Senior Business Change Manager

Are you an experienced Senior Business Change Manager with a knack for handling complex projects? Join our dynamic Business Change team within the IT Portfolio and be part of our resource pool, working on a variety of strategic projects. Current initiatives include CRM, ServiceNow, Windows 10 upgrades and the Digital Strategy.

What You’ll Do:

• Focus on the people side of change, working with in partnership with the project manager, business analyst and sponsor to deliver long-term, strategically aligned outcomes.
• Work across multiple campuses as well as from home.
• Lead change impact assessments, recommend relevant change management interventions, assess business readiness, and implement associated change management strategies and plans, including engagement, training, and resistance management.
• Play a key role in ensuring change initiatives meet objectives on time and within budget by increasing employee adoption and usage.

What You’ll Bring:

• Extensive practical experience as a business change manager and a deep understanding of the critical role change management plays in the success of programme and project delivery.
• Business change management qualifications/training undertaken.
• A highly professional approach, with the ability to work proactively with staff at all levels, using a range of strategies to remove obstacles and support staff, resulting in positive and successful change.
• Excellent communication skills, both direct and indirect, suitable for a wide cross-section of stakeholders.
• The ability to select and utilise a range of change management tools and methodologies that match the project/programme needs.

Working at UoS:

Benefits and Work Environment:

We offer an occupational pension scheme, 30 days holiday, plus up to 6 University Closure Days, and 8 bank holidays (FTE). Our office is based in Southampton, with opportunities for regular flexible working and working from home upon agreement with your line manager.

We value work-life balance, reflected in our generous parental leave policy and participation in the Childcare Voucher Scheme. We welcome requests for part-time or flexible working arrangements and encourage applications from those who have had career breaks.

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. With a generous holiday allowance as well as additional university closure days we are committed to supporting our staff and students and open to a flexible working approach.

Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or recruitment@soton.ac.uk quoting the job number.