Solely HR are pleased to be working with an organisation with ambitious plans for transformational change. This role will create and establish plans for large scale change to support this transformation by engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels to work collaboratively to achieve desired outcomes. In this role you will have opportunities for professional growth within a supportive team environment. This is a hybrid role (2 days in office, 3 at home) and my client will consider candidates from any UK location.
The People Change Manager will work collaboratively with other specialist teams, wider People and Organisational Development and Transformation Delivery & Support to influence and shape change initiatives and programmes. Using proven change management frameworks, tools and resources the role holder will drive the right change outcomes across various transformation programmes to drive maximum business benefit, minimise resistance and effectively embed change.
You will have a deep understanding of the impact that change has on people and organisations and will be able to make recommendations and take ownership for the interventions and activities that ensure that people are ready for change and are effective in handling resistance to change.
Responsibilities
- Provide highly specialist subject matter expertise, thought leadership, practical advice, and guidance to programme and functional leadership teams, ensuring alignment between change initiatives and programme outcomes.
- Manage highly complex and difficult conversations; Present, explain, motivate, engage, influence, persuade and challenge at all levels. Embed a relational and people-centred approach to change by fostering a culture of challenge, support, and values-led change and transformation.
- Deliver practical and impactful change solutions by transforming complex concepts, leveraging innovative thinking to lead change initiatives effectively, ensuring successful outcomes and continuous improvement.
- Support in creation and implementation of impactful change management strategies, including stakeholder engagement, communications, change impact and readiness assessments, training to support complex and transformational change.
- Work closely with key organisational leaders and stakeholders to analyse and manage the organisation-wide change landscape, ensuring effective prioritisation and management of change.
- Evaluate the impact of change initiatives, measuring key performance indicators and providing recommendations for continuous improvement and refinement of organisational processes
- Develop and drive the organisation’s change capability strategy by coaching and mentoring leaders and role-modelling continuous learning and development, demonstrating leadership and organisational behaviours, and whole system change leadership.
- Regularly update knowledge and skills to meet the evolving standards set by the CIPD at standards level of Chartered Membership or above. Integrate the CIPD profession map and its framework into all actions, including participation in continuous professional development activities and ensuring the company HR practices and strategies are in accordance with the CIPD’s professional standards and ethical guidelines.
- Actively participate in the development and continuation of communities of change practice and networks to share best practices, ensuring a cohesive approach to change and employee experience across the organisation.
- Meet specific individual and shared targets and objectives as defined annually within the performance management framework.
Skills & Experience
- Educated to degree level (RFQ Level 6) or equivalent by experience; CIPD or Change Management qualification (such as Prosci Practitioner, APMG Practitioner, Change Management Institute, etc) desirable, with ongoing professional development.
- Demonstrable knowledge of the critical factors in leading change and practical experience of applying project and programme management approaches taking ownership for identifying risks and creating mitigation plans, evidence of delivering large scale change on time and to quality and budget.
- Expert knowledge in Change Management frameworks, methodologies, approaches and toolkits – including Prosci and ADKAR.
- Knowledge and experience of organisational development theories, with successful application in complex environments and/or transformation programmes.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to tailor approaches to meet the needs of diverse audiences with differing levels of understanding, including the creation of engaging and tailored materials.
- Effective in engaging with partners and stakeholders, confident in managing multiple and conflicting stakeholder expectations.
- Planning, facilitating, and delivering stakeholder workshops and individual interventions for engagement, training, and coaching.
- Experienced in managing change programmes and projects, developing business cases, identifying risks, and creating mitigation plans.
- Delivering change readiness, maturity, and impact assessments to develop integrated people change plans.
- Experienced in managing diverse workloads through prioritisation, remaining credible under pressure, and working effectively in ambiguous situations.
If you feel you have the right skills and characteristics for this role, Solely HR would love to hear from you. If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please call Solely HR today on 01752 373226. Thank you for your interest.
