Head of Learning and Organisation Development

United Kingdom

Birmingham or London - Hybrid

Job Title: Head of Learning and Organisation Development

Location: Birmingham or London

Flexible/Agile Working: This role can be performed with a hybrid working arrangement which balances working from home and your contracted office. It is expected that the role holder will be required to attend the office for two or three days per week, on average.

"Be part of a transformative journey in the built environment industry with RICS."

Join us, a global leader in shaping the built and natural environments. With 134,000 members worldwide and offices in key financial markets, we set the highest standards in land, real estate, construction, and infrastructure. Through innovation and trusted data, we drive positive change for present and future generations.

Our people are integral to the delivery of our strategy and transforming RICS into a world-class, experience-led organisation. Reporting the Chief People Officer and working as part of the People Leadership Team, this role exists to define and implement a strategy to build organisational capability across RICS, and to support a high-performance and healthy “culture” within the organisation, as part of our broader RICS People strategy and agenda. Clearly this will require open and collaborative working.

The role balances overseeing the provision of a high-quality learning and development offering for all RICS colleagues with the need to understand and influence the other factors that affect organisational effectiveness and performance. You will need to:-

work openly and collaboratively to define and implement a strategy that builds organisational capability across RICS and supports delivery of a high-performance and healthy culture within the organisation, as part of our broader RICS People strategy and agenda

build, manage, lead and develop the L&OD team

work closely with People Team colleagues (notably HR Business Partners) and other key stakeholders to enhance colleague experience and organisational effectiveness, using an understanding of models of work behaviour and behavioural change

provide “thought leadership” and act as trusted advisor to Senior Leadership colleagues around matters of organisational capability, culture and work behaviour

create and oversee the execution of an annual Learning and Development plan, aligned to the organisational capability strategy and the broader People Team strategy

think and work internationally – whilst our Head Office is in the UK, we have colleagues all around the world

The ideal candidate will likely have:

Broad and varied HR leadership experience, with significant previous focus on improving capability and enabling organisational change.

Experience of building, developing and leading a learning and OD team

Professional qualifications, education and/or demonstrable equivalent experience in learning and development, management and leadership development, team development and organisation development.

Experience of applying behavioural principles and an understanding of “organisations as complex adaptive systems”

Strong consulting and diagnostic skills – an ability to uncover root causes of presenting issues, and an ability to design, run and learn from experiments and pilots.

An ability to build and maintain strong trusting relationships that enable the role holder to challenge with empathy and to influence behaviours and outcomes

Rewards and Benefits:

Comprehensive healthcare coverage including private medical insurance.

Income protection and life assurance for financial security.

Aviva Group Personal Pension with employer matching up to 9%.

Annual leave of 25 days plus bank holidays for a healthy work-life balance.

Generous time off policies including maternity, paternity, moving house leave, marriage/civil partnership leave, volunteering, and a wellbeing day.

Equal Opportunity Employer - RICS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds, as we believe that our differences drive our performance. Please speak to us if we can support you with any adjustments to our recruitment process. Candidates will need to have the correct right to work in the country the role resides in.