Organisational Effectiveness Lead

Closing Date

Job Title: Organisation Effectiveness Lead

Location: Durrington / Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

About the Role

Were looking for an Organisation Effectiveness Lead to play a key role in shaping the future of Southern Waters operating model organisational design and job architecture. As part of our Organisation Effectiveness (OE) team you will partner closely with senior leaders to translate strategy into structures capabilities and ways of working that support our longterm transformation.

Reporting to the Head of Organisation Effectiveness this role is a primary delivery position within the OE team and works collaboratively with the SWP & Organisational Architecture Lead and OD&E Analyst to drive design excellence governance and quality across the organisation.

What you will be responsible for

• Leading operating model and organisational design initiatives providing evidencebased recommendations and design artefacts for senior stakeholders.
• Designing and maintaining value streams and ways of working that support efficiency clarity and strategic delivery.
• Owning and developing Southern Waters job architecture framework including job families role taxonomy and career structures.
• Leading the role evaluation methodology (WTW GGS) ensuring rigour fairness and consistent application across the organisation.
• Driving the redesign and potential automation of role evaluation processes including AIsupported tooling.
• Upholding governance standards across organisational design job architecture and evaluation.
• Providing expert advice to HR Business Partners Reward Finance and senior leaders on structural decisions and organisational health.
• Supporting capability uplift across the HR community through coaching and knowledgesharing.

Additional Requirements Specific to the Role

• Works closely with senior stakeholders and requires strong communication skills to translate complex design principles for nonspecialist audiences.
• May require occasional travel across Southern Water sites.

What youll bring to the role

Essential

• Strong knowledge of operating model design organisational design principles and value stream mapping.
• Deep expertise in job evaluation frameworks (ideally WTW GGS) and job architecture.
• Proven ability to develop highquality design artefacts (blueprints org charts RACIs capability models).
• Experience delivering OD and job architecture work in a complex multistakeholder organisation.
• Skilled at facilitating seniorlevel workshops and influencing at leadership level.
• Experience contributing to process redesign and exposure to automation or AIassisted tooling.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear actionable recommendations.

Desirable

• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent.
• Organisation Design accreditation (e.g. Effective OD ODCP).
• WTW GGS accreditation.
• Experience in regulated or similarly complex industries.
• Familiarity with OrgVue Workday or similar modelling tools.

Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britains water industry investing significantly to enhance resilience sustainability and service excellence. With 7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30 this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.

You will be joining at a time ofsignificant change working alongside a highly skilled leadership team witha clear visionfor the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact influence major strategic decisions and drive long-term value creation

At Southern Water we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. Ifyourepassionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our teamwedlove to hear from youeven if youdonttick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

If this roleisntquite whatyourelooking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (-Introduce Yourself)

Our Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds identities and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race ethnicity gender sexual orientation age disability religion or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please let us know.