Our client, a large Defence supplier, is looking for an experienced Business Change Manager to join their team. The role will operate within a project team at a large secure government department in Cheltenham.

The client requires a minimum of 2 days/week working on site but are open to hybrid working at other times. You will be asked to specify your requirements during the application process.

Initial contract will be scheduled to run for 220 days (circa 1 year). Rate is determined by SFIA bands and candidates will therefore be considered for rates depending on their experience:

• SFIA band 3 experience, the maximum rate is up to £470/day.
• SFIA band 4 experience, the maximum rate is up to £650/day.

IR35 STATUS: Inside IR35. Our client has indicated that they intend to operate the engagement as Inside IR35. Candidates would be required to operate through an FCSA registered umbrella company on this engagement. The rates above represent rate payable to the umbrella co.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 08/04/2024 at 12:00

This role requires candidates to hold current Enhanced DV clearance. As these are for requirements for contract resource, for early start, and due to the timescales to gain new clearances, candidates without current clearance cannot be considered on this occasion.

Role Description

Bringing your specific technical skills, expertise and experience into transformational projects, you’ll be part of a team driving forward industry-leading change. You’ll be contributing to the high performance of the projects through a mixture of delivering technical work; assisting in the management of small to medium sized projects to deliver on time, on budget and of an exceptional quality; and contributing to the processes of winning work to secure a future pipeline of opportunities for the division. Key areas of responsibility will include:

• The delivery of high quality, innovative client solutions as part of a team.
• Data processing, technical report writing, requirements gathering.
• Project management support for large budget projects.
• Assisting in the development of consultancy offerings, bids, and propositions.
• Technical consultancy and assurance; growing your area of technical expertise.

Main Responsibilities

• Demonstrate an analytical and systematic approach to issue resolution.
• Expected to take roles in client or business delivery assignments, with responsibility for achieving stakeholder satisfaction, producing deliverables to expected quality and within commercial constraints.
• Will need to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships as will be often embedded in the client’s delivery teams working directly with client staff and consultants from other organisations.
• Contribute and collaborate with a range of stakeholders routinely. Being adaptable and flexible to suit the circumstances, being prepared to work at a high-level or at a detailed level when required.
• Delivery of high quality, innovative solutions.
• High value strategic and technical advice.
• Research and development studies.

Skills and Experience

A working knowledge and demonstrable experience in all or some of the following areas:

• Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders in technology-led transformation programmes, across strategy, business design and change management.
• Analysing complex problems, designing innovative solutions, and communicating them effectively to a wide range of audiences.
• Delivering transformational change, with awareness and knowledge of business change models, tools, and techniques.
• Experience of preparing affected business areas for transitioning to new ways of working.
• Experience of guiding stakeholders through business transformations.
• Communications planning and implementation.
• Exemplary stakeholder engagement and management skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops with wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to build strong and lasting relationships with clients at all levels in a business environment.

As an Individual

• Have delivery experience either as a Business Change consultant or comparable role.
• APMG Change Management Practitioner and/or PROSCI Practitioner and/or MSP accreditation equivalent desirable but not essential.
• Delivering transformation change with awareness and knowledge business change models tools and techniques.
• Be self-motivated and confident, with strong people skills.
• Be able to gain client trust and identify opportunities for adding further value to the client relationship.
• Encourage collaboration.
• Lead by example.
• Be able to demonstrate strong problem-solving skills.
• Be an excellent communicator, verbal (ability to listen) and written (able to write concisely) including the production (where required) of project documents/products.
• Be focussed on outcomes.

Candidate Eligibility

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, this role will not offer Visa sponsorship. Tier 2 – General visas cannot be accepted.

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