Change Advisor - Major Transformation Programme

Akkodis; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Modis International Ltd is recruiting for a hands-on Change Advisor to join a major transformation programme in West Yorkshire. The role focuses on delivering people-focused change activities, readiness and adoption across a large stakeholder population.

You will work with project, programme, communications and learning teams to embed new ways of working and ensure successful go-live, within a supportive, structured environment.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting organisational or business change.
• Experience with systems, processes or ways of working changes.
• Strong stakeholder-management and relationship-building skills.
• Confident facilitating meetings, workshops or engagement sessions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver stakeholder engagement and business-readiness activity.
• Support managers and employee groups through changes to systems, processes and responsibilities.
• Turn change assessments into practical action plans.
• Coordinate workshops, reference groups and targeted interventions.
• Identify concerns, resistance and barriers to adoption.
• Develop clear messages and content for employee communications.
• Support learning, guidance and go-live preparation.
• Help coordinate local support during implementation.
• Work closely with project, programme, communications and learning teams.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Meeting facilitation

Change delivery

Communication skills

Job description

Change Advisor - Major Transformation Programme

Location: West Yorkshire - hybrid working
Salary: £40,000-£50,000
Contract: Initial fixed-term contract, with potential extension

Are you looking to develop your organisational change experience within a large, complex transformation programme?

We are supporting a well-established organisation undergoing a significant programme of change across its systems, processes and ways of working. They are looking for a hands-on Change Advisor to join an experienced and supportive programme team, helping employees and managers prepare for, adopt and embed new ways of working.

This is an excellent opportunity for a developing change professional to gain exposure to a high-profile implementation programme, working alongside experienced change, project, communications and learning specialists.

Rather than developing change strategy from scratch, you will help turn established plans into practical activity. You will work directly with stakeholder groups, managers and programme colleagues to build readiness, support engagement and ensure change is successfully adopted.

What you'll be doing

You will support the delivery of people-focused change activity across a large and varied stakeholder population.

Your responsibilities are likely to include:

Delivering stakeholder engagement and business-readiness activity
Supporting managers and employee groups through changes to systems, processes and responsibilities
Turning change assessments into practical action plans
Coordinating workshops, reference groups and targeted interventions
Identifying concerns, resistance and barriers to adoption
Developing clear messages and content for employee communications
Supporting learning, guidance and go-live preparation
Helping coordinate local support during implementation
Working closely with project, programme, communications and learning teams
Ensuring new ways of working are embedded rather than simply introducedThe programme operates to clear phases and delivery deadlines, giving you the opportunity to gain meaningful implementation and go-live experience.

What we're looking for

This is a practical delivery role for someone who enjoys working closely with people and turning change plans into action.

You are likely to have:

Experience supporting organisational or business change
Experience working on changes involving systems, processes or ways of working
Strong stakeholder-management and relationship-building skills
Confidence facilitating meetings, workshops or engagement sessions
A people-centred approach to change
Experience supporting business readiness, adoption or implementation
Strong written and verbal communication skills
The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary programme team
Confidence working within a structured, deadline-led environment
Knowledge of recognised change approaches, such as Prosci or ADKAR (desirable)

Why consider this opportunity?

This role offers the chance to:

Join a major organisation-wide transformation programme
Gain hands-on implementation and go-live experience
Work within an established and well-resourced change function
Collaborate with experienced project, programme, communications and learning professionals
Engage with a broad and complex stakeholder population
Build experience across technology, process and behavioural change
Develop your change-management capability within a supportive environment
Add a significant transformation programme to your CVThe team is collaborative, experienced and supportive, while the programme itself offers genuine scale, complexity and delivery exposure.

Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website