Overview
Hours:
35 hours per week, Monday – Friday 09.00 – 17.00. Flexible and hybrid working working arrangements with a minimum expectation of one day per week at Head Office, dependent on business requirements.
Closing Date:
Wed, 15 May 2024
Salary up to £70,000 dependent on experience
We’re recruiting for an experienced Organisation Development Lead in our People Strategy and Organisational Development team. If you care about making a difference, you’re curious about understanding what works and what could be even better for colleague experience and business outcomes, this could be the role for you!
Who Are We?
Not just another building society. Not just another job.
We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.
Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.
Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.
You’ll be joining the small but mighty People Strategy and Organisational Development team along with2 more Senior Leads and 4 specialists. Our work is influenced and informed by a deep understanding of our culture and is all aligned to, and in service of, our corporate business plans – so everyone in the business is an internal customer of ours. We work closely to deliver a shared plan with all teams across the People Function including Personal Development, People Services, Internal Comms, Diversity & Inclusion, Reward and our People Partners. Our core role is to help the business help itself by delivering work and insight to help individuals -and therefore the business – to flourish.
What’s In It For You?
Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
We have a range of other benefits available to you including;
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
- Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy or sell up to 5 working days.
- Employer pension contribution of up to 10% as per table below
- Private medical insurance funded for all our colleagues
- Life assurance x 4 for all colleagues with the ability to top up further at own cost.
- Group income protection
- A commitment to training and development
- 3 paid volunteering days per annum
- Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
- We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including a comprehensive health & wellbeing app offering a range of services, cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
- Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.
- Skipton colleague products e.g. colleague mortgage, colleague saver account and discounted services such as will writing, home insurance, and financial advice.
- Flexible benefits platform allowing colleagues to select from self-funded benefits such as car salary sacrifice scheme, technology voucher scheme and health assessments to name a few.
What Will You Be Doing?
We cover all topics across the OD spectrum so you could be working on any of the below or something different depending on the business needs. Typically, an OD Lead role will be accountable for three core pieces of work:
- Strategic Skills planning including job families and architecture
- Management fundamentals, identification, learning pathways and delivery/ assessment
- Leadership activation – bringing leadership development and learning to life
- Potential and Succession plan roll out across the full organisation
- Colleague listening – bringing colleague voice to the plan & leaders, including culture measurement feedback ensuring diversity & inclusion is embedded
- Implementing ‘Agile’ ways of working for change delivery and beyond
- Partnering with leaders on strategic projects needing developmental change
- Contributing expertise to create great employee experiences in Workday
What Do We Need From You?
- A good understanding of organisational culture and experience of working with culture change
- Experience in at least two of the above specialisms
- Proven experience of delivering individual and commercial impact through owning and delivering change activity
- Excellent communication and engagement skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
Salary: Salary up to £70,000 dependent on experience
Job Refence: VP3DD1BBDB
