Change Manager

About the role

This is a fantastic opportunity to manage the people change for Finance projects, from planning through to implementation, ensuring programme / project benefits are realised and the change is sustained.

You will be part of a small but growing change team within a wider Centre of Excellence team and will be expected to work on a broad range of projects that will touch all areas of the organisation.

As well as change delivery, you will have an opportunity to be involved in maturing the Change capability, shaping change management approaches and methods delivered by the CoE. This role will balance exceptional delivery for internal customers on what matters, engaging teams and colleagues, with the needs of the business.

You will be responsible for

• Change Analysis, Planning and Tracking: Create, maintain, and execute change management plans on assigned projects, in alignment with the Finance Change CoE Toolkit, to drive behavioural change and embed new business processes.
• Facilitate change impact assessments; identify and manage people change RAID considerations; monitor the success of change plans and adapt accordingly.
• Ensure that Training, Knowledge, Communication and Process ownership are coordinated across the project/programme.
• Leadership Alignment: Guide leaders and sponsors to establish and maintain the commitment for the change.
• Stakeholder Management: Identify, manage and communicate effectively with a diverse group of partners (e.g., senior leaders, managers, SMEs) throughout the project lifecycle to develop change strategies, assess readiness for change, anticipate and remove blockers, and prepare affective business areas for the transition to new ways of working.
• Able to show empathy, listen actively and express ideas and facts in a clear and confident manner both verbally and non-verbally. This includes reporting, presentation skills, meeting management and facilitation.
• Change communications: Work with Internal Communications to ensure relevant programme change communications and materials are designed and produced in a timely manner, aligned to broader comms messages.
• Harness different comms/engagement levers; innovative approaches are encouraged.
• CoE mobilisation: Help build out tools, templates and approaches for the CoE; assimilate artefacts and lessons from projects into CoE methodologies.
• Be a ‘change agent’ for the CoE:

You will need

• Specific experience operating in the role of Change Manager is essential
• Background in either Finance or Technology
• Personable with ability to build relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Experience of working in a \'set up\' environment and the ability to deal with ambiguity as processes, standards and governance change
• Experience in defining change and engagement strategies within a large organisation
• Experience in crafting and delivering change management and behavioural change initiatives to embed new ways of working across broad groups of partners.

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work! These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay and we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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About us

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.

It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.

We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.

But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.

We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com

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