Change manager

Change Manager

Vehicle Certification Agency

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 1st March 2026

📍 Location: Bristol, Nuneaton (Hybrid)

💷 Salary: £44,241 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

🕘️ Contract Type: Fixed Term – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

🏆️ Available Positions: 1

This is a pivotal moment of change for the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA). We’re in the midst of a major transformation, modernising our technology and evolving the way we work to significantly enhance the services we provide to both our customers and our colleagues.

In this role, you will lead change across a diverse portfolio of initiatives, each with its own level of complexity. You’ll set direction, assess organisational readiness, and proactively prepare the business for the impact of upcoming changes.

It’s a role full of opportunity, suited to someone who is highly motivated, delivery focused, adaptable to shifting priorities, and confident in constructively challenging where needed.

As our Business Change Manager, you will build strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders across the organisation. You’ll work closely with subject matter experts to help them understand how change will affect their teams and guide them through the transition, ensuring people are ready, willing, and able to adopt new ways of working.

This role requires the flexibility to travel, offering valuable opportunities to build strong partnerships with colleagues and stakeholders across our sites, strengthening collaboration and driving excellence in everything we deliver.

At the VCA, we’re passionate about nurturing and empowering our people, ensuring they grow alongside the fast‑moving automotive landscape, while championing a healthy work–life balance that enables everyone to thrive both professionally and personally.

Top Responsibilities

* Stakeholder management

* Leadership and delivery

* Business case

* Change products

* Change planning

* Business readiness

* Benefits realisation

* Change communication

* Risk Management

* Guidance and support

Benefits

* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).

* 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.

* Access to the staff discount portal.

* Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.

* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.

* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

About You

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

* The ideal candidate will be an accomplished Business Change Manager with a demonstrable track record of successfully delivering complex, cross-functional change, either within the public sector or a multi-stakeholder environment. The VCA portfolio is varied, working across other government departments and industry.

* The successful individual must be a highly dynamic, politically astute, and an engaging leader of change.

* They will have a desire to promote continuous improvement and learning across the business.

* The role requires someone confident in operating within formal governance structures, able to engage senior stakeholders, including the SRO and Portfolio Management Board.

* We are looking for someone with significant experience of managing high-profile change initiatives that require significant stakeholder buy-in and collaboration across multiple organisational boundaries.

* They must be capable of working autonomously, motivating stakeholders, and quickly establishing credibility with senior leaders across different government departments.

Licences

A full UK Category B Driving Licence is essential

Qualifications

Applicants are required to hold a recognised Change Management qualification at Practitioner level (e.g., APMG, ADKAR Prosci).
You will be required to provide evidence that you hold any essential qualifications at some point during the recruitment process. If you cannot provide evidence, your application will be withdrawn.

How to Apply

👉 Read the full description and apply at CS Jobs using the link provided.

This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 1st March 2026