Organisation Design Manager

Organisation Design is part of the People function and supports the delivery of projects which reach across the whole of the John Lewis Partnership, including into our two market leading brands - John Lewis and Waitrose. .

The team lead the design & delivery of all organisational change that impacts our employees (we call them Partners) which supports us to deliver the Partnership Plan. .

The types of work undertaken by the team include redesign & restructuring the organisation, unit/branch openings and closures, leading redundancy process end to end, leading any transfers in or out of the Partnership (TUPE). This requires the team to be accountable for leading the successful end to end delivery and for assuring all People change is applied within Partnership policies and employment law.

What's the role about?

The Organisation Design Manager plays a critical role in leading the successful end to end delivery of People change activities in medium to large scale prioritised Business change.

In this role you will be thoroughly assessing the scope & complexity of proposed change to identify Partner impacts and define project outcomes. You will be diagnosing the People & organisation implications of the change, paying careful attention to the financials and risks & proposing effective organisational change options to senior stakeholders and business leads.

Your role will be to create & assure organisation structures and job designs that develop the capacity and capability of the business area in order to deliver the Partnership Plan. You will be leading the planning and mobilising of the wider specialist People teams to deliver the processes necessary to migrate to the new organisation - this might include leading the redundancy or TUPE processes end to end applying Partnership Policies & Employment Law and managing any risk to the Partnership.

You will work as part of an experienced team of People change practitioners and have the opportunity to work across a wide variety of change projects that span the breadth of the Partnership.

Full details for this role can be found on the attached Job Outline

Existing Partners should click here to view the job outline

What you'll have:

• HR/People experience and specifically organisation design and development
• knowledge of HR/Partner lifecycle and Partnership policies and employment law
• proven leadership of project planning and delivery for medium/large scale change projects
• skills to confidently build constructive and collaborative relationships with clients, stakeholders and project teams
• a deep understanding and application of HR tools and methods in order to facilitate change.
• excellent influencing skills
• great communication skills both written and verbal
• change leadership skills
• commercial awareness and financial acumen
• confidence in managing and analysing data

You may have

• Team management and leadership skills

• CIPD membership

• Project Management qualifications and experience

• Change management qualifications and experience

Additional information

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply early.

Working in Partnership for a happier world - our shared Purpose that guides us in everything we do and inspires 3 important principles; happier people, happier business, happier world. The John Lewis Partnership is a truly unique business, one that seeks to make a positive difference to the lives of everyone.

The Partnership supports agile and flexible working practices, such as when, where and how we work. We have several different ways to work flexibly, including part-time, flexible or compressed hours, and job sharing. Head office areas also support a blended working approach. You'll have the opportunity to discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview and, where it is operationally practicable, they'll do all they can to accommodate your needs.

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