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BUSINESS CHANGE MANAGER
£54,000 - £57,000 plus
Reports to: Business Change Lead
Department: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, London, high flex 1-2 days in the office
Closing date: 17 April 2024 23:55
This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact as soon as possible.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We're proud of how many people choose to support Cancer Research mission. However, to grow our funding we must build even greater momentum and urgency around our cause, and engage people in much deeper, more meaningful ways. This is the vision behind the of our strategy as we work to deliver seamless online and offline interactions, and a service that is personal to our audiences.
We have a Business Change Manager opportunity to work with the Business Change Lead on this transformational project. You will define, set up and lead a business change function to help achieve this vision, which can then be extended and replicated across the organisation.
You will work closely with business areas Engage has identified as a priority, so we are looking for someone with experience building business change capabilities within a delivery team, through the end-to-end lifecycle. We would also love to see evidence of working with a systems integrator to deliver changes into the business and their ways of working.
You could be a business change manager, programme manager or project manager, as long as you can demonstrate expertise in applying business change principles, frameworks, tools, and techniques in order use knowledge to provide business change coaching and learning support to colleagues in a hands-on situation.
This is a unique opportunity to transform how Cancer Research UK engages with the public, bringing us closer to our mission of beating cancer.
What you'll be doing
As a Business Change expert, introducing business change across the end-to-end agile lifecycle to improve business readiness and ultimately the adoption of change. For example, carrying out change impact assessments, training needs analysis, and creating a training plan.
Working alongside Business Change SMEs and other delivery team members, coaching and directing in business change techniques, when and how to apply them.
Integrating Business Change ways of working with Agile, Project Management, and OKR's and ensure Business Change is uppermost in the delivery teams approaches.
Co-owning the communications and engagement plan.
Building sustainable and influential working relationships with key stakeholders and bring the right balance of challenge and support to ensure progress on the transformation.
Accountable to the Business Change Lead on how change is progressing as a whole and supporting the Business Change Lead to design and implement the overall change approach.
Bringing Business Change expertise to bear to support the transformation, and contribute to the body of knowledge, best practice, and Business Change Framework components.
What skills are you looking for?
Demonstrable experience working with a Systems Integrator to deliver changes into the business and their ways of working.
Demonstrable experience building business change capabilities within a delivery team, through the end-to-end lifecycle, leading to readiness for change within the business.
Demonstrable expert knowledge and experience of applying business change principles, frameworks, tools, and techniques (e.g., organisational readiness, behavioural change mechanisms, change resistance and interventions, journey mapping, etc).
Ability to provide business change coaching and learning support to colleagues in a hands-on situation.
Experience of business change planning, including planning, communications, and establishment of processes
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills including how to build a change advocate network across the transformation, and how to recruit change champions within the business and support their endeavours.
Exceptional communication and influencing skills - both written and verbal, and work effectively at all levels in an organisation.
Ability to work under minimal supervision, to handle difficult and sensitive situations by making sound and independent judgements.
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Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
Human: Act to have a positive impact on people
Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our mission to beat cancer. In return, we create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
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