Overview: 1 post 6 months or until permanent Senior Change Manager is in post.
Sits within the Transformation Team reporting to the Head of Transformation Design and Delivery.
We are a large team of Programme Managers, Project Managers and Project Support Officers, delivering on the most complex change programmes across the Organisation.
The Transformation Portfolio cuts across all areas of the Council and will work to improve our services to people who live and work in Liverpool.
Hybrid, based in the office (Cunard Building, Liverpool) 3 days a week
Over the last few months, we engaged with a change consultant to help us design an operating model for change management both within our team and across the Organisation.
This model looks to embed change management as a skill across all of our Transformation Team, recognising that all transformation activity requires change management as a fundamental tool, with a Senior Change Manager providing expertise for the team and supporting delivery within specific Transformational Priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
Supporting our wider Transformation Team to embed change management approaches, methodologies and tools into their toolkit, by delivering change management training, coaching and support to our Transformation Team.
Proactively understand the change management needs of our Programmes and projects providing: coaching and mentoring to teams to support; direct support / input into Programmes; or support in identifying the need for change manager recruitment.
Support the development of our organisational expertise across our wider leadership team on change management, to enable improved change management across the organisation.
Help embed change management methodologies in our tools and approaches, working closely with the PMO team.
Pave the way for improving and embedding change management functions, whilst we recruit to a permanent Senior Change Manager role.
What youll need: Recognised qualification in change management and / or equivalent experience.
Significant experience of managing and leading complex change programmes that involve multiple stakeholders in a public sector environment, with experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
Experience of coaching senior leaders and / or peers to reach a shared goal / outcome,
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal able to articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
Self-driven and organisation, able to take ownership and move forward with a natural inclination for planning strategy.
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