Organisational Development Specialist

Salary: £Competitive salary plus car/allowance and enhanced pension scheme
Location: National travel is required as part of this role due to the facilitation of onsite sessions, with the flexibility of hybrid working on admin days. Our Corporate Office in Cannock, Staffordshire is used for team and stakeholder meetings
Hours: Part time - 32 hours per week

Duration: 12 month fixed term contract

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life. 

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

- Access to our company pension scheme
- Discounts on a range of well known retailers and such things as groceries
- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
- 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
- One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community 
- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you’ll be doing:

We are looking for someone who has the desire to create meaningful change with people and organisational culture, who values diversity and aims to make a meaningful impact. 

An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term contract role covering maternity, to join Veolia’s central Organisational Development team. You will work within a team of 8, who are working hard at delivering learning and development initiatives to help support our wider mission of our organisation's development inline with our strategy. 

The ideal person will have experience of working within the learning and development world. We are looking for someone to join us who understands the importance of identifying learning needs, to in turn design and deliver development initiatives, aligned with our organisation's overall strategy of GreenUp, and embedding these learnings to create behavioural change.

Responsibilities - include but are not limited to:

• Drive a culture that aligns with Veolia’s values, fostering long-term success and efficient ways of working.

• Engage, and inspire stakeholders to deliver key transformations.

• Scope, design, and implement Organisational Development interventions to respond to changing priorities.

• Foster a culture of accountability, through embedding learning and development interventions to measure success of investment and effectiveness

• Champion diversity and inclusivity throughout the organisation.

What we’re looking for:

• Someone who has experience facilitating development and learning. You do not need to be an instructor or lecturer, who are content or subject matter experts. There’ll be some crossover but for the most part, you will be focused on optimising training processes, leading insightful discussions, fostering knowledge sharing and helping people learn from the experience itself.

• Have the ability to broker strong stakeholder relationships, influencing and negotiating in a context of uncertainty and change to obtain buy in and engagement across the organisation

• Be able to instil confidence with your stakeholders through clear communication and consistent delivery 

• Have the ability to effectively motivate people, coaching and developing to engage individuals and deliver high performance. 

• Instil trust, maximising relationships and gaining the confidence of others through integrity, authenticity and effective communication

• Understand the drivers of an organisation’s strategies, aligns and translates them into key HR initiatives

• Be experienced at a senior level, in public or private sector, of delivering organisational transformation

• Be a strategic thinker who can take a broader view, participate in setting and driving long term strategy

• Be able to clearly articulate vision and strategy 

• Be experienced in HR and Organisational Development as a tool for culture change advocating and capturing how it grows an inclusive and engaged community within the workplace 

It’s not just what we do that is important to us, but how you do them, that is why we’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture

• Changing and Improving

• Communicating and Influencing

• Making Effective Decisions

• Comfortable with failure and a mindset of learning from mistakes rather than focusing on them 

If you feel that you'd be a great fit for this role and Veolia then we’d like to find out more about you.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.