Provision of Organisational Design Consultancy for NMIS

Descriptions

NMIS is a group of industry-led manufacturing research and development facilities that work as a single innovation centre, with a network of Partners across Scotland. Together we are focused on revolutionising skills, productivity, and innovation to industrialise new products and services, attracting investment and markets to make Scotland and the wider UK a global leader in advanced manufacturing. Since the Organisation was conceived, there have been serious geopolitical changes and a global pandemic. This has impacted the UK economy, university landscape and UK industry resulting in a cost of living and workforce crises with attrition rates and sickness rates being high across the board. This has negatively impacted productivity levels while improving, it still lags behind pre-pandemic levels, particularly in Scotland. NMIS is seeking a supplier who will be required to complete a full organisational design programme and implement the recommended new operating model hand in hand with the CEO and his team at NMIS. This organisational design programme will be required to assess the current NMIS operating model and support the transformation towards a new target operating model including implementation. In its capacity as NMIS organisation design partner, the supplier will lead NMIS through workshops and exercises (number to be agreed) the output of which is for the supplier to deliver: 1)An assessment of the current organisational design and how it is operating. We require a clear report identifying gaps and issues arising and where things are working well. This will include data gathering through various methodologies. 2)Provision of a clear list of strategic priorities for NMIS by leading strategy discussions and supporting the leadership team in our joint role as part of the University of Strathclyde (UoS), the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and the UK Innovation landscape. 3)Suggest and agree the principles that will be applied to the Organisational Design programme with the NMIS Leadership team, and enable us to agree them with our senior stakeholders! 4)Conduct a detailed and rigorous analysis of the activities that NMIS is currently undertaking, identifying any immediate changes, but primarily to support the redesign of the organisation to enable staff to be able to complete their tasks and improve their job satisfaction. 5) Design a Target Operating Model for NMIS, agreed with the CEO, that includes new structures, ways of working and the alignment of roles from the current to new operating model. This is to include designing and reframing the leadership team, management team and associated governance. 6)Provision of a comprehensive plan for implementation and support through-out the implementation phase, providing advice and expertise to ensure staff disruption is minimised and the new model is successful. Due to the nature of NMIS and its structure, experience of working with University departments, Catapults or other Research Technology is preferred. Organisations or complex public sector organisations within an innovation or research and development funding landscape. Expertise of working with the industrial, public sector or SME community in Scotland, connected to technology sectors would be beneficial.