Role: Organisational Development Practitioner

Department: People & Organisational Development

Location: Robert Dyson House, Rotherham

Salary: £31,296 - £35,526

Hours: 37        

Contract Type: Temporary for 12 months

We are looking for two Organisational Development Practitioners to join our Organisational Development and Culture Team on a temporary basis for 12 months.

As a practitioner you will be working within the OD & Culture Team to develop and deliver our leadership development offering via the Leadership Academy.

We are looking for someone who is happy to liaise with colleagues and stakeholders across the organisation to help shape processes, frameworks and products as a Centre of Excellence. This is a key role which will help support the Force in achieving its strategic objectives and making South Yorkshire Police a great place to work.

Key responsibilities:

• Research, design and deliver leadership development and personal effectiveness training. 
• Use an evidence-based approach and work with OD Advisors to identify development needs and the most appropriate intervention(s) to address these. 
• Maintain learning/support materials and resources that enhance the development and maximise learner engagement and participation. 
• Deliver interventions using a wide range of behavioural change/learning methodologies ensuring learners are engaged, motivated, facilitated, coached, and supported to achieve the intended outcomes.
• Deliver coaching and facilitation to teams across the business, improving team performance by impacting on behaviour and culture.
• Embed the ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion as a ‘golden thread’ throughout design and delivery of all courses and programmes.
• Act as a coach and mentor to learners and colleagues, sharing own specialist knowledge and supporting the CPD of others.
• Analyse evaluation results and utilise assessment analysis and stakeholder feedback to inform the development and continuous improvement of development interventions. 
• Engage in evidence-based research and keep abreast of advances and best practice in OD and learning and development models and methodologies, incorporating these into OD interventions. 
• Work closely with the OD Co-ordinator to develop frameworks for ensuring successful OD interventions are embedded as business as usual. 

Skills and experience:

• Minimum level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (or willing to work towards). 
• Experienced in delivering leadership training/ facilitation in a classroom or online.
• Knowledgeable /accredited in the subject matter which includes – leadership development, organisational culture, diversity and inclusion.
• Understands and applies best practices in designing, developing, and adapting OD interventions, learning materials and resources (including those associated with adult learning).
• Skilled in teaching blended learning, and presentational techniques and able to select and apply these appropriately and flexibly.
• Skilled in facilitation and coaching - using questioning, listening and non-verbal communication techniques to give, elicit and receive feedback and to overcome communication barriers.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview

For more detailed information relating to the role, skills and experience for this role, please click here to view the role profile.

What we offer:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave 
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and undefined courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice 
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process. 

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables South Yorkshire Police to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid. 

This role has been evaluated as a hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values: 

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Contact details:

For further information about the role, please contact: Toby Masters via email toby.masters1@southyorkshire.police.uk

Closing Date: 22^nd January 2025

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

How to apply:

Please click ‘Apply’ 

Candidate Information:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours. 

Internal Candidates:

This vacancy is temporary therefore, you must have the support of your current Line Manager to apply. If you are a permanent member of staff, this would be classed as a secondment opportunity. If you are on a fixed term contract, you must contact the Talent Acquisition Team before applying. 

Please ensure that you and your current line manager complete the attached consent form. Please email the completed form to the hiring line manager, with the role title and the closing date stated in the subject of your email. 

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.

The decision to make all adverts temporary for a fixed term of 12 months is due to the financial position. As the financial position becomes clearer, it may be that we can make some of these posts permanent without the need to run a second recruitment process, equally they could be ended sooner than the 12 months

Documents to Review: 

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

For Secondment Approval - Please Click Here