HR Change Manager

SF Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Birmingham is looking for an experienced HR Change Manager to oversee significant organisational changes, including site closures and redundancies. The successful candidate will provide expert guidance, manage stakeholder engagement, and ensure compliance with employment law. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and requires a solutions-focused individual with strong HR change programme experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing HR change programmes, including redundancies and redeployment.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and best practices in change management.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage HR change programme relating to site closure, redundancies, and redeployment.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on organisational change.
• Oversee consultation processes, ensuring compliance with employment legislation.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Employment law knowledge

Emotional intelligence

Solutions-focused approach

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced HR professional with a strong track record in leading organisations through complex change programmes? We are seeking an HR Change Manager to play a pivotal role in supporting our organisation during a period of significant transition, including a planned site closure, redundancy processes, and redeployment activity.

Competitive salary - hybrid working.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the end-to-end HR change programme relating to site closure, redundancies, and redeployment.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to managers and staff on all aspects of organisational change.
• Oversee consultation processes, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and best practice.
• Develop and implement fair, transparent, and sensitive approaches to redeployment and outplacement support.
• Partner with senior leaders to maintain engagement, trust, and morale throughout the change journey.
• Support workforce planning and transition activities to enable future organisational sustainability.

About You

• Proven experience in managing HR change programmes, including redundancies and redeployment.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and best practice in change management.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach, with resilience and emotional intelligence.
• Experience in the not-for-profit or public sector would be an advantage, but not essential.