The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC), established by the Mayor of London to secure the regeneration of the Old Oak Opportunity area, spanning land in three London boroughs – Ealing, Brent and Hammersmith & Fulham.
The Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area is one of the most exciting and important regeneration opportunities in the UK – aiming to create an accessible, welcoming and well-connected urban district, centred around the new High Speed 2 station at Old Oak Common, with tens of thousands of new high-quality and affordable homes; good quality, well-paid jobs and shops; facilities, sustainable travel connections and public green space.
As the Mayor of London’s Development Corporation for West London, it’s the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation’s (OPDC) role to work with our boroughs, residents, businesses and partners to shape and accelerate good growth in Old Oak and Park Royal.
You will be part of OPDC’s Corporate Governance team. We oversee the Corporation’s governance function, ensuring that our arrangements around corporate performance, risk and governance are robust and effective and making sure that OPDC operates in an open and transparent way. You will have a role to play in advising and supporting colleagues across the organisation, at all levels, about our procedures and processes. This will include supporting our Board, committees and senior management team. You will have a good understanding of governance, be able to analyse and interpret information and be able to prepare good quality written work. The link below will take you to the full job description and person specification.
OPDC is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability, and are especially keen to hear from applicants whose experience and work, in and out of paid employment, can bring a deep understanding of working in a multi-cultural, dynamic and diverse environment.
Please click here for Job Description and Person Specification
What we offer
In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.
At OPDC we are dedicated to empowering team members through ongoing learning opportunities and professional development initiatives. Our commitment to learning and development means that we will provide you with the resources and support to expand your skills and grow your career.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.
Reasonable adjustment will be made to working arrangements to accommodate a person with a disability who otherwise would be prevented from undertaking the work.
This role is based at One West Point, 7 Portal Way, North Acton, London W3 6RU
OPDC staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.
If you have a question about the role or the recruitment process, then please contact Martin Harrison at Martin.Harrison@opdc.london.gov.uk
Application closing date: 22nd June 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Interviews will take place at: One West Point, 7 Portal Way, North Acton, London W3 6RU on week commencing 30th June 2025
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Additional information
Please note, all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from consideration.
Secondments longer than 6 months
If you are a GLA employee applying for an internal fixed-term position, as an internal secondment opportunity, you must ensure you satisfy the following secondment policy criteria before applying. You must:
- be on a permanent contract or a fixed term contract where the time left on the contract at the point at which you apply for secondment is longer than the secondment period;
- have successfully completed your probation period and be performing to the required standard for your current role; and
- have completed at least 18 months’ service with the GLA
If you do meet the criteria listed above, you will need to complete the Approval for secondment application form and gain line manager approval, before emailing the fully completed form to the Resourcing Assistant who is managing the vacancy. This form must be received by the closing date of the vacancy. Failure to provide this form will mean your application cannot be progressed.
If you are unable to satisfy all of the criteria, unfortunately, you are not eligible to apply for this vacancy as an internal secondment. For further information, please see Secondment Policy and Procedure.
IMPORTANT: If you are a current GLA employee on a fixed-term contract that is due to end BEFORE the end date of this vacancy, you DO NOT NEED to complete the Approval for secondment application form as it is not a secondment.
If you are successful in securing this secondment opportunity, you will need to be released from your existing role, so please ensure that you make your line manager aware of your application.