Change Maker

Salary: £51,000 to £55,000 P.A (D.O.E)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 3/4 days office-based.

Reports to: Head of Change and Transformation

Direct reports: N/A

Location: Harlow, Essex. Easily commutable from London Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale Station. We offer a free minibus service to/from Harlow Town Train Station as well as free parking and EV charging on site.

About the role:

As a Change Maker, you will be a catalyst for transformation, driving meaningful change across the Motability Foundation. You will identify opportunities for improvement, challenge the status quo, and lead initiatives that foster innovation, inclusivity, and sustainable impact. This role requires a visionary mindset, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to inspire others toward a shared purpose.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive and support change initiatives aligned with strategic goals.
• Engage stakeholders to co-create solutions and build buy-in.
• Facilitate workshops, design thinking sessions, and change readiness activities.
• Assist in the development of change communications and training materials
• Monitor progress and measure impact of change initiatives.
• Advocate for equity, sustainability, and innovation in all aspects of work.
• Support the demonstration, share and adapt to new ways of working.
• Follow best practise governance, techniques, and tools.

Your experience:

You will be great in this role if you can combine vision with action keeping excellent customer service at the forefront of your mind. You will be curious and courageous, willing to challenge the status quo while inspiring others to embrace new possibilities.

A great Change Maker will thrive on collaboration, building trust across diverse stakeholders and translating complex ideas into clear, achievable steps. You balance strategic thinking with empathy, understanding the human side of change and supporting people through uncertainty.

Above all, you will be resilient, adaptable, and driven by a genuine passion for creating meaningful, lasting impact.

If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience, we'd still encourage you to apply.

Must haves:

• Proven experience in change management, transformation, or innovation roles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and engage diverse stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking with a hands-on approach to problem-solving.
• Familiarity with change frameworks (e.g., ADKAR, Kotter, Agile).
• Passion for making a positive impact and driving meaningful outcomes.

Nice to haves:

• Wins hearts and minds through excellent facilitation of colleague engagement and events, influencing others daily.

Who are we?

We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose.

We fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose. We oversee the Motability Scheme and provide grants to help people use it, providing access to transport to hundreds of thousands of people a year. We award grants to charities and organisations who provide different types of transport, or work towards making transport accessible. We also carry out ongoing research, in partnership with disabled people and key stakeholders in the industry, to inspire innovations that continue to champion accessible transport for all.

Why choose us?

We want working for the Motability Foundation to be the best career move you’ve ever made. When you join the Motability Foundation you will join a group of people who are supportive, innovative and motivated to improve the lives of our beneficiaries.

We value everyone’s unique qualities and celebrate having a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. This is embedded into our values, Collaborative, Respectful and Evolving.

We bring our people together through our People Forum, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Social Squad and our Wellbeing Champions and our employee Spotlight Awards help us recognise the excellence and dedication of our staff.

We are proud to be recognised as Disability Confident Leader, have attained Platinum Level Award for Investors in People and are members of the Business Disability Forum.

A career with Motability Foundation can offer you so much more than earning potential, we pride ourselves in offering some fantastic benefits. Some of these include:

• 26 days annual leave, plus the option to buy/ sell up to five days.
• One wellbeing day for extra flexibility.
• Pension scheme - Up to 20%, including a 10% non-contributory contribution and matched contributions up to 5%.
• Life Assurance of four times your salary.
• Private healthcare through BUPA for you and your family, along with a Medicash Health Plan.
• Employee assistance programme: GP appointments, eye tests, flu vaccinations, sick pay and free gym and yoga sessions.
• Enhanced Parental Leave, including Adoption Pay.
• Free parking, EV charge points and a minibus service to/from the town centre and train station.
• Fresh fruit, breakfast snacks, and a Dress for Your Day dress code.
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow.

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, and we aim to be an employer of choice for candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential. We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing and when working with us, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

To help us create an inclusive workplace we are committed to offering to interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances, we may need to limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates.