Senior Organisation and Workforce Development; OWD Business Partner; closes

About the role

This national role offers a significant opportunity to shape organisational culture, capability and performance across the Care Inspectorate. As Senior OWD Business Partner, you will provide a high-quality internal consultancy service that strengthens alignment between our people, values, culture, systems and ways of working.

You will support the OWD Manager in designing and delivering organisation-wide development strategies that enhance performance, wellbeing and our ability to adapt and thrive in a changing environment. You will significantly contribute to key corporate projects, develop and evaluate workforce and leadership development programmes, and provide expert advice on organisational development, change and workforce transformation.

You will also provide line management, coaching and development to our OWD Advisers, enabling a high-performing and values-led function that delivers meaningful outcomes for the organisation.

Key aspects of the role include supporting employee engagement, overseeing the effective use of our Learning Management System, developing organisational insights, and contributing to corporate reporting for senior governance groups. You will also manage external suppliers and support procurement processes to ensure value for money and quality in commissioned services.

Throughout your work, you will model our organisational values of equity, integrity, respect, person-centred and impact, embedding them in your approach to collaboration, leadership and decision-making.

You will bring significant experience of delivering internal consultancy, organisational or workforce development support in a complex organisation, with the ability to diagnose issues, co-design solutions and influence senior leaders. You will have contributed to major organisational development or change projects and be confident managing multiple projects, priorities and stakeholders.

You will be an excellent communicator and facilitator, skilled in building trusted relationships with the confidence and credibility to engage leaders and managers at all levels. Your leadership approach will support, empower and develop others to enhance performance and impact. You will be committed to inclusive practice and to role-modelling our organisational values, with resilience, flexibility and a proactive approach.

You will be able to use organisational, workforce and learning insights to inform decision-making, identify opportunities for improvement and evaluate impact. A strong understanding of learning and development approaches, organisational changeअर and systems thinking will be essential.

You will also have experience working constructively with trade unions in a partnership environment, and be able to navigate organisational dynamics with professionalism, discretion and emotional intelligence. You should be educated to degree level () and CIPD qualified. A coaching qualification or further qualifications in organisational development, change management or learning and development are advantageous.

New employees start at the minimum salary for the grade. However, we offer a .