Business Change Manager £52,413 - £54,495 per annum
Fixed Term 18 months
Are you an experienced Change Manager who is passionate about digital innovation, creative use of technology and making a difference?
You will be joining the Digital Innovation team, part of the Digital & ICT service who deliver and support technology solutions for the officers and councillors of Gloucestershire County Council (including the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, NHS partners, schools and other services that work with the organisation). The Digital Innovation team includes the Digital & ICT projects management office, technical specialists, developers and the business communications/engagement team. We work alongside our colleagues in IT Service Management, Infrastructure and Security.
This role is fully funded and allocated to the education case management transformation programme and will be reporting into the Programme Manager.
As Business Change Manager you will be responsible for ensuring change initiatives meet objectives on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage. You will focus on the people side of change, including changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles and organisation structures. Your primary responsibility will be creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that maximise employee adoption and usage and minimise resistance. This role is fixed term for 18 months (with possibility for extension)
Our ideal candidate will ideally have change management experience, ideally in a project or programme environment, with a proven record of influencing stakeholders at all levels. Flexible and agile working opportunities
~5 days annual leave rising to 30.An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year
~ Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
~ Career development and qualification opportunities
~ Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
~ Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
~ Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
~ Employee discount scheme
~ Cycle to Work scheme
~ Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
~ Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
The Digital & ICT service support the Council’s Agile working policy and expect team members to work a minimum of two days per their working week in the office, which is based in central Gloucester, and to attend 'in person' meetings as and when required. New starters will be required to come into the office more often during their induction.
Business Change Manager - Job Profile
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.