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Senior Business Change Manager
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DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS
On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Senior Business Change Manager Inside IR35 for a 10 months contract based Hybrid 2 days a week in Swindon and occasional travel to Cambridge and Nottingham.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.
UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.
As a Senior Business Change Manager, your main responsibilities will be to:
- Lead business change, communications, engagement and change readiness activities across the NERC Transformation Programme.
- Work with leaders, colleagues and stakeholders to ensure the organisation understands the rationale for change, remains engaged throughout the programme, and is prepared for consultation, implementation and transition to new ways of working.
- Develop and deliver the programme change and engagement strategy and undertake organisational change impact assessments.
- Undertake organisational change impact assessments and produce communications, briefing materials, presentations and leadership messages.
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Essential:
- Strong P3M experience, supporting complex programme design, delivery and implementation.
- Experience understanding the business impact of change and preparing teams for successful implementation.
- Experience in people change.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and change communication, acting as the link between the programme and impacted business areas.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability Confident
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
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In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".
GENERAL INFORMATION
Posting ID
PSR1JP00106428
Type of employment
Contract
Organisation
UK Research & Innovation
Contract duration
10 months
Location
Swindon
Workplace Type
Hybrid
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