Organisational Development Manager

We are recruiting for an Organisational Development Manager in our OD Team based in either of our Bristol or Manchester offices.

About the role:

Organisational Development (OD) sits within HR, working in close partnership with other HR functions to deliver a proactive, efficient, and people-centred service.

As OD Manager, you will lead the delivery of TLT’s culture strategy across the UK. You’ll design and implement change and engagement programmes that inspire colleagues and enable them to thrive. This includes planning, developing, and delivering initiatives with clear KPIs and impact measures.

You’ll be a subject matter expert in organisational change, applying project management and OD practices to drive transformation and foster a culture of inclusion, wellbeing, and performance.

In this role, your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead and support organisational change initiatives aligned with TLT’s strategic goals and growth plans.
• Design and deliver OD strategies, frameworks, and interventions to enhance team and individual performance across culture and engagement.
• Apply creative thinking and business insight to develop engaging materials and resources, using OD diagnostics and tools to inform recommendations.
• Conduct organisational assessments to identify opportunities for improvement in structure, culture, and processes.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to facilitate change management, stakeholder engagement, and communication plans that support inclusion and wellbeing.
• Analyse data to generate insights, inform decision-making, and evaluate the impact of OD initiatives.
• Champion employee engagement and culture-building activities that promote a positive and inclusive workplace.
• Contribute to commercial goals by providing culture and engagement insights for client bids and tenders, and representing TLT on social value matters.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders and teams, offering coaching and guidance on culture and engagement.

Skills and Experience

• In-depth knowledge of inclusion and wellbeing, including legal and regulatory frameworks, and experience delivering culture change initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across HR and the wider business.
• Commercial awareness and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in large-scale transformation programmes within formal governance structures.
• Expertise in change management methodologies, with the confidence to make decisions and provide strategic guidance.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting.
• Resilience and adaptability in complex, fast-changing environments.
• Excellent project and process management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Results-driven mindset with a proactive, solution-focused approach.

Your Team

The HR team consists of the HR Business Partners, Reward, Recruitment and Organisational Development, with specialists in Learning and Development, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing and Sustainability. Making sure everyone thrives during their time at TLT is the focus of our HR team’s work every day. We provide strategic and operational support to our leaders and teams and our HR specialists make sure our people are skilled, creative, valued, motivated, flexible and committed, working in a culture that enables them to perform at their very best.

The HR Business Partner team consists of Senior HR Business Partners, HR Business Partners, HR Advisors and a HR Operations team.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,200 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer’s Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any of the characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLTsolicitors.com