Strategic Change Lead

Sellick Partnership; England; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment business is seeking an experienced Strategic Change Lead to join a client in Brighton on a permanent hybrid basis. The role involves leading change practitioners, building stakeholder relationships, and influencing senior leaders to drive successful change initiatives. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in change management and is ready to contribute to sustainable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in change management concepts and practices.
• Hands-on delivery of change plans end to end.
• Ability to manage outcomes in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of change practitioners.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Partner with senior leaders to influence decisions.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Creative problem-solving

Job description

Role: Strategic Change Lead

Sector: Public Sector

Contract: Permanent

Location: Brighton - Hybrid

Salary: up to £78,000 dependant on experience

Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for an experienced Strategic Change Lead to join our client based in Brighton. The role is offered as a Permanent contract working on a hybrid working basis.

The ideal Strategic Change Lead will establish and provide a partnering consultancy lead service and approach change management that supports leaders to fully engage and enable the organisation to deliver lasting sustainable outcomes and long‑term value.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of change practitioners, empowering them to engage with stakeholders effectively and deliver high quality results
• Building strong stakeholder relationships, fostering collaboration, trust, and alignment across all levels
• Partnering with senior leaders to influence decisions and align transformation initiatives across functions, ensuring people are central to the solution
• Embedding consistent change approaches that foster adoption, build capability, and strengthen team engagement
• Challenges existing practices and champion continuous improvement, using people insights to shape practical, accepted solutions
• Supporting Colleagues across change teams to monitor value from change initiatives, addressing risks and issues while ensuring stakeholders remain committed and informed
• Being creative, and ‘thinking outside the box’ by not being wedded to one methodology, approach and process to ensure business outcomes are achieved through active team and stakeholder engagement
• Continuously review the business change offer and added value by seeking colleague feedback and reviewing value/ outcomes from solutions to scale, stop or improve

Qualifications

• Experience in change management concepts and practices, design, and delivery of communication and engagement strategies
• Hands on design and delivery of change plans (end to end)
• Experience of adopting new systems, processes and behaviours with competing priorities
• Experience of delivering change and managing outcomes in a complex environment
• Experience of Facilitated workshops, focus groups and design sessions to co‑create solutions at a senior level towards successful deployment

Our client is hoping to have the Strategic Change Lead in the role as soon as possible, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Rebecca Dawson or Charlotte Broomfield by calling the Derby office or applying online by Friday 28th November for immediate consideration.

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