Organisational Development Consultant

Do you have a post graduate diploma in Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or an equivalent OD/L & D experience and/or qualification?

If this sounds like you then you could make a real difference in our Organisational Development team, to enable services to respond effectively to our organisational challenges and priorities, while also working in ways that role model our values and cultural aspirations.

The Opportunity

Salary: £46,731 to £49,764 per annum (£28,417 to £30,261 per annum, pro rata'd)

Contract Type and working pattern:

1. 1 x Full time, 37 hours per week - Fixed term or secondment until June 2026, will consider part time opportunities
2. 1 x Part time, 22.5 hours (3 days) per week - Permanent

Location: Hybrid working from home and County Hall, Chichester

The Organisational Development Team are professional, enthusiastic, creative and empowering.

Our work is broad, exciting and rewarding. At present our key areas of focus are:

• Embedding our WSCC Values (Vibe document)
• Promoting good employee engagement
• Performance management framework
• Talent development
• Leadership and management expectations
• Leadership & management development
• Organisational design
• Organisational psychology & effectiveness.

As our Organisation and Development Consultant, you will also have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise in many of the above subjects. This broad knowledge, as well as specific expertise, enables the team to work collaboratively and impactfully across our services, providing both bespoke and generic interventions when required, as well as informing strategy and policy.

What are we looking for?

As our OD Consultant, you will have the ability to:

• Work proactively and think creatively in order to deliver desired outcomes effectively, efficiently and within timeframes.
• Establish and maintain credible working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Deliver and receive feedback, both motivational and developmental, to enable reflective practice and ongoing learning for yourself and others.
• Review workstreams and prioritise according to business needs - including responding to unexpected interventions with, potentially, short deadlines.
• Reflect our values and our empowering culture in all that you do, including the way you work with others - focusing on abilities, enablement and solutions to achieve desired outcomes.

Most importantly, a 'can do', solution-focused attitude, with a drive to enable others, at all levels of the organisation, to be the best that they can be and provide a great service.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS00924.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Tom Cottrell (Organisational Development Manager). For issues or queries regarding your application please contact us.

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.