Change Manager

Sector: Public Sector / Government

Job Title: Change Manager

Type: Permanent

Location: Manchester/ Gloucestershire (hybrid working)

Vetting: DV security clearance

• Lead the design and delivery of change activities to support successful client transformation.
• Shape change strategies and assess impacts across complex or secure environments.
• Plan and coordinate stakeholder engagement activity.
• Act as a trusted adviser to stakeholders.
• Produce high‑quality change artefacts and documentation.
• Manage risks, dependencies and support structured delivery.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver clear, evidence‑based outcomes.
• Work autonomously while collaborating with senior change leaders.
• Drive the change agenda forward across projects.
• Ensures adoption of change through a structured, people‑centred approach

• Proven experience delivering change initiatives within complex or secure digital environments.
• Demonstrable experience delivering communication and engagement activities end‑to‑end, including shaping messaging, planning stakeholder engagement, and ensuring communications support successful adoption of change.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering Change Impact Assessments and Training Needs Analysis.
• Ability to design and implement change strategies, plans and communications.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills.
• Confidence in advising clients, shaping recommendations and presenting insights.
• Experience working with structured and agile methodologies.
• Ability to analyse data and translate it into meaningful client‑focused change actions.
• Strong facilitation skills, leading workshops and engagement sessions with minimal support.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and contribute to solution shaping.
• Strong written communication skills — able to produce clear, high‑quality deliverables.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of delivery risks, impacts and dependencies.

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