We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as an Organisational Design and Development Officer - Delivery in the Organisational Design and Development Service (OD&D)
At St Helens Borough Council we recognise that our workforce is greatest asset, and the key to us achieving our borough vision, ‘Working together for a better borough, with people at the heart of everything we do’.
The Organisational Design and Development Team play an essential role, working collaboratively with all of our council services to design and implement initiatives to support the organisation’s modernisation and transformation plans, and to assist our workforce to deliver excellent services to the residents of St Helens.
In this role you will be joining our supportive team at an exciting time, with new initiatives planned to transform our approach to employee performance and personal development, employee health and wellbeing, employee engagement and maximising on the use of the apprenticeship levy to grow and develop our own talent.
You will be a confident and enthusiastic communicator with a sound understanding of learning and development and/or organisational development practices and initiatives, able to provide expert advice and guidance to managers and employees across the organisation.
You will be an innovative and creative thinker, with a can-do attitude committed to providing a quality customer service to all. You will work collaboratively to co-design new and creative resources to support our organisation transformation and overcome people challenges.
If you think that this is the perfect job for you, we would be really excited to hear from you.
Interviews are scheduled for week commencing 6th March 2023.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing us at jennypritchard@sthelens.gov.uk
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
