Visit Britain

Context

The British Tourist Authority (BTA) is the national tourism agency and a non-departmental public body funded by the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and trades under the name of VisitBritain/VisitEngland (VB/VE).

BTA is a global organisation with 280+ employees based in 16 different countries and has a diverse culture. VisitBritain is the official tourist board for England, Scotland, and Wales, and is responsible for marketing Great Britain worldwide to prospective travellers.

Our purpose is to drive a thriving tourism industry, creating economic prosperity across Britain.

VB/VE plays a unique role in building England’s tourism product, raising Britain’s profile worldwide, increasing the volume and value of tourism exports and developing Britain’s visitor economy. As the national tourism board, VisitBritain is responsible for targeting international visitors to boost overseas visits and spend in the UK.

Our organisational values have been collaboratively crafted with colleagues across various divisions and geographical locations. They give us a fresh sense of direction and inspire us to drive transformative change within our organisation.

As one global team, we work together with Passion, in Partnership and at Pace:

• with Passion - fuelled by our enthusiasm and positivity to deliver excellent results.
• in Partnership – empowered to work with partners towards a greater aim beyond our own.
• at Pace – delivering innovation through agility, boldness, and bravery to take calculated risk.

Location and Ways of Working

We follow the principle of “Locate for your Day”, which means that we expect people to use their own judgment to decide the best place to work to meet the needs of the business. 

The majority of our roles can be performed predominantly remotely, however we are not a fully remote organisation as we recognise the importance of face-to-face connection, so you will be expected to spend some time in the office. We have a small office in London and growth plans for a Birmingham office from April 2024, therefore ideally, you must be commutable to Birmingham, and be willing and able to travel as when required at your own cost.

Main purpose of the role

The Organisational Development Manager plays a key role in developing and supporting the capability of our colleagues around the world through engaging learning resources and facilitation skills. The role holder will be responsible for sourcing, designing, and facilitating content across multiple learning platforms, including our LMS, bite size trainings, development pathways and external providers.

There will also be opportunities to contribute to Organisational Design, Development and Talent initiatives, ensuring that L&D and Organisational Development complement each other and covering for the OD & Talent Lead where appropriate.