Senior Change Manager (Grade 9)

Description

Overview:

1 post

6 months – or until permanent Senior Change Manager is in post.

 Sits within the Transformation Team reporting to the Head of Transformation Design and Delivery.

• We are a large team of Programme Managers, Project Managers and Project Support Officers, delivering on the most complex change programmes across the Organisation.
• The Transformation Portfolio cuts across all areas of the Council and will work to improve our services to people who live and work in Liverpool.
• Hybrid, based in the office 3 days a week
• Over the last few months, we engaged with a change consultant to help us design an operating model for change management both within our team and across the Organisation.
• This model looks to embed change management as a skill across all of our Transformation Team, recognising that all transformation activity requires change management as a fundamental tool, with a Senior Change Manager providing expertise for the team and supporting delivery within specific Transformational Priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting our wider Transformation Team to embed change management approaches, methodologies and tools into their toolkit, by delivering change management training, coaching and support to our Transformation Team.
• Proactively understand the change management needs of our Programmes and projects providing: coaching and mentoring to teams to support; direct support / input into Programmes; or support in identifying the need for change manager recruitment.
• Support the development of our organisational expertise across our wider leadership team on change management, to enable improved change management across the organisation. • Help embed change management methodologies in our tools and approaches, working closely with the PMO team.
• Pave the way for improving and embedding change management functions, whilst we recruit to a permanent Senior Change Manager role.

What you’ll need:

• Recognised qualification in change management and / or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience of managing and leading complex change programmes that involve multiple stakeholders in a public sector environment, with experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Experience of coaching senior leaders and / or peers to reach a shared goal / outcome,
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal – able to articulate messages to a variety of audiences.  
• Self-driven and organisation, able to take ownership and move forward with a natural inclination for planning strategy