning, talent management, and performance frameworks.
• Facilitate cultural and behavioural change, working closely with senior leaders to implement strategies that support a high‑performance and inclusive culture.
• Lead the development, refinement and review of relevant OD&D frameworks to support the people and culture ambitions of the organisation e.g. competency framework, learning and development framework, change management framework, organisation design framework, performance management framework.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of organisation design and development interventions through regular monitoring, feedback, and agile adaptation to organisational needs.
• Partner leaders across the organisation to ensure change processes are holistic and addressing all elements of change and transformation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the Executive Team, acting as an internal consultant and coach to ensure the successful delivery of OD&D initiatives.

• Lead a high performing Organisation Design & Development team, creating a culture of continuous improvement, openness, accountability and collaboration by role‑modeling our values.
• Lead, coach and mentor the Organisation Design & Development team, building internal capability across organisation design, development and change management.
• You will develop and maintain effective relationships with our preferred suppliers to ensure effective third‑party supplier performance.

The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of duties. The post holder may be required to perform any reasonable tasks commensurate with the level of responsibility at the request of their Manager.

Shortlisting and interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis as applications are received and we reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please…