Business Change Lead

Michael Page; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job description

• Excellent opportunity to make a REAL difference in public sector organisation
• Hybrid, 3 days per week on-site, Excellent benefits

About Our Client

My client is a public sector organisation undergoing a period of significant change. As such, it's a really exciting time to join, with an extremely diverse portfolio of projects and programmes. You will have a lot of opportunity to really make a difference to PEOPLE!

Job Description

• Work with key stakeholders and the business to complete detailed business impact assessments, and support Senior Business Change Managers and Programme Managers in the development of business change plans, acting as a bridge between programme management, business operations and IT.
• Lead impact assessments, business change planning and business readiness activity for programme / project deliveries into your assigned business areas.
• Help define activities that will successfully lead colleagues through the ADKAR change journey.
• Lead small change / improvement projects to improve ways of working for customers, colleagues and the business and help improve overall change maturity in the organisation.
• Own and deliver communications and engagement strategies and plans to ensure change stories are engaging and effective.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with your key stakeholders and ensure you are knowledgeable in the areas of focus assigned to you.
• Manage stakeholders and communications at all levels.
• Work with IT to implement system changes / new systems to support required changes.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Business Change Lead should have:

• Proven experience in managing change initiatives in large organisations.
• Strong experience in complex environments with high levels of ambiguity.
• Successfully implemented business change, especially embedding and driving culture and behaviours.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities and strategic thinking.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels, influencing outcomes.
• Support to and conduit between Business Change, Programme Managers, IT and Business; Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences and communicate complex technical information effectively and accessibly.
• A real drive and experience to learn and assimilate information very quickly, pivoting into Change effectively and swiftly.
• Masterful in their profession - True Change Management.
• Qualifications in / familiarity / experience with PROSCI / ADKAR.

What's on Offer

• An estimated salary range of £45,000 - £57,000 per year.
• Generous bonus scheme.
• Excellent pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Over 30 days leave.
• Hybrid working - 3 days minimum per week office-based.

Plus the chance to be involved with and drive through one of the most diverse, all-encompassing, challenging and truly exciting periods of Change & Transformation the company has ever seen!