Senior Change Manager

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Senior Change Manager for a 24 month contract on a salary of £51,258 - £62,993/annum. This role is hybrid based with the expectation of 2-3 days a week onsite.

Responsibilities

• To develop and deliver a project change management strategy and plan that maximise employee adoption and usage and minimises resistance and are aligned to deliver within the constraints of time and cost as defined as part of project initiation.
• Complete relevant assessment to determine change management risk, people impact and readiness for adoption, ensuring action plans align to address the outcome of the assessments.
• Identify and build relationships with leaders, managers and staff impacted by the changes, ensuring that planned engagement activity proves effective and timely throughout a projects lifecycle to facilitate an individual's change aligned to project outcomes.
• Provide regular, standardised and accurate project change management reporting. Providing overview reporting and management information for inclusion in project and associated programme governance reporting. Monitor and report on the engagement of targeted groups in relation to the preparation for and adoption of a change.
• As a member of the change management capability, support the Head of Change Management and associated community of practice in the continuous improvement of the Change Management Framework including supporting the delivery of training and development of guidance materials.

Essential Skills:

• Strong engagement skills: to support the development and implementation of people change.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills: to plan and organise project change management activities.
• Stakeholder management: to work effectively in a team and in partnership with stakeholders to develop positive working relationships.
• Independent working and attention to detail: to be able to work with minimum supervision while consistently delivering accurate, high-quality work.
• Resilience & adaptability: to stay effective when priorities, timelines or stakeholder requirements change.
• Significant evidenced practical experience of either change management or working within a similar environment in a business area supporting people in the implementation and adoption of improvement projects.
• Experience of change management planning and delivery including approaches to managing change successfully.
• Experience of effective stakeholder management including building relationships, understanding concerns and managing expectations.
• Educated to a degree level (or equivalent experience) with evidence of personal and professional development.

Desirable Skills:

• Organisational awareness: understanding the structure and business requirements of a similar sector including culture, politics and decision-making structures.
• Experience of project management.
• A change management qualification e.g. PROSCI Change Practitioner, APMG Change Practitioner.

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