Head of Culture and Employee Engagement

Job Description

Job Category : Permanent
Location : Ballard House, West Hoe Road, Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start

Base Salary : £58,849.00

Plymouth City Council is a great place to work, but we have ambitions to make it even better. To create a place where everyone, whatever their background, has the opportunity to reach their potential, to work in a safe and healthy environment and to enjoy a good quality of life. To build an organisation where employees feel valued, inspired and empowered to help us achieve our goals and provide the best services possible to our residents.

Plymouth’s HROD department has reshaped its services. We are realigning our service provision to put digital, learning and innovation at the heart of what we do. We have created four new functions – HR Consultancy, Culture and Employee Engagement, Health and Safety, and the HR Culture Partnering Team.

Head of Culture and Employee Engagement Role Profile
Grade L: £58,849 – £62,895
Relocation package available (subject to terms and conditions)
Role Reference:

As our permanent Head of Culture and Employee Engagement, you will be part of our senior management team, responsible for delivering key elements of our People Strategy and will provide expert and professional HROD leadership, and advice. You will be partnering with and coaching senior leaders to ensure services are accessible, efficient and provide value for money to our customers and residents.

Working closely with the Service Director of HROD, you will be responsible for a small team developing and leading organisational development activities which deliver a culture of high performance and employee engagement in support of the Council’s People’s Strategy. This will include developing, implementing and evaluating the impact of cross-organisational strategies, plans, systems and processes in areas including learning and development.

You will need to be a highly credible professional with a demonstrable passion and drive for organisational development and employee engagement.

You will need:
• A recognised HROD or L&D qualification and CIPD member status is essential
• Experience of leading an organisational development function for a complex organisation, whether as a stand-alone practitioner or as a manager
• Current knowledge and understanding of organisational design techniques and approaches
• Knowledge and understanding of HROD processes and interventions which embed culture change, behaviours and values, and achieve employee engagement.