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SalaryWe are excited to be on the lookout for our new Change Manager to join us in Portfolio Delivery. You will deliver the change management of multiple projects across YH's entire portfolio of projects and you’ll be pivotal in ensuring that all projects and changes are planned, effectively executed, and well-coordinated.
You will be a pro at creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that help our colleagues get on board with change. You will work to drive faster adoption, higher utilisation and greater proficiency of the changes that impact colleagues in the organisation to increase benefit realisation, value creation and the achievement of results and outcomes.
In this role you will be central in helping to achieve our aim to become the number one Housing Association in the UK!
This is an agile, homeworking role with occasional travel to the Central Leeds office for team meet ups.
We believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go so if you want to work for a company who are truly flexible and where you are valued then this could be the role for you!
About Yorkshire Housing
Here at Yorkshire Housing our customers are at the heart of what we do – we are not just your typical housing provider! In a nutshell We own and manage nearly 20,000 homes (and counting) across Yorkshire and our mission is to make it possible for current and future tenants to have a place they’re proud to call home. We’re all about the customer and our service doesn’t stop once the keys are in the door.
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What will you be doing?
In this role you will assess change impacts for individual projects and feed these into the portfolio wide view. You’ll create and execute communications plans, sponsor roadmaps, training plans, resistance management plans and hypercare plan.
You’ll be passionate about supporting and engaging senior leaders and stakeholders, ensuring that you are building a coalition of change and creating a positive change culture.
You will lead on business readiness assessments, ensuring the business is ready to adopt change as efficiently as possible and mitigating issues that arise. We’d also like you to define and measure success metrics for all projects and monitor the change progress to ensure success.
Already feel this might be the role for you? As you can imagine the full role profile has lots more detail so please do check it out!
Who are we looking for?
The answer is simple - if you are hardworking, driven and ready for a new challenge, we want to hear from you.
The rest would also be great too –
- Qualification or degree in a relevant field (preferably ProSci Change Practitioner or similar).
- Extensive experience in change management, with a demonstrable track record of managing change at a portfolio or organisational level.
- Strong understanding of change management strategic planning and project management (including both agile and waterfall).
- Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing change management frameworks, methodologies, and tools.
- Experience in delivering both significant improvements to customers and culture change programs.
What’s in it for you…
We offer an excellent salary of £51,000 for a 35 hour week, 25 days annual leave (rising annually to 30 days) plus public holidays.
That’s not all - we offer a reward package to suit everyone. At Yorkshire Housing, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.
We also promote a flexible approach to work with our hub, home, roam approach and have a real focus on your development with a number of internal and external training opportunities!
One of our biggest priorities is the wellbeing of our staff and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.
So, now you’re really interested?
At Yorkshire Housing, we’re actively building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.
If you require additional support with your application, or have any further questions, please our lovely recruitment team by email at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk
The fine print
The closing date for applications will be 24th June 2024. We would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible as we may close the role early if an competitive candidate pool is identified.
If you’re applying for this role internally, remember to let your line manager know (it’s the right thing to do!).
