About The Role
* Role: Change Lead
* Location: Chorley Council and South Ribble Borough Council
* Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Fixed‑term (12 months)
* Salary: £39,862 - £44,075 plus 6% car allowance
* Closing date: 10 May 2026
Job Overview
This is a great opportunity to step into a Change Lead role at an exciting time for Chorley Council and South Ribble Borough Council. Working at the heart of our transformation agenda, you’ll take the lead on some of our most high‑profile change programmes to future‑proof services, including digital systems upgrades, customer services transformation, and improvements that have a direct impact on our residents. As we prepare for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), this role will play a key part in shaping how our services, people and technology evolve.
Responsibilities
* Leading a portfolio of organisational change projects through the full project lifecycle; from early stakeholder engagement and developing business cases, through to project delivery, embedding change and making sure improvements stick.
* Making sure strong governance and structured project and change management are in place so that we deliver changes in a clear, transparent and well‑managed way.
* Working closely with multi‑disciplinary teams, both internally and with external partners, to bring expertise together and deliver meaningful improvements.
* Acting as a visible champion for change; supporting leaders and senior managers to plan, communicate and deliver change effectively.
Qualifications
* An experienced project manager or change manager who has experience of delivering complex projects and initiatives involving change and transformation.
* An individual who enjoys working collaboratively and is able to build relationships with stakeholders in order to deliver benefits and improvements.
* Someone with experience of change management approaches including discovery phases and process mapping.
* An excellent communicator, who can communicate effectively at all levels across the council, both verbal and written, including undertaking consultation and engagement exercises with internal and external customers.
* Someone with a learning mindset with the ability to identify opportunities to learn from others.
* Someone who works well in a team as well as confident and able to use their own initiative to drive forward projects.
Other Requirements
* This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving license or the equivalent mobility.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
* Hybrid/agile working from day one
* Local Government pension
* Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
* Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
* Volunteering days
* Free parking
* Car allowance
Equal Opportunities
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.
We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier‑free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long‑term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.
If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
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