Head of Organisational Design and Learning

Location: St Pancras
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (36 hours)
Grade: SB3
Salary: £65,972 per annum

About the role
We are looking for an experienced Organisational Design professional to join the British Library’s People Team.

This role reports to the Director of People. You will take the lead on the development and implementation of an Organisational Design and Learning strategy. This will incorporate inclusive processes and practices that ensure organisation structures, job design, culture, performance and learning. You will need to develop initiatives to support the delivery of strategic transformational projects and Knowledge Matters – all to support the future of the British Library.

About us
We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.

What we can offer you
- A competitive salary.
- A fantastic pension scheme with minimum employer contributions of 28.97% (this may be higher dependent on grade).
- Flexible working hours, with the ability to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3-month period.
- 25 days holiday.
- Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers: Benefits

Closing date: 26 October 2025

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. We would like to increase the representation of these groups within The British Library to ensure our workforce is as diverse as the public that we serve. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.

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