Organisational Development Consultant - Culture Programme

This is a high-impact opportunity to provide senior programme leadership and expert OD consultancy for Moorfields' multi-year Culture Programme. Reporting to the Associate Director of Employee Experience, you will lead the design, mobilisation, delivery and evaluation of a coherent portfolio of interventions that strengthens leadership practice, psychological safety, staff voice, equity of experience, improvement culture and organisational capacity.

You will guide the programme through listening and co-design, action on priority issues and cultural hotspots, development of the culture vision and strategy, alignment of existing initiatives, longer-term compassionate and collective leadership interventions, and transition to sustainable business-as-usual ownership.

Main duties of the job

What you will do

Lead the Culture Programme's delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, benefits, resources, risks and accountabilities.

Translate diagnostic evidence, strategic priorities, NHS Staff Standards and staff insight into sequenced, measurable workstreams.

Design and facilitate evidence-informed OD interventions across organisational, divisional, service and team levels.

Create inclusive and psychologically safe engagement and co-design approaches, with targeted outreach to staff whose voices are less often heard.

Provide clear assurance, insight and decision papers to executive, committee and Board-level forums.

Develop the programme's measurement and benefits framework, using workforce evidence to evaluate impact and equity.

Lead and develop a small multidisciplinary team, while building OD and culture-change capability across the Trust.

Work across boundaries with clinical and corporate leaders, staff networks, trade unions, People and OD colleagues, improvement teams and external partners.

About us

What's in it for You?

At Moorfields, we invest in you--your growth, your wellbeing, your future.You'll join a flexible, supportive organisation offering:

o Competitive salary (including high-cost area supplement)o Membership of the NHS Pension Schemeo 24/7 independent counselling supporto Career-long learning and development opportunitieso Excellent transport connectionso Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemeso Free Pilates classeso Full support and training to develop your skills

And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.

Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£88,250 to £100,355 a year

incl. HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

273-DC-8302766

Job locations

Kemp House

162 City Road | London | EC1V 2PD

London

EC1 2PD

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Programme leadership and delivery

Act as the senior programme lead for the Culture Programme, maintaining a clear delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, benefits, resources and accountabilities across the programme lifecycle.

Translate the culture diagnostic, strategic priorities, NHS Staff Standards and staff insight into sequenced workstreams and interventions with clear outcomes and measures.

Lead mobilisation of the first 1218 months, including socialising the case for change, developing and co-designing the culture vision, engaging staff, delivering prioritised quick wins, addressing known hotspots, writing the culture strategy and developing the next phase delivery plan.

Lead longer-term implementation using compassionate and collective leadership as the programmes organising framework, ensuring interventions address structures, systems and behaviours.

Identify and manage interfaces with EPR, Oriel, workforce transformation, improvement and operational People and OD priorities so culture activity supports, rather than competes with, major organisational change.

Job responsibilities

Programme leadership and delivery

Act as the senior programme lead for the Culture Programme, maintaining a clear delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, benefits, resources and accountabilities across the programme lifecycle.

Translate the culture diagnostic, strategic priorities, NHS Staff Standards and staff insight into sequenced workstreams and interventions with clear outcomes and measures.

Lead mobilisation of the first 1218 months, including socialising the case for change, developing and co-designing the culture vision, engaging staff, delivering prioritised quick wins, addressing known hotspots, writing the culture strategy and developing the next phase delivery plan.

Lead longer-term implementation using compassionate and collective leadership as the programmes organising framework, ensuring interventions address structures, systems and behaviours.

Identify and manage interfaces with EPR, Oriel, workforce transformation, improvement and operational People and OD priorities so culture activity supports, rather than competes with, major organisational change.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant senior-level experience and a proven record of leading complex culture or organisational change across organisational, divisional and team levels.
• Expert knowledge of OD theory and consultancy practice, with evidence of applying diagnosis, contracting, intervention and evaluation to achieve change.
• Experience of leading a complex, multi-workstream transformation programme with interdependencies, governance, risks, benefits and senior stakeholders.

Desirable

• Substantial experience within the NHS or another complex, regulated, safety-critical organisation

Education

Essential

• Educated to master's degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent specialist knowledge and experience in organisational development, organisational psychology, change, HR or a related field.

Skills

Essential

• Advanced organisational diagnosis and systems-thinking capability, including the ability to integrate complex and sometimes contradictory evidence.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant senior-level experience and a proven record of leading complex culture or organisational change across organisational, divisional and team levels.
• Expert knowledge of OD theory and consultancy practice, with evidence of applying diagnosis, contracting, intervention and evaluation to achieve change.
• Experience of leading a complex, multi-workstream transformation programme with interdependencies, governance, risks, benefits and senior stakeholders.

Desirable

• Substantial experience within the NHS or another complex, regulated, safety-critical organisation

Education

Essential

• Educated to master's degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent specialist knowledge and experience in organisational development, organisational psychology, change, HR or a related field.

Skills

Essential

• Advanced organisational diagnosis and systems-thinking capability, including the ability to integrate complex and sometimes contradictory evidence.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kemp House

162 City Road | London | EC1V 2PD

London

EC1 2PD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kemp House

162 City Road | London | EC1V 2PD

London

EC1 2PD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Programme leadership and delivery

Act as the senior programme lead for the Culture Programme, maintaining a clear delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, benefits, resources and accountabilities across the programme lifecycle.

Translate the culture diagnostic, strategic priorities, NHS Staff Standards and staff insight into sequenced workstreams and interventions with clear outcomes and measures.

Lead mobilisation of the first 1218 months, including socialising the case for change, developing and co-designing the culture vision, engaging staff, delivering prioritised quick wins, addressing known hotspots, writing the culture strategy and developing the next phase delivery plan.

Lead longer-term implementation using compassionate and collective leadership as the programmes organising framework, ensuring interventions address structures, systems and behaviours.

Identify and manage interfaces with EPR, Oriel, workforce transformation, improvement and operational People and OD priorities so culture activity supports, rather than competes with, major organisational change.

Experience

Essential

• Significant senior-level experience and a proven record of leading complex culture or organisational change across organisational, divisional and team levels.
• Expert knowledge of OD theory and consultancy practice, with evidence of applying diagnosis, contracting, intervention and evaluation to achieve change.
• Experience of leading a complex, multi-workstream transformation programme with interdependencies, governance, risks, benefits and senior stakeholders.

Desirable

• Substantial experience within the NHS or another complex, regulated, safety-critical organisation

Education

Essential

• Educated to master's degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent specialist knowledge and experience in organisational development, organisational psychology, change, HR or a related field.

Skills

Essential

• Advanced organisational diagnosis and systems-thinking capability, including the ability to integrate complex and sometimes contradictory evidence.