Assistant/Deputy Manager, Organisation Development

About the role

This role sits within the Organisation and Talent Development team and plays a central part in shaping and embedding organisational culture and building workforce capability. It involves leading the development and implementation of the Core Competency Framework (CCF) and functional competency frameworks, working closely with business units to turn them into meaningful programmes and interventions. The position suits someone passionate about people, comfortable working across all levels of the organisation and eager to turn strategy into practice.

Key responsibilities

• Culture building: design, develop and implement programmes to embed the CCF across HR systems, processes and the employee lifecycle, and support targeted interventions for business units to build team culture.
• Review the CCF and its implementation regularly and propose enhancements.
• Collect and analyse data to support organisational health analytics at organisation and business unit levels, turning insights into actionable recommendations.
• Functional competencies: develop, implement and review functional competency frameworks, aligning them to business needs and working with business units to create bespoke adoption plans.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and business unit leads to design assessments, learning pathways and other tools, and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the frameworks.
• Undertake other duties and projects as assigned.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of hands-on, in-house experience developing and implementing culture and/or competency frameworks.
• Analytical mindset, able to turn data and insights into practical solutions.
• Self-motivated and proactive, able to work with minimal supervision and manage multiple projects to deadline.
• Strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.
• Preferred: experience across both culture and competency domains, familiarity with organisational health diagnostics or people analytics tools, and experience facilitating workshops or group interventions.