* Change Manager (GOV.UK)
* 6-month contract
* Outside IR35
* Market Rates
* Remote Working
The Opportunity:
We are supporting a major government programme in the appointment of an experienced Change Manager to lead the design and delivery of change across a high-profile Geospatial Enabling Programme.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a high-impact government programme, ensuring that change is effectively embedded and that long-term value is realised focused on guiding the programme from Outline Business Case (OBC) through to Full Business Case (FBC) and into Beta, live implementation and Business-as-Usual (BAU).
You will ensure that stakeholders across the department and its Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs) are fully prepared to adopt new processes, systems, governance and ways of working - ultimately enabling successful delivery and sustained benefits realisation.
This position requires a hands-on, strategic change professional with experience operating within complex, multi-stakeholder government environments.
Skills and Experience:
* Proven experience delivering change management within large-scale government or public sector transformation programmes
* Experience supporting programmes transitioning from business case stages (OBC → FBC) into Beta / Live environments
* Strong background in stakeholder engagement, change impact assessment and organisational readiness
* Experience aligning change activity to benefits realisation frameworks
* Exposure to geospatial, land use, environmental data, rural services or related policy/service domains is highly desirable
* Demonstrable ability to operate effectively across complex, multi-stakeholder and ALB environments
Role and Responsibilities:
* Develop and own the end-to-end change management strategy and roadmap from OBC through to delivery and BAU
* Conduct detailed stakeholder analysis and mapping, developing targeted engagement strategies across the department and ALBs
* Design and deliver communications and engagement plans, incorporating lessons learned from earlier programme phases
* Lead change impact assessments across processes, systems, roles, behaviours, data and capability
* Translate impacts into clear, actionable interventions including training, communications, readiness activities and adoption support
* Establish and embed change governance frameworks, including reporting cadence, escalation routes and decision-making structures
* Build and coordinate a Change Champion network across ALBs and key business areas
* Support process mapping (as-is / to-be) and gap analysis to inform readiness and reporting
* Identify and manage readiness gaps, assigning ownership and mitigation actions
* Lead capability planning, including skills assessments, training strategies and role alignment
* Support Beta readiness and transition planning into BAU, including contribution to Transition Service Plans
* Establish effective feedback loops across stakeholders, user groups and change networks
* Work closely with programme leadership, including the Benefits Manager, to align change activity with benefits realisation outcomes
NB: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic level of security clearance before undertaking the assignment (two to four weeks lead-time).
Applications:
Please call Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment on 07436 071 872 to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology??