Head of Organisational Effectiveness (12 month FTC)

Our people are at the heart of our business, and we are looking for those that are just as passionate about that as we are. Join our People team, and come with us on a journey as we transform the way we do HR. Our team is made up of business partners working with leaders to get the most out of their teams, specialist knowledge in our centres of expertise, and colleague-centric, efficient people services. Our work ranges from making sure that our 150,000+ colleagues are paid on time to attracting brilliant talent to drive our strategy, to unlocking the skills and capability of our colleagues. This is a fast-moving business, and we make sure our policies and rewards keep up with that too. We know flexibility is important and helps you be more productive so there's more choice than ever about where and when you work. When it comes to your development, we'll support your growth in your own unique way. When you join us, you'll be joining a team that knows just what it means to be happy and
engaged, and who makes a real impact across our business.
Why join us
Choosing to join us at Sainsbury's as the Head of Organisation Effectiveness means joining a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation dedicated to driving business performance through innovative organisation and ways of working design. As a key strategic partner, you will have the opportunity to shape and lead impactful projects that optimise efficiency, enhance productivity, and establish clear accountabilities. With the support of a talented HR community, you will have the freedom to drive change, innovate, and implement transformational initiatives that make a real difference. Join our team and be part of a collaborative environment where your expertise in organisation design and development will thrive, and where your contribution will directly impact our ongoing success and profitability.
What you'll do
As the Head of Organisation Effectiveness at Sainsbury's, you will be responsible for owning and driving quality and innovative organisation and ways of working design. This role requires you to configure outcomes, activity, structures, and systems in alignment with the desired strategy to create an effective organisation that drives value creation, colleague engagement, optimises efficiencies, and ultimately enhances profitability. You will partner with the business to drive performance by establishing clear accountabilities and performance measures, creating organisational capacity and productivity, and right-sizing the organisation size and shape. Your role involves working across multiple senior stakeholder groups to identify and assess organisation effectiveness interventions, developing and owning the forward organisational roadmap, driving organisation design and behavioural change projects, and ensuring the Sainsbury's approach to organisation design is continuously
fit for purpose. Additionally, you will provide leadership, expertise, and training in organisation design tools, keep up to date with industry trends, and demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management skills. As a people manager, you will also fulfil people management accountabilities.
Who you are
As the Head of Organisation Effectiveness for Sainsbury's, you are a highly skilled and experienced professional with an extensive background in organisation design, ways of working, and behavioural change. With your strategic thinking, analytical skills, and strong data capabilities, you drive quality and innovative design solutions that align with the overall business strategy. Your broad understanding of organisation effectiveness theory and methodology, coupled with practical experience in managing large-scale transformational change, allows you to partner with the business and HR stakeholders to identify and assess interventions that drive business performance. By leveraging your exceptional communication skills and stakeholder management abilities, you build trusted relationships and provide guidance and expertise on organisation design and performance matters. With your resilience, tenacity, and high commercial acumen, you ensure the successful delivery of organisation
effectiveness initiatives that optimise efficiencies, drive colleague engagement, and ultimately contribute to the profitability of Sainsbury's.
What you need to know and show

A broad understanding of Organisation Effectiveness and Design, Ways of Working and Behavioural Change theory and methodology in addition to practical application
Extensive technical experience in the field of organisation design is essential
Experience in managing and implementing large scale transformational change with clear business improvement
Knowledge and experience of how Talent, L&D, Reward, Recruitment, ER and Change Management can be used to deliver great Organisational Effectiveness interventions
CIPD Level 7 Advanced Award in Organisation Design and Development or MCIPD qualified or relevant Senior HR or operational experience
Applied experience in job role evaluation e.g., Hay, Towers Watson or SHL
Practitioner in; Agile, Six Sigma or Lean
Practical experience of working with third party consultants or external stakeholders
Strategic thinking and robust planning, organising self and co-ordinating others across a broad time frame
Strong data and analytical skills, rigour, and written capability
Working in an innovative and conceptual capacity, designing new ways of operating
Sound judgement, dealing with situations from a background of conceptual understanding and practical experience
Understands complex subjects and translating them into simple plans and approaches
Influencing multiple stakeholders through applying clear technical knowledge, rationale or providing both high challenge and support
Outstanding verbal communication skills in order to understand and simply explain complex processes and strategies to senior stakeholders
Applying judgement, comfortable working with ambiguity, being able to think within broadly defined organisational policies and objectives
High commercial acumen across multiple functions
Resilience and tenacity to manage conflicting demands

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 65% of salary, depending on how we perform (in cash and shares).
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. You'll also receive a company car cash allowance unless you are going to travel 10,000 business miles in your role, then you'll be able to choose a car. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.