The Vacancy
Full Time – 37 Hours per week 0900-1700 – Permanent
We’re looking for an experienced Change and Programme Manager to lead, shape, and deliver transformative change across CKH. This is a key strategic role, responsible for driving organisation‑wide programmes, embedding strong governance, and building a positive, forward‑thinking culture of change.
If you’re passionate about delivering business benefit driven projects, improving services, and empowering people to work in new and better ways, we’d love to hear from you.
As our Change and Programme Manager, you will:
1. Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of change and transformation programmes across the organisation.
2. Establish and maintain robust programme governance including business cases, prioritisation, risk management, benefits realisation, and reporting.
3. Manage a Change & Programme Management Office, supporting the organisation to achieve its Corporate Plan objectives.
4. Oversee organisational change activities, ensuring people, processes, and technology changes are understood and managed effectively.
5. Coach, mentor, and develop colleagues—supporting the rollout of training and building a culture that champions professional change management.
6. Collaborate with directors, service managers, and operational teams to deliver innovation and continuous improvement.
7. Facilitate workshops, decision-making forums, and design sessions that drive meaningful progress.
8. Represent CKH’s values in internal and external settings.
Essential experience & skills:
9. Minimum two years’ hands‑on experience designing and managing projects and/or evaluations using qualitative and quantitative methods.
10. Experience preparing and managing business cases, benefits analysis, and implementing change in complex or financially driven environments.
11. Confident line management and coaching skills.
12. Strong Microsoft 365 skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint and MS Project.
13. Ability to prioritise competing demands and operate effectively in ambiguous, multi‑disciplinary settings.
14. Strong relationship‑building and stakeholder‑engagement capabilities.
15. Recognised project or programme management qualifications
16. Benefits analysis training
Desirable:
17. Experience within Housing or the Public Sector.
18. Understanding of the strategic challenges in the housing sector.
19. Ability to deliver training to non‑specialists and assess value for money.
Why CKH?
Join a proactive, values‑led organisation where you can make a tangible difference. You’ll have the opportunity to influence major projects, shape organisational culture, and help colleagues work smarter, better, and more collaboratively.
Ready to apply?
If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.
Please see attached job description for full details of the role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient interest is received. Therefore, if you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply without delay!
The Company
A commercial business with a social heart, our vision is to create opportunities that change lives through our drive, expertise, resources and passion.
Our dynamic approach has made us one of the region’s leading providers of affordable homes for rent and sale. Developing new homes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and the surrounding area, we’re committed to increasing the supply of affordable homes in the communities where they are needed most. Agility and innovation are central to our approach to adapting to change, and we’ll continue to grow our business in today’s fast-paced operating environment.
There’s more to building communities than building houses. In addition to providing quality homes and delivering excellent landlord services, we also provide care at home and at our two extra care communities in Peterborough as well as around the clock support through our LifeLine personal alarm service. Our community investment programme sees us working with specialist partners to bring a range of employment, wellbeing and family-friendly services to the heart of our communities, with a rapidly expanding digital support offer too.
You can find out more and the on the CKH website.
Putting People First
CKH actively seeks to continue to build an inclusive environment for its employees and the communities it serves and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.
At CKH, everything we do is about the people who live in our homes and access our services. So, we know we need the best people to deliver the outstanding services and support our communities deserve. No matter where your career with us takes you, you’ll be part of a team that makes a difference and creates opportunities that change lives.
As well as working to create sustainable, prosperous communities, we’re also keen to build a workplace community where you can feel supported by colleagues and enjoy your time at work. With a broad range of backgrounds and experience, our team is united by our shared values: action, commitment, excellence, integrity and teamwork. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
We know we need to provide a great working environment to attract the best people.
Our offer includes:
20. A great pension scheme: we will double your contribution up to a maximum of 10%, plus Life Cover.
21. Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 25 days, increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays.
22. Flexible family-friendly and carers’ policies, offering a range of paid and unpaid leave options.
23. Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
24. CKH Rewards benefits platform, including cashback on purchases, instant vouchers and reloadable gift cards.
25. Westfield Health, providing access to a range of benefits such as 24-hour DoctorLine, Employee Assistance Programme, and money back for glasses and dental treatment (after probation).
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