Human Resources Change Manager

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Location: London (Hybrid – 60% on-site, likely more initially)

Start Date: ASAP

Sector: Higher Education / Public Sector

A leading London-based university is undertaking a major transformation programme following a merger and is seeking two experienced HR Change Managers to join their People Workstream. These roles sit within a growing internal team focused on delivering organisational design, staff consultation, and structural integration across Professional Services.

You’ll play a central role in supporting a complex, high-profile programme of change, including redundancy consultation, trade union engagement, and the delivery of a new operating model that supports long-term service and financial sustainability.

Key Focus Areas:

• Leading people-side change initiatives related to a large-scale integration across Professional Services functions
• Supporting the development of business cases and job design, including job evaluation and structural proposals
• Leading on formal employee consultations (individual and collective), including consultation documentation, process planning and execution
• Acting as HR lead with trade unions (Unison, Unite, UCU) – managing engagement, consultation and resolution
• Applying your expertise in employee relations, organisational change and TUPE/redundancy processes to ensure legal compliance and best practice
• Advising on risks, communications, and employee wellbeing during organisational transformation
• Contributing to a strategic cost-saving objective (targeting a 5.8% saving, aligned with natural turnover)

What We're Looking For:

• Strong track record of complex change management in unionised environments, ideally public sector, NHS or Higher Education
• Deep experience managing employee relations during organisational change – redundancy, restructuring, and job design are key
• Excellent project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels and manage sensitive consultation exercises
• Skilled in working directly with trade unions, navigating industrial relations with confidence and diplomacy
• Background in organisational change, HR consultancy, or transformation within complex, matrixed organisations
• Understanding of job evaluation, workforce design, and the broader HR change lifecycle
• While HE sector experience is beneficial, change delivery expertise is the main priority
• Excellent benefits including 30 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 4 closure days, and a generous pension contribution (14% employer, 8% employee)

Please do not delay in applying, as the advert may close earlier if a successful applicant is found.