People and Organisational Development Manager – Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service

As our People and Organisational Development Manager you will lead on and oversee the development and implementation of best practice people and organisational development strategies through the design and delivery of Organisational Development (OD) interventions to support Performance, Culture, EDI and Psychological Safety to enable DSFRS to meet its goals, objectives and People Strategy.

You will be an innovative leader, developing and implementing key cultural change and service improvement strategies to drive forward our people improvement journey.

You will lead, drive and embed people and organisational development across all levels of the organisation; being an equality and inclusion champion, challenging non-compliance with the Service’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies, procedures and core values.

You will also lead on collaboration with the Academy to support and advise on the design and delivery of L&D interventions to deliver key Service improvement actions.

For more information, or for an informal discussion about the role, please contact Chris Howes – Assistant Director of People, via chowes@dsfire.gov.uk

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our People and Organisational Development Manager please click ‘apply’ today, we would love to hear from you.

You will be required to complete an application form and submit a document detailing how you meet the following essential criteria taken from the job description and person specification.

-Significant and demonstrable experience of leading and advising in People, Organisational Development and EDI development.
-Significant and demonstrable experience in leading and advising in cultural change and service improvement.
-Significant and demonstrable experience of developing people and organisational development strategies and roadmaps.
-Significant and demonstrable experience of working with leadership teams to build awareness of the strategic importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
-Proven evidence of developing and delivering people and organisational initiatives at an organisation level.