The University of Manchester
Business Change Officer
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Business Change Officer
We are seeking a motivated and collaborative individual to join our team as a Business Change Officer. This role offers an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of strategic change projects, helping colleagues across the University transition to new policies, processes, technologies and ways of working within a dynamic and inclusive environment. This role will be specifically aligned to the Future Foundations programme to support Change Leads across People and Finance teams in implementation of Oracle Fusion. The role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complex work, building relationships with stakeholders and helping colleagues navigate change.
About You
We encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. You should demonstrate:
Essential Criteria:
- Experience supporting projects, programmes, operational improvement initiatives or business change activity.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- The ability to analyse information, identify issues and help develop practical solutions.
- A collaborative and proactive approach to working with colleagues.
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Desirable Criteria:
- An interest in developing your change management knowledge and capability.
- Experience of supporting the implementation of new systems, processes or services, along with relevant change, business analysis or project management training, would be an advantage.
You will be responsible for:
- Support Change Leads and Future Foundations team to plan and coordinate change activity
- Assist with change impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, training and readiness activities.
- Coordinate transition and adoption activities.
- Track actions, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies.
- Support the creation of change plans, reports, stakeholder maps and communications materials.
Our benefits include:
- Generous employer contribution pension
- 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, along with Christmas closure
- Ride to work and EV car scheme available
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Enquiries About The Role, Shortlisting And Interviews
Name: Nina Shabanzadeh
Email: nina.shabanzadeh@manchester.ac.uk
General enquiries and administrative support
recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk
Technical and job portal support
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Applications close at midnight on the closing date.
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