Senior Development Partner (Organisation Development)

Overview

In this senior role, you will lead institution-wide leadership development and organisational development initiatives at the University of Stirling. You will partner with senior leaders to shape talent management, career pathways, and learning solutions that align with strategic priorities and values. Expect to drive culture change, evaluate impact, and foster an inclusive, evidence-based approach to people development. This position offers scope to influence long-term workforce capability and sustainability within a values-driven organisation.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a coherent, institution-wide leadership development approach aligned to strategy and values
• Create and run high-quality leadership programmes for leaders at various career stages
• Lead initiatives to enhance employee experience and organisational performance through OD and learning
• Contribute to People Strategy and key projects enabling university strategy
• Provide expert OD advice to senior leaders on culture change and new ways of working
• Identify skills gaps via data and stakeholder engagement and design targeted OD interventions
• Develop career pathways and skills frameworks to support progression, inclusion, and sustainability
• Collaborate with HR&OD to address cross-cutting people initiatives and promote continuous improvement

Key requirements

• Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience
• CIPD qualified or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Significant senior OD/learning and development experience
• Proven ability to design and deliver leadership development and programmes
• Experience in culture change, stakeholder engagement, and advisory coaching
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and influencing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Resilience and ability to deliver in a fast-paced, complex environment

• stakeholder management
• adaptability
• collaboration
• leadership development
• organisation development
• learning evaluation

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