Senior OD Partner
Permanent Full-Time
Sydney
$180k - $200k (Base + Super)
A large national organisation is rebuilding its culture and capability agenda, and this role sits right at the centre of it.
What stood out was how clear the leader is on what they’re building – and how honest he was about what’s good here and what still needs work. He wants a partner; someone who’ll take the thinking, challenge it, close the gaps and turn it into something that works.
This is an organisation with a deliberately simple new strategy and a leadership group better placed for where it’s heading. The corporate OD team is rebuilding after a period where its focus became largely transactional.
The Opportunity.
You’ll own the culture portfolio within a small OD team, sitting alongside capability and talent. First up is the behavioural program that follows the new strategy. The engagement work has been done and the organisation has surfaced what needs to be different. Now someone needs to turn that into a program.
You’ll work with the Head of OD to shape the plan – what happens, in what order and who needs to be involved – then build it and mobilise the people across the business needed to deliver it.
Beyond that, the current strategy runs to the end of 2027, with a values and vision refresh planned behind it. That will involve a substantial engagement process through next year to work out what comes next, and to do it in a way that’s different from how things have traditionally been done here. You’ll also look beyond what’s already on the plan; spot an opportunity, identify the stakeholder worth pursuing and bring a view on what the organisation should be doing next.
You.
You’re operating at Senior OD level now, ideally focused on culture in an organisation big and complex enough. You can think strategically and then move to build the program yourself. You read a room, know which stakeholder needs to come with you first and have the patience to do things in the right order rather than forcing them through all at once.
Beyond that, this leader is largely open on background. His words were that they need ‘a thinker with the right attitude’ – someone who’ll pick up what’s in front of them and get on with it.
Why this one?
There’s great work to do, the mandate to do it and a manager who’ll give you room to think while making you better at the craft.
The role is initially a 12 month fixed-term contract, but the intent to make it permanent is genuine. The ongoing position is expected to be worked through as part of a broader organisational review.
Hit apply, or for a confidential conversation: Kayla Hoye | [email protected]
