Safety Planning and Change Manager

Royal National Lifeboat Ins titution (RNLI); Poole; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent lifeboat organization in the UK is looking for a Planning & Change Manager to lead safety initiatives and manage departmental changes. This hybrid role involves collaboration with the Head of Safety, budget management, and stakeholder engagement to drive meaningful improvements. The ideal candidate has strong project management experience and excels in influencing and communication across various organizational levels. This is an opportunity to contribute to a team dedicated to saving lives at sea.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Collaboration with a dedicated team

Qualifications

• Experience in project management within a dynamic environment.
• Ability to use various communication methods for different audiences.
• Proven initiative and collaboration in achieving objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support Head of Safety in delivering the RNLI 5-Year Plan objectives.
• Manage departmental plan and budget, tracking risks and opportunities.
• Assess change impacts and support stakeholders in implementing improvements.

Skills

Influencing at department level

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

• Do you enjoy being at the heart of improvement activity?
• Do you bring energy, enthusiasm and determination to your team and existing role?
• Can you create achievable plans, make decisions, engage with confidence and inspire stakeholders?
• Are you looking to develop your potential, build new skills and play an influential role in how the RNLI is leading the way in keeping its people safe?

Due to an internal promotion, there is an exciting opportunity to join the RNLI Safety team as the Planning & Change Manager. While your experience and qualifications are important to us, it is your leadership, initiative, energy and judgement that will lead to success and the right candidates will be able to demonstrate those credentials readily. Gaps in your planning or change management qualifications should not be a barrier to applying for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Working in close support of the Head of Safety to ensure delivery against the RNLI 5‑Year Plan safety objectives and business as usual activity.
• Responsible for the organisational safety change approach, departmental plan, budget management and delivery risk/opportunities tracking and reporting.
• Change impact assessment and planning, including insights and mitigations, supporting stakeholders in embedding meaningful improvements and change.
• Regular and topical safety communications, publications and maintenance of a positive safety profile and embedded narrative through "safety takes courage".
• Safety team manager (1 of 4) and focal point for departmental change leaders, safety stakeholders, external special interest group and CPD planning.

The role is hybrid between home and Poole with the requirement to come into the Poole Support Centre as needed for the role. Occasional travel will be required to regional bases across the UK and Ireland and attendance at continuing professional and leadership development activity as would be expected to hone skills within a high performing team.

Ideal Candidate

• Experience working and influencing at department and organisational level in a fast moving or complex organisation, including significant change or project management experience in a dynamic environment where you have worked closely with senior leaders to deliver meaningful change.
• Experience in using different communication methods attuned to a variety of audiences and able to captivate, retain and influence a wide range of stakeholders across departments and organisations.
• Demonstrable experience in using own initiative, judgment and peer support in delivery of objectives and the utilisation of a collaborative approach for the benefit of others in moving toward a common vision or goal.

You should be comfortable with holding departmental responsibilities, being an integral team player and decision maker, as well as an accomplished and professionally grounded manager who thrives working with a wide range of people. You are someone who can visualise, develop and bring plans to life and drive change through stakeholder management and organisational engagement. If this sounds like you, and you enjoy being connected across an organisation while gaining insights into strategy and turning that into delivery - apply today!

About the RNLI

Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. For over 200 years, our lifeboat crews and lifeguards have shown self‑less courage to rescue those in peril on the water. Behind them is a dedicated, talented team making it all possible. This is your chance to join that team and use your skills to help save lives every day. The RNLI Safety team is a small team at the centre of RNLI delivery and enabling activity. Spread across the UK and IRL, with a nucleus in the Lifesaving Support Centre, Poole, they are responsible for the provision of the RNLI's safety management system and associated continuous improvement activity, delivered through a service‑led operating model against the organisation's Five‑Year Plan. The team also delivers role‑related safety training, safety learning activity, lessons sharing, safety, health and environmental practitioner support, safety policies and guidance and communications and engagement activity across our volunteer and staff community, including lifeguards, manufacturing, fundraising, logistics, engineering support, people services, lifeboats, retail and drowning prevention.