Senior Change Partner

Overview

In this role you will lead change readiness, engagement and adoption for the What We Offer workstream within the Activating our Strategy programme. You will collaborate with senior leaders, PMO and change partners to identify impacts and embed change, ensuring clear, proportionate communications and staff support during transitions. You’ll help align change activities with the UKRI approach and provide coaching and guidance to staff at all levels while shaping a cohesive change narrative for Innovate UK. This is a strategic partner role focused on driving adoption and minimizing disruption through thoughtful engagement and governance.

Pay / Benefits

• Civil Service Pension scheme contribution (20,496)
• Learning and development tailored to role
• Flexible working options
• Inclusive, diverse culture
• Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%
• Potential travel to conferences/events

Responsibilities

• Develop mature change, communication and engagement strategies with senior leaders and teams
• Improve engagement and adoption of business change across the organisation and align with the UKRI approach
• Collaborate with Change Partners to evolve methodologies and practices
• Design, baseline and track adoption and engagement for planned changes
• Create a single, aligned roadmap for engagement and adoption with the organisational roadmap
• Coaching at all levels on change management and leadership; develop cascading guidance
• Support the development of a compelling change narrative and journey for Innovate UK
• Coordinate engagement activities to drive adoption and benefits realisation
• Manage engagement channels, tools and techniques to support delivery of change
• Influence staff survey results on Management of Change and manage resources and budget for Change Partners

Key requirements

• Change Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Project Management or Continuous Improvement qualification or equivalent experience
• Significant experience with organisational change journeys
• Proven ability to build relationships with senior/executive leadership
• Experience leading and advising on change strategies to meet programme goals
• Extensive experience in creating high-quality, engaging communications for diverse audiences
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to simplify complex information
• Strong organisational and project management skills with multiple projects and stakeholders

• Stakeholder management
• Communication skills
• Influencing
• Change management
• Project management/Continuous Improvement
• Communication strategy development

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