About the job

Job summary

We are looking for candidates that are passionate about learning and organisational development. You’ll be joining our team in the HR Office in the House of Lords as the Head of Learning & Organisational Development. The HR Office is responsible for all things people, and our L&OD team is responsible for organisational development, design and learning interventions. We’re looking for someone who wants to come in and make an impact by developing colleagues and culture across the House of Lords.

This is a position where you will be working at the heart of Parliament. In this exciting role you will have responsibility for working on L&D framework, including the core learning programme, and career development enablers such as competency frameworks and career pathways!

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys being hands on with Learning & Organisational Development delivering engaging learning experiences leading strategic projects to support the People Strategy. If you have a positive, proactive approach to this, we would love to hear from you. This opportunity is hybrid with a mixture of working from home and onsite on the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Parliamentary Estate.

Job description

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading, managing and developing the L&OD team of four, building an organisational capability alongside strategic capability-building projects.
• Building collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders, understanding organisational learning and development needs.
• Designing and developing interventions to support and enhance leadership and management.
• Budget oversight (£253k in 2024/25), tendering and commissioning external suppliers, and developing robust operational measures and evaluation mechanisms.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the L&OD function to ensure processes and practices are continually reviewed.
• Work in partnership with the Business Improvement & Change Team on specific cultural change initiatives and organisational design reviews.

Person specification

What we’re looking for:

1. A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent expertise gained through work experience in comparable Learning and OD functions.
2. Successful track record of leading or managing organisational development and learning functions, delivering operational services and capability-building projects.
3. Demonstrable experience of designing and evaluating innovative OD and learning interventions that have improved performance and changed behaviour.
4. Leadership and management: Proven ability to set a L&OD vision that supports strategic organisational aims, to identify appropriate activities and to manage, motivate and develop team members to deliver that vision.
5. Planning and organising: Proven ability to deliver outcomes against multiple deadlines, using proportional project methodologies and amending plans in response to changing circumstances.
6. Working collaboratively: Proven ability to engage effectively with stakeholders, including to promote co-creation and as a trusted expert to senior leaders.
7. Communicating clearly: Demonstrable ability to convey key messages in writing and orally to a wide range of audiences, including delivering and facilitating learning events.
8. Inclusion and diversity: Demonstrable experience promoting inclusion and diversity within your own team and through learning & OD interventions. Inclusion and diversity.

It would be even better if you have..

1. Demonstrable experience of organisational design reviews and the development of new target operating models.

Benefits

Details of our employee benefits can be found at https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/lords/lordshro/employee-benefits/

What you’ll get in return

• 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one year’s service).
• Generous pension scheme.
• Parliamentary health and wellbeing service.
• Discounts from well-known brands and retailers.
• The opportunity to witness history in the making!

Things you need to know

Selection process details

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact HLRecruitment@parliament.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.