Organisational Development Manager

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 49,387 to 56,515 £ / Year

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We’re looking for an experienced Organisational Development Manager (Band 7) to join our People Directorate. You’ll support the design and delivery of organisational development interventions that strengthen culture, team effectiveness, leadership capability and colleague experience across the Trust.

Working closely with the Head of Organisational Development, HR colleagues and services across the organisation, you’ll provide OD consultancy and practical support to help teams and directorates respond to local priorities. You’ll design and facilitate development activity, support change and improvement work, contribute to leadership development, and use insight and feedback to shape effective interventions and evaluate impact.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide specialist organisational development support across the Trust, using diagnostics and evidence-based approaches to design and deliver interventions that improve culture, team effectiveness and organisational performance.

They will plan, coordinate and deliver a range of development activity, including workshops, team interventions and leadership development support, working with colleagues and subject matter experts where required.

The role will work in partnership with services, directorates and HR colleagues to provide practical OD consultancy, support change and improvement activity, and help teams respond to local priorities and challenges.

In addition, the postholder will contribute to colleague engagement and organisational development activity by helping to gather and use feedback, support action planning, and ensure development work is informed by insight and aligned to organisational priorities.

They will build effective relationships across the organisation, communicate clearly with a range of stakeholders, and support the monitoring, evaluation and continuous improvement of organisational development activity.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualification in a relevant subject area (or equivalent level of demonstrable experience).
  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to OD / leadership / staff engagement.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Travel/work flexibly across the organisation footprint.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of designing and delivering OD interventions in a complex organisation. (e.g., culture change, team effectiveness, change/improvement)
  • Experience facilitating groups, including senior stakeholders, and creating inclusive/psychologically safe sessions.
  • Experience of designing / developing / commissioning leadership development (not just delivering training).
  • Evidence of using needs analysis/diagnostics to shape interventions (e.g., feedback, engagement insight, culture/performance themes).
  • Evidence of evaluation and impact (measures, outcomes, learning loops) for OD and/or leadership development work.
  • Experience using staff feedback/insight (surveys/listening/focus groups) to identify themes and support action planning.
  • Evidence of programme/project delivery: managing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and delivering to deadlines

Desirable

  • Survey/engagement expertise: Experience of leading or supporting delivery and analysis of the NHS Staff Survey/NQPS (or equivalent engagement survey)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Working knowledge of OD principles and culture change approaches that improve performance.
  • Knowledge of staff engagement approaches and how to translate feedback into meaningful actions.
  • Understanding of evaluation/continuous improvement approaches (outcomes, impact, learning).

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • High-level facilitation and ability to manage sensitive discussions with diverse groups.
  • Ability to diagnose issues using data/insight and design evidence-based interventions.
  • Ability to analyse and communicate qualitative and quantitative insight clearly (briefings, recommendations).
  • Stakeholder management/influencing skills with credibility with senior leaders.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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