Change Manager

Function: Strategy, Marketing, Communications & Change

Location: Nottingham - Hybrid

Type: Permanent

Salary: £43,520 potential to rise to £51,200 over 3 years

Closing Date: 17 May 2024

We have an exciting new opportunity within NHS Supply Chain for a Business Change Manager to join our Business Transformation team.

NHS Supply Chain are amidst an exciting and sustained period of change, both as a business as well as in the way we will deliver transformation in the future. Business change is a core component of that, enabling us to increase our success in delivering and embedding transformational change, driving greater benefits and outcomes for our customers, patients and the business.

We are looking to bring an experience business change manager into the team to build our capability and ensure that our change programmes deliver and embed their desired outcomes. You will have strong background in business change management, and excellent communication and relationship building skills, allowing you raise awareness and build momentum for change management in the business.

This is an exciting opportunity – you will have a key role in building the business change capability in the business and increasing the chances of successful project delivery. All our projects and programmes have the same end theme in common: to provide better frontline technology and services to the NHS to improve patient outcomes.

What does a Business Change Manager do at NHS Supply Chain?

• You will be responsible for the effective delivery of business change management activities across projects and initiatives, ensuring that the desired business outcomes are achieved, and the relevant stakeholders are ready and prepared for the change
• You will manage the development of business and customer impact assessments, stakeholder analysis and business transition and readiness plans.
• You will work in close partnership with project managers, HR and the communication teams to support the overall project initiative and ensure effective communication and implementation strategies

What skills, qualifications and qualities do I need to be successful?

• Significant experience in business change management across major programmes and projects
• Relevant Business Change or PPM qualification (PROSCI, MSP) or equivalent level of experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience and knowledge of healthcare sector, either public or private (Desirable)
• Good understanding of Logistics, Supply Chain and eRetailer organisations (Desirable)

How you’ll work

Hybrid working; a blend of home, office and on customer site working with a 2/3 split between home and office / customer site working.

In return for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work you will be rewarded with an attractive salary and benefits package, consisting of:

• Performance led annual bonus scheme
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days
• Generous contributory pension scheme (up to 6% employee / 12% employer contributions of your base salary)
• Access to Flexible Benefits Scheme – you will be ableto choose from a variety of benefits such Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance and additional pension contributions that suit you
• 2 days paid Volunteering Leave
• Long Service Awards
• Access to the Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts
• Flexible working options
• National Annual season ticket purchase scheme
• Eye Care vouchers
• Access to a free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We make sure the products we supply are always safe, quality assured and delivered efficiently.

We’re always listening to the people who use our products, so that we’re aware of the changing needs across the NHS. In all, we serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres. We also manage relationships with more than a thousand suppliers, delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.

And by doing all of this on behalf of the NHS, this gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of proving excellent patient care.

Our, Purpose, Vision and Strategy are clear. We provide direction, leadership, and commercial focus to improve health outcomes.

Vision: To make it easier for the NHS to put patients first

Purpose: Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health

Values:

• Be Inclusive
• Be Driven
• Be Enterprising
• Be The Difference

Other Information

• SCCL is a not an NHS organisation, you will join on SCCL terms and conditions.

NHS Supply Chain is an equal opportunities employer

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.

SCCL values and respects the diversity of its employees and aims to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

SCCL reserve the right to close any vacancies from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

If you are shortlisted for interview you will be required to provide proof of ID and the right to work in the UK.