The Role

You will work with stakeholders and internal teams to support change initiatives in meeting objectives by increasing employee adoption and usage. Focusing on the people side of change - including changes to business processes, governance, data, technology and ways working. The primary responsibility will be the management of engagement and adoption of multiple university schools and departments to ensure that they are ready to embrace the new ways of working both at go live and beyond. You will work to drive faster adoption, higher utilisation and greater proficiency of the changes that impact staff to increase benefit realisation and the achievement of results and outcomes.

Your Skills

The right candidate will:

Be pro-active and self-motivated with the ability to build and maintain relationships with both internal team members and wider university stakeholders.
Experienced in change management principles and methodology and able to apply those in practice.
Be able to manage multiple complex projects and stakeholders whilst maintaining sight of the overall project outcomes deadlines.
The ability to engage with a complex internal team whilst delivering easy to understand, engaging interactions with the wider schools and stakeholders.
Excellent communication & listening skills - both written and verbal, combined with the ability to prepare and conduct high impact workshops and presentations.

Benefits

The University offers an excellent benefit package including:

41 annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays
Defined benefits pension schemes
Flexible working options
Family-friendly initiatives
Career development opportunities
Support for health & mental wellbeing
Discounts on shopping
Rental deposit scheme
Public transport season ticket loans
Tax-efficient bicycle and charity-giving schemes

Location

The University is supportive of hybrid working, where some work is undertaken on University premises and some in a remote working environment where the role allows. Specific arrangements will be discussed at interview and will not form a part of the contractual terms of the role.

Fixed-term

The funds for this post are available until 30 September 2027 in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check, a health assessment and a security check.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.