Change Manager

Change Manager | Hybrid | 6-month contract (likely extension) | well-known Central University Your new company
This organisation is undertaking a significant enterprise-wide Operational Sustainability Program, focused on delivering a future-ready operating model. The transformation spans both corporate and academic functions, involving organisational redesign, process uplift, and workforce transition to support long-term sustainability.The program is delivered through a structured model, including dedicated workstreams and agile delivery teams supporting diverse stakeholder groups across the organisation.

Your new role
As a Change Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the implementation and embedding of large-scale organisational change across multiple cohorts. Working within a collaborative, agile delivery environment, you will partner with project and business stakeholders to drive adoption and ensure sustainable outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the delivery and embedding of operating model and organisational change initiatives across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Developing and executing change plans, impact assessments, communication and engagement strategies.
• Working closely with delivery teams (including PMs and BAs) within scrum-based environments to ensure change is integrated into delivery.
• Driving stakeholder engagement across diverse groups, including both corporate and operational teams, to build awareness, capability, and commitment.
• Supporting leaders and frontline staff through transition, adoption, and managing resistance.
• Monitoring and reporting on change readiness, adoption, and risks, and recommending improvements across successive rollout phases.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven experience delivering enterprise-wide change within large, complex organisations.
• Demonstrated capability supporting operating model transformation, organisational design, or workforce change programmes.
• Experience working across multiphase or cohort-based implementations with a strong focus on embedding change.
• Ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholder groups, navigating complexity and competing priorities.
• Experience working in agile or hybrid delivery environments, ideally within cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate strategy into practical, actionable outcomes.

What you need to do now

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