Principal Change Manager

2 weeks ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom UK Civil Service Full time

Job summary

Our aim at Companies House is to be the best registry in the world, achieved through brilliant people working on brilliant systems delivering brilliant services.��

Our most significant legislative changes are encapsulated in The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. These changes aim to enhance the reliability and accuracy of the register, boost corporate transparency, and fight fraud and money laundering.�

We are currently delivering an organisation wide transformation programme focussing on a complete re-design of our digital services, target operating model and culture. This change will need different skills, capabilities and mindset where adaptable, bold and curious behaviours are the norm and empowerment is encouraged and utilised.��

Our Principal Change Manager will be a crucial part of the Transformation Delivery Directorate, which spearheads our change journey. As outlined in our corporate strategy, Companies House plays a pivotal role in fostering confidence in the UK economy. Our portfolio of change over the coming years is central to enhancing that role.�

We pride ourselves on being a dynamic, professional, and inclusive team with a positive attitude towards achieving our goals.�

You will collaborate with stakeholders across our organisation and strategic delivery partners, including those in Commercial, Digital, Data, Project Delivery, People, and Policy roles, to manage change outputs across project lifecycles.�� Most of these projects are part of our transformation programme, which aims to deliver transformed digital services alongside changes to our processes and capabilities across the entire organisation.�

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we�d love to receive your application�

To find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work visit�

Job description

Companies House is looking for a highly experienced and energetic Principal Change Manager to work with the Head of Portfolio Delivery and Change implementing our change management strategy and enabling us to successfully embed change methodology and resilience into our strategic transformation Programmes.�
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This role will be instrumental in supporting programme delivery, helping drive organisational change management initiatives using Prosci ADKAR methodology while working with a diverse range of stakeholders to expand internal change capability.�

Our Principal Change Managers will report to the Head of Portfolio Delivery and Change.� Working within the Portfolio Delivery and Change Function, alongside Project Delivery and Change Professionals, the Principal Change Manager will lead a team of Change Managers to collaboratively progress and implement change management methods that plan, analyse impact and assess change readiness within assigned Projects, Programmes or Service areas.���

Your work will underpin employee adoption of change whilst managing resistance across the organisation and ensuring agreed benefits are realised.� This may include leading Change Workstreams across programmes of work, leading collaboration of multi-disciplinary teams to ensure change is implemented effectively.��

You will:�

Support the Head of Portfolio Delivery and Change and the other Principal Change Managers in development and delivery of the Companies House Change Management Strategy.Provide strong leadership focused on collaboration, innovation, delivering outcomes and valuing people.Develop change practitioners, change and project skills through coaching and mentoring.�Implement the change management strategy based on a broad and deep range of change management knowledge and experience.�Work closely with Heads of Portfolio Delivery and Change and PMO and Senior Responsible Officers, Project/Programme Managers to develop and align change and programme management plans.�Ensure that change and new ways of working are embedded in the organisation by proactively empowering the change network to secure feedback, support events and celebrate success.�Assist in undertaking compliance audits and develop methods assessing residual resistance�Build�effective relationships by engaging with internal stakeholders, agreeing solutions and delivering in an effective and timely manner.�Engage and inspire staff to deliver key high-quality change management solutions at pace, using a variety of communication methods.�Challenge existing change practice and identifying new and innovative ways of working.�Assist in the development of a change ready culture to ensure that staff are agile, flexible and can proactively manage transformation initiatives.�

Person specification

We are looking for an experienced change professional with a passion for change and an understanding of supporting people through complex change journeys. You will have extensive knowledge and proven experience of using change management principles, methodologies, and tools, within complex change portfolios.�

You will be resilient, able to work at pace and under pressure with:�

A high degree of emotional intelligence and empathy. �A flexible and adaptable nature, and comfortable working in ambiguity. �Exceptional listening and communication skills. �The ability to articulate messages to a variety of audiences, including senior stakeholders. �The ability to work autonomously, and be proactive and organised.Approachable and able to create an inclusive environment that brings different perspectives together. �The ability to influence/engage positively at all levels and be a confident facilitator.A growth mindset and a desire to challenge established practices. �The confidence to lead and manage a matrix team and direct reports�The ability to coordinate and prioritise large workloads across multi-functional teams and to manage stakeholder relationships at all levels will be key accountabilities in this role.�The ability to act as an objective change management subject matter expert, to assist in the delivery of our strategy and transformation in a busy and changing environment.�

The successful candidate will be:�

Skilled in the application of tailoring Prosci ADKAR at Enterprise, Programme and Project levels�Experienced in leading multi-disciplined teams and leading business change activity.�Experienced in change programmes covering culture, people, process and technology��Practised in Engagement and Communications Strategy�Proficient in the evaluation and validation of business benefits realisation�Experienced in formulating and delivering change plans and strategies focused on successfully delivering business change.�Experienced in presenting at a senior level�Practised in coaching sponsors and organisation for change implementation�Skilled in supporting transition from strategy to embedded organisational culture�Adept at running workshops to collaboratively understand problems, assess solutions and reach a group decision-making consensus.�Experienced in turning change strategy in to action�Experienced in working with waterfall, agile and tailored project methods is fundamental to this role.�

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and ImprovingSeeing the Big PictureCommunicating and InfluencingWorking Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

You will have a change management qualification such as APMG, or PROSCI, or equivalent demonstrable experience of managing change.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �50,932, Companies House contributes �14,755 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Please note that the minimum salary does not reflect the 2023/24 pay deal and we are therefore expecting this to increase in the near future.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we�re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.�

Head to� to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.��

We celebrate diversity...�

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we�re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.�

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the��and the�

Where will you be working?�

You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.

We're�currently exploring options for new office space in the Cardiff and surrounding areas as we're due to be moving from our current building - join us on this journey where we can support you in your career and professional growth. Details are still being confirmed about our new building and we're keeping all our colleagues updated.�

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