Senior Change Manager

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Chilton Polden; Hybrid; GBP 109,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Network IT seeks a Senior Change Manager in Somerset on a full-time, six-month contract paying £590–£600 daily.

The postholder leads business change across ambitious transformation programmes, partnering with senior leaders plus programme and project teams to deliver successful outcomes, realise benefits and embed lasting organisational capability.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering change management in complex transformation programmes.
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders and influence at senior level.
• Experience delivering benefits realisation and adoption within governance.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working in public sector/government/defence environments is advantageous.
• Eligible for SC Clearance; active clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver change management across transformation programmes.
• Lead stakeholders across internal and external networks to embed change.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, programme and project teams to realise benefits.
• Build lasting organisational change capability and governance alignment.
• Manage and mitigate change risks, issues, and adoption metrics.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Benefits realisation

SC Clearance

Job description

Network IT seeks a Senior Change Manager in Somerset on a full-time, six-month contract paying £590–£600 daily.

The postholder leads business change across ambitious transformation programmes, partnering with senior leaders plus programme and project teams to deliver successful outcomes, realise benefits and embed lasting organisational capability.

Duties include designing and delivering change management for complex initiatives, engaging and influencing stakeholders across internal and external networks, and building trusted relationships at a senior level.

Candidates must be eligible for SC Clearance; active clearance alongside government, public sector or defence experience is advantageous.

Strong stakeholder management, communication and change delivery skills are essential.

Network IT is currently looking for an experienced Senior Change Manager to lead and shape business change across ambitious transformation programmes.

You’ll work with senior leaders, programme and project teams to deliver successful change, realise benefits and build lasting organisational change capability.

We are looking for an individual who can lead the design and delivery of change management across complex transformation programmes and projects. Engage, influence and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across internal and external networks. You must be eligible for SC Clearance to be considered for this role, active SC and a government / public sector / defence background would be beneficial.

Role: Senior Change Manager Duration: 6 Months Rate: £590/600 per day Status: Inside IR35 Location: Taunton Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite

Essential experience

• Significant experience delivering change management in complex transformation programmes or projects.
• Proven experience managing change activity, impacts, risks, issues, adoption and benefits realisation within project governance.
• Strong experience of stakeholder engagement and influencing, including at senior level.
• Experience designing, planning and delivering change initiatives alongside other programmes and business activity.
• Demonstrable experience of continuous improvement and benefits realisation.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working collaboratively across complex, matrixed organisations (public sector / government / defence).
• A customer focused approach to change.
• Qualified in change, something like APMG / PROCSI / CmiD / MSP / APM / Lean Six Sigma Background in government, working on cross-government change initiatives.
• Active SC Clearance, or a lapsed SC clearance would be beneficial for onboarding speed.