Here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) we are going through an exciting period of change and rapid growth. There could not be a better time to join us! As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve the same goal through empowering our workforce to do great things. We understand the importance of creating a respectful, supportive and transparent environment for all our employees which is why your health and wellbeing is a top priority for us!

As OD Practitioner, you will support the Head of OD and Talent in the delivery of organisational development interventions and projects which serve the strategic priorities of NICE, including the culture change and transformation agendas.

A significant part of the role will be to support the OD aspects of the ‘new ways of working’ and culture change agenda, utilising robust OD approaches and methodologies and acting as a source of expertise in the OD field. This will include designing and delivering team building and team development sessions in house and managing OD projects. The role will also include liaising with and co-ordinating external OD consultants working with us to deliver programmes of development.

You’ll be joining a small friendly team of experts in the talent development, diversity and inclusion, OD and staff engagement.

We would also be open to secondment opportunities for this position.

Support the OD aspects of the culture change and transformation agenda, ensuring the right impact is being made to enable behavioural and culture change, empowerment, collaboration, and delivery of high-quality business outcomes across NICE’s strategic 4 priorities.
Provide OD expertise, contributing to the design and delivery of people, organisational development, and organisational design projects and initiatives providing advice, and delivering activity and services as required.
Undertake diagnostics, design, and delivery of a wide range of OD projects and interventions ranging from team development and coaching, action learning sets & other peer consulting approaches, to interventions supporting individuals (including coaching, 360 feedback and psychometrics) and large-scale group activity (listening events, big conversations, etc)
To support the implementation of the NICE values and behaviour framework and supporting activities and materials in line with NICE’s leadership competences, values, and culture change programme
Support the employee relations team and trade union in the implementation of a restorative and just learning approach to people management
Provide OD analysis, interpretation, observations, recommendations, feedback, and, where appropriate, action planning, for a wide range of HR and ER activity e.g., case work, management of change activity, policy development.

The People Team is responsible for Human Resources, Recruitment and Talent Development across NICE. The Talent and OD team are a sub team of the people team comprises of experts in OD, EDI, L&D and staff engagement. We friendly team of 6 with a track record of high quality delivery. We collaborate widely across the organisation, influencing culture development and capability development at a strategic level.

We Offer a Range Of Benefits Including

NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.
We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance
Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts from major retailers, restaurants and more.
Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
Access to modern offices with showers, bike storage facilities and refreshments such as tea and coffee.
Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Eco-NICE, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
Personal development tailored to your needs.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorna Scouler Job title: Head of Talent and OD Email address: lorna.scoular@nice.org.uk

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