Ofsted
Change and Problem Manager
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Job Summary
We are looking for a Change and Problem Manager to join our Service Management Team.
The post holder will be responsible for the continuous management, assessment, and planning of IT-related changes, together with oversight of the Problem Management process. You will investigate patterns and trends to support the resolution of identified problems and engage with stakeholders, suppliers, and business colleagues to ensure changes are effectively planned and delivered. You will lead the Change Advisory Board (CAB), ensuring technical changes and releases are appropriately risk assessed, scheduled, and processed within prescribed timescales.
You will be responsible for reviewing changes with the relevant business teams, ensuring they are fit for purpose and aligned to organisational requirements. Using the IT Service Management tool, you will review and manage changes throughout their lifecycle, ensuring they are processed and planned in line with agreed timescales, while providing management reports, trend analysis, and dashboard reviews. With a flexible approach and a focus on continuous service improvement, you will identify opportunities to enhance service management processes, provide advice and guidance to colleagues, and oversee testing when enhancements and changes are made to the tool. The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues and suppliers to clarify requirements and ensure all changes are fully planned and prepared, while developing an understanding of Ofsted and wider government change management policies and practices to ensure all changes are aligned. The role also includes line management responsibilities.
This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.
Job Description
Please refer to the job specification for further information.
Person Specification
Please refer to the job specification for further information.
Qualifications
ITIL Certification or equivalent (Desirable).
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
Technical Skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Experience of managing or facilitating and monitoring a key business process.
- Strong service management framework knowledge (ITIL) working within Change, Problem, or Incident Management in an IT environment.
- Demonstrate experience in reviewing, assessing, and prioritising consistently and communicating clearly to minimise risks and ensure the impact of change is understood.
- Experience of Service Governance, inc. Change & Problem Management oversight, risk & compliance management, service performance analysis, service improvement, & governance of operational processes to improve service stability, efficiency, & quality.
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Salary and Benefits
Alongside your salary of £37,899, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £10,979 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides here.
Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.
Diversity and Inclusion
Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027, we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.
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Selection Process Details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience, and Technical skills.
Application and Shortlisting
The selection panel will assess your application based on the evidence you have provided against the essential/desirable criteria as set out in the person specification.
You will also be asked to provide information within the “Employer/Activity History” section of the application form. This information is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV setting out your career history (this may be used in the sifting process).
Interviews
Candidates who pass the benchmark at the shortlisting stage will be invited to an interview where you will be assessed against a combination of the Civil Service behaviours and the technical/experience skills set out in section 3 of the job specification.
We will invite the most suitable candidates for an interview on the week commencing Monday 5 October 2026.
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Interviews will take place at one of the advertised office locations. Further details regarding the location will be confirmed closer to the interview date.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.
Nationality Requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements here.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles here.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Contact Point for Applicants
Job Contact
- Name: People Services Delivery Team
- Email: Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk
- Telephone: 03000 131 487
Recruitment Team
- Email: Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk
Further Information
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles, which can be found here.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should email Ofsted Recruitment at Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission here.
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