Location
Harwell, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Business Change Manager
Salary: From £43,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract
Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Harwell)
Jisc is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation. We are a not-for-profit organisation and believe education and research improves lives and that technology improves education and research. Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education, research and innovation.
About the role:
This is an exciting role within our EPMO team and will primarily work alongside a number of key Jisc transformation programmes to ensure that there is a solid business change management plan in place. Jisc is embarking on a significant amount of enterprise technology change aimed at optimising, consolidating and integrating internal processes and systems, therefore change management will be an essential component in Jisc's ability to deliver these programmes successfully.
You will be interfacing with a variety of internal stakeholders to help support the change management of these transformation initiatives. Ensuring impacted teams are carefully managed to understand how the transformation will impact them will be an essential facet of the role.
Responsibilities will include:
• Applying a structured Business Change Management approach to transformation activities
• Demonstrating strong leadership when communicating any programme vision and objectives to others.
• Working across key Jisc transformation programmes to ensure that there are solid benefits-oriented business change management plans in place
• Interfacing with Jisc senior management, operational internal stakeholders, and customers to ensure the successful change management of transformation initiatives
• Ensuring impacted teams are carefully managed to understand how the transformation will impact them will be an essential facet of the role, together with mitigating any resistance to change and escalating any unresolved conflict issues as necessary
Key Skills and Experience:
• Experience in application of business change management methodology
• Demonstrable experience of delivering business change management with enterprise level technology
• Ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders to support through a change initiative
• Demonstrable experience of utilising multiple channels, tools & software packages to articulate key change narrative
• Change Management accredited (APMG International Change Management, Prosci Change Management – or similar)
Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Why work at Jisc:
At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.
We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.
At Jisc we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.
We offer hybrid working and although the majority of our staff work from home, getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an office environment all our hubs are open and offer a great space to work.
Our benefits are great too. We offer:
• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, 3 days volunteer leave per annum and even career breaks.
• A generous budget to support you with external learning and Continuous professional development
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment,
• Financial well-being support
• The opportunity to donate to charity tax-free with our Payroll Giving benefit
• A wide range of discounts from retailers and big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans
• Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days’ additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech
Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech
Equality, diversity and inclusion
At Jisc, we strive to be best in practice and are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, neurodivergence, trans status, veteran status or gender identity.
Application process:
Please do let us know what reasonable adjustments you need made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We will be happy to help you.
Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it. However, you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls!
We advertised this role on 16/02/2024
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£43k per annum
