Organisational Development Practitioner
Post Title: Organisational Development Practitioner
Contract type: Permanent
Rank/grade: E
Salary: Starting Salary £42,220+ £6,920 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Professionalism & Trust / Inclusivity, Culture & Organisational Development (ICOD)
Location: 21 New Street, London
Vetting level required: MV/SC - find out more here - https://www.college.police.uk/app/professional-standards/vetting / https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels#counter-terrorist-check-ctclevel-1b
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the city.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those who are disabled, have long-term health conditions, and/or are neurodivergent, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
The Inclusivity, Culture and Organisational Development (ICOD) team is part of the wider Professionalism & Trust Portfolio and is responsible for developing and maturing a number of thematic workstreams in the pursuit of building a healthy and inclusive culture at City of London Police, in which everyone can thrive regardless of their background.The team focus on culture and professional development to truly create an environment that supports Our People as outlined in the City of London Police Policing Plan
About the role
To provide a professional and innovative consultancy service to the City of London Police using in-depth Organisational Development (OD) knowledge, skills and experience which support culture change, employee engagement and realise the objectives of the organisation. To work in partnership with police officers, police staff, volunteers, internal stakeholder groups and external organisations to deliver work that is strategically aligned, of high quality and delivers excellent outcomes for the force
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be:
- To identify, design and deliver a range of OD interventions, products and services using in-depth OD knowledge and skills that support cultural change and the achievement of the force’s strategic ambitions considering its vision, Policing Plan, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Code of Ethics.
- To build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of police officers, police staff and volunteers, internal stakeholder groups and other organisations to develop interventions that are strategically aligned, of high quality and deliver excellent outcomes.
- To work with a range of colleagues and stakeholders, pro-actively seeking their views on organisational priorities and working in partnership to identify, design and deliver a range of interventions, products, and services.
- To work with managers and staff ensuring they have the required knowledge, skills, and resources to implement OD initiatives effectively, working closely with HR Business Partnerships, HR Services and Learning and Development colleagues.
- To work with colleagues to define benefits, key issues and risks, outcomes and measures and evaluation methodology at the design stage of all OD initiatives.
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have experience of:
- Success in designing, delivering, and evaluating OD interventions in an organisation, considering best practice and best fit from a range of organisations.
- Working in partnership with colleagues to design and implement talent development initiatives in line with an organisation’s requirements, ensuring strong workforce engagement.
- Success in facilitating discussions in a range of forums using approaches to engage with different audiences to understand an organisation’s culture and support an organisation’s aims.
- Working with psychometric tools to develop both teams and individuals or a willingness to be trained.
- Success working in a complex, unionised organisation engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including management teams, to deliver OD initiatives successfully
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact: Chief Inspector Caroline Hay, Deputy Head of ICOD via email Caroline.Hay@cityoflondon.police.uk
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is Friday 23rd January 2026.
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, anticipated to be held week commencing 9th February 2026.
We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way, would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, or have any other questions, please get in touch with HR via hrservices@cityoflondon.police.uk
Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans