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Job details
Job title HR & Organisational Development LeadJob reference 000012200Date posted 19/05/2026Application closing date 05/06/2026Working Pattern BlankSalary Grade K £46,142 – £49,282Contractual hours 37Basis Full timeJob category/type HR / Personnel Attachments BlankJob description
Location: Council House
Hours: 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 05 June 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you an experienced HR & OD professional, ready to join our Human Resources and Organisational Development service as an HR & OD Lead, including lead responsibility for our Apprenticeship Programme.
In this role, you will work closely with senior managers, Members and colleagues across the Council to provide high quality professional advice, shape and deliver our HR & OD strategy, and lead key projects that support organisational culture and change, workforce development and service improvement.
As HR & OD Lead, you will play a key role in ensuring that Derby City Council is a great place to work, where our values and behaviours are lived every day, and where our workforce is equipped to deliver excellent services to our residents.
What We Offer
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Hybrid working
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years’ service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
- Lead a team of Human Resources (HR) and Organisational Development (OD) professionals, enabling them to provide high-quality professional HR & OD advice to senior managers, on all aspects of HR policy, performance management, Organisational Development and Apprenticeship projects and strategies, ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, best practice, employment legislation and corporate OD priorities.
- Coach and develop HR and OD professionals in sharing best practice on employment law, and HR/OD projects and strategies across the council.
- Managing and developing the Council’s Apprenticeship Programme
- Lead key projects that support our organisational culture and change
- Drive workforce development initiatives and service improvement
- Promote and embed the Council’s values and behaviours across the organisation
About You
- CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience), and evidence of ongoing continuing professional development, are expected for this role.
- Significant experience in a senior HR generalist or HR/OD Business Partner role in a complex organisation.
- A strong track record of providing expert HR and OD advice, including on employee relations, performance management, change and organisational development.
- Experience of leading or managing apprenticeship and/or workforce development programmes, including use of the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Experience of developing HR policies, and of working with Trade Unions and staff representatives in a consultation/negotiation environment.
- Experience of designing and delivering HR & OD projects that support organisational change and improvement.
- Strong coaching, influencing and relationship building skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and support managers to achieve high performance.
- Excellent understanding of current employment legislation, HR best practice and organisational development principles.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and to modelling required organisational values and behaviours.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 05 June 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted. Interviews will be held 22nd and 23rd June 2026.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
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