Head of Colleague Experience Waverley Court

Head of Colleague Experience
Waverley Court

Salary: 77845 - 93154
Hours: 36 per week 52 weeks

The Head of Colleague Experience is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of our People Strategy to enhance the overall experience of colleagues in the City of Edinburgh directly to the Service Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development youll lead multiple teams of HR professionals.

This exciting and influential newly created role is critical to driving the Councils commitment to creating a workplace culture where all of our people feel valued included and able to be their best at work. You will seek to harness the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values belief experience and backgrounds brings.

A key success for this role is being able to demonstrate that our colleagues have the tools to do their jobs and through partnering with senior leaders our overall business objectives align with our employee experience strategy.

This is a constantly evolving area so as the new Head of Colleague Experience we are looking for someone who is up to date with the latest best practices and thinking and can demonstrate proven results in an innovative and modern way. Youll have experience in a large complex organisation leading on leadership learning and organisational development as well as providing expertise on talent and resourcing to improve retention and colleague experience.

If you would like an informal discussion on this role with our Service Director for HR and Organisational Development please contact and we will arrange this.

Were committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued included and able to be their best at work and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values beliefs experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh we want to make sure that were bringing the best people into our roles not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this were changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web pageOur Behaviours The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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View Head of Colleague Experience job description

Experience:

• An authentic leader who can lead by example inspiring confidence and building respect

• Strong track record of delivery on employee engagement organisational development talent management diversity and wellbeing.

• Experience of developing and implementing new approaches innovative solutions complex proposals and policy initiatives.

• Driving specific ideas initiatives and programmes to improve organisational culture.

• Leading talent attraction and resourcing to drive improvements in retention and colleague experience.

• Leading the development and implementation of learning and leadership interventions and activities to enhance organisational capability.

• A proven track record of coaching skills and the ability to develop a focus of continuous professional development for self and others.

• The ability to make the links needed across the organisation ensuring thinking is one organisation.

• Excellent leadership skills coupled with demonstrable values which are in line with our Organisational Behaviours supporting the development of our organisational culture we aspire to develop.

• Highly developed emotional intelligence with the ability to build effective relationships gain the trust of others and demonstrate a collaborative approach.

• Providing advice recommendations and proposals to influential stakeholders.

Knowledge skills and understanding:

• A proven ability to plan manage and deliver complex change and projects

• Commercially and financially astute

• Ability to develop strong relationships across our organisation and with our partner to influence the right behaviours and the best possible outcomes

• Ability to take a broad view in the analysis and resolution of complex issues assess impacts and provide recommendations

• A trusted senior adviser and who can be relied upon to provide expert advice and guidance and who will deliver superb outcomes for our customers

Qualifications and training:

• Degree qualification (or equivalent experience) with comprehensive knowledge and experience of managing HR strategy and disciplines within a complex organisation.

• CIPD Chartered professional membership or equivalent

• Evidence of continuous professional development