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Change & Improvement leads the council’s corporate change and redesign portfolio, providing consultancy, tools and support across services.
1. Leads the Council’s approach to improvement through consultancy, methods, tools and support.
2. Creates and manages a single pipeline of directorate change opportunities.
3. Identifies and drives improvement to operating arrangements and processes for customer and community benefit.
4. Supports services to manage performance and drive improvement.
5. Provides joined up change support for services - working alongside BTS, HR, Finance and others.
6. Works with BTS to make the best use of data and drive innovation.
7. Providing programme and project set-up support and guidance.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Change Lead Officer (FC8) to support the delivery of the Future of Leisure & Culture transformation programme.
The Future of Leisure & Culture programme is a significant transformation initiative focused on creating a modern, financially sustainable and community‑centred approach to leisure, culture and wellbeing services across Fife. This includes redesigning facilities, developing integrated community hubs, aligning cultural and library provision, strengthening physical activity and sport infrastructure, integrating outdoors and nature‑based services, and implementing consistent operating models with partners and Trusts.
It includes significant work across:
• Asset rationalisation and repurposing
• Development of a network of community hubs aligned to No Wrong Door
• Cultural service review and integration with libraries
• Physical activity & sport infrastructure planning and recovery
• Outdoors & Nature alignment with the Place Directorate
• Standardisation of operating hours, including 9pm weekday closures
Temporary funding has provided this FC8 post to ensure sufficient capacity to support delivery of the forward programme.
The Change Lead Officer will:
8. Carry out research, analysis and evidence gathering to support decisions
9. Collect data on assets, costs, utilisation and community impacts
10. Develop and model options aligned to the programme’s objectives
11. Support workshop delivery, engagement and communications
12. Draft reports, papers and supporting documents
13. Assist delivery of operational changes including 9pm closure standardisation
14. Support tracking of programme savings: £1.04m (/27) and £0.96m (/28)
The Person
You will have:
15. Experience supporting change or improvement activity
16. Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
17. Good written communication and report‑writing ability
18. Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
19. Ability to work collaboratively and build positive working relationships
20. Confidence facilitating workshops or engagement activities
21. A proactive, solutions‑focused approach
Experience in local government, leisure, culture, community services, asset management or place‑based change is desirable.
You should be educated to SCQF level 9 which includes a degree or equivalent experience
We are currently shaping our future workstyles with homeworking. We are working to introduce a blended approach that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.
For further information please contact: Lauren Forrest,