Business Change Manager

Business Change Manager

Rate: £450-£550 per day Umbrella, Inside IR35
Location: London - Hybrid
Contract: Initial 6 months, with potential extensions

We are seeking an experienced Business Change Manager to join a major transformation programme impacting 45,000+ employees and officers across a large public-sector organisation.

This is a highly hands-on role requiring someone who can hit the ground running, manage complex change and drive adoption across large, dispersed and change-resistant user groups.

• Develop and deliver change and communications strategies.
• Manage change across large-scale and geographically dispersed teams.
• Establish and manage change networks and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead change impact assessments and business readiness activities.
• Support training, communications and user adoption.
• Manage resistance and influence senior stakeholders.
• Ensure change activity is joined up across multiple workstreams.
• Adapt the change approach based on user feedback and operational requirements.
• Deputise for change leadership when required.

You will have:

• Strong experience delivering complex business/people change programmes.
• Experience managing change across large user populations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Proven experience managing resistance and driving adoption.
• Experience with change networks, readiness assessments and impact assessments.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A hands-on, proactive and self-starting approach.
• The ability to switch between strategic planning and tactical delivery.

Please note: This is not a Project Manager or PMO role. Candidates must have genuine hands-on Business/People Change Management experience and be able to demonstrate practical examples of delivering change at scale.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.