Chief Organisational Transformation Officer

Chief Organisational Transformation Officer

4th Floor, 12 Arthur Street, London, EC4R 9AB

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Working Hours: 35

Job Category: Retrofit/Warmer Homes London

Contract details: 12-month fixed-term contract, flexible and part-time working arrangements available (0.6–0.8 FTE). Monday to Friday. 9:00 am to 5 pm. Hybrid working, two mandatory office days required.

London Councils operates in a hybrid working environment as an agile employer, working across its Strategic Directorates.

Please be advised that the application deadline for this role will close at 11:59pm on 30th August. Interviews are scheduled for the 10th September 2026.

• Interviews: 10th September 2026

Job Introduction

Climate change Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

Warmer Homes London (WHL) is looking for an exceptional Chief Organisational Transformation Officer to help shape the next phase of our organisation at a pivotal point in our growth.

Working closely with our Managing Director and as an associate member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will lead a complex, high-profile transformation portfolio spanning organisational design, strategic investment planning, new delivery models and organisational development. You will bring together senior partners across WHL, London Councils, the GLA and the wider London system to turn strategic ambition into clear, evidence-based and governance-ready plans.

Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.

The Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for an accomplished transformation leader who can operate confidently in complexity and at pace. You’ll bring significant experience of leading strategy and transformation within, or closely alongside, local or regional government, combined with strong programme leadership, analytical thinking and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries. Knowledge of the retrofit, clean energy or social housing landscape would be particularly valuable.

This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on how London develops and delivers its future approach to warmer, more energy-efficient homes.

This is a 12-month fixed-term appointment, and priority will be given to candidates who are available to start in late September 2026.

About The Company

Warmer Homes London is a new organisation designed to make Londoners’ homes greener, healthier and more affordable to heat by being more energy efficient. It is funded by the boroughs, the Mayor of London and London Councils. This new initiative is set to forge bold new partnerships, working with all levels of government, as well as with housing associations, builders, community energy groups, and training organisations.

Warmer Homes London will deliver its mission by:

• working together: we will overcome systemic barriers to change the fragmented approach towards retrofitting social and low-income private housing
• providing the data insights: we will drive better value for public money and turbo-charge efforts to make London’s homes warmer at scale and at pace
• Making Londoners’ homes more comfortable all year round: enabling practical measures to be installed by suppliers, such as- wall insulation that keep heat in; heat pumps that are cleaner and cheaper to run; and solar panels giving clean renewable energy.

London Councils is the collective of London local government, the 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation. They come together through London Councils to work in collaboration to deliver their shared ambitions for London and Londoners.

Through lobbying, collaboration and partnership, we ensure the voice of the London boroughs are united, and heard at a local, regional and national level.

We also run a number of services on behalf of the boroughs including the Freedom Pass, Taxicard and Health Emergency Badge (HEB) and London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS).

The application process involves answering a small number of application questions aligned to the essential criteria for the role. All applications will be processed using a blind sifting method. This means that personal identifying details will be removed to ensure fair and unbiased shortlisting of applications.

The panel sees only the anonymised generated CV that Tribepad builds from the Education andEmployment History sections of the application form.
Uploading a personal CV is optional and only helps auto-populate these sections -it does not replace completing them .
Please ensure these sections are fully completed . If they’re left blank, key information won’t appear in the anonymised pack and fair review becomes harder.

Your full details and original CV are not shared with the panel until after the shortlist is agreed and you are invited to interview

We are committed to equal opportunities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments will be made to support candidates during the recruitment process.

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Working Hours
35

Job Category
Retrofit/Warmer Homes London

Location
4th Floor, 12 Arthur Street, London

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