The Law Society of Scotland is seeking an experienced and strategic leader to become its Head of Culture and Change. This is an opportunity to shape how the organisation approaches transformation, ensuring change is successfully adopted and embedded while strengthening culture, engagement, organisational readiness and resilience.

The Society is the professional body and regulator for over 14,000 Scottish solicitors. It sets and upholds professional standards, protects consumers and promotes confidence in Scotland’s legal profession. 

Reporting to the Executive Director of Operations, the Head of Culture and Change will play a central role in supporting the Society through a significant period of organisational evolution. The role will provide strategic leadership for the people and cultural aspects of transformation, helping to build organisational capacity for change and ensuring colleagues are prepared, supported and empowered to embrace new ways of working. 

The successful candidate will bring significant senior management experience of leading organisation-wide change, culture, engagement or transformation activity. They will combine strong strategic planning and organisational skills with excellent influencing, facilitation and relationship-building capabilities, and will have the credibility to advise and challenge senior leaders. The ability to navigate complexity, use evidence and insight to shape interventions, and deliver sustainable outcomes through others will be essential.

Candidates will embody the Society’s values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion and Integrity and promote a culture of fairness, accountability and continuous improvement.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Law Society of Scotland on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit roles.saxbam.com using reference QBWVE. Alternatively email belinda.beck@saxbam.com. Applications should be received by noon on Wednesday 28 October.