Senior Business Change Leader

Senior Business Change Leader

Salary: £42,000 - £56,800

Location: Cambridge or Gateshead/Hybrid

Contract: Full Time/Fixed Term (18 months) 

If you are an experienced Business Change Leader, who thrives in a changing, complex environment and is motivated by delivering the best for your customers and colleagues, then we want to hear from you.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

 We are the International Education group, part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a part of the University of Cambridge. We work with schools, governments and partners worldwide to increase the positive impact of education on individuals and societies.

We help schools build education programmes that shape learners' knowledge, understanding and skills, so they can thrive and face the opportunities and challenges ahead with confidence.

Working with governments and partners, we bring deep expertise in educational transformation to help develop resilient, inclusive education systems that make an impact far beyond the classroom.

​Together, we shape education for a changing world.​

This role sits in the Transformation Team, a vital part within the International Education group. The purpose of our team is to shape and manage both technical and non-technical projects and change for International Education, understanding the complexity of our systems, processes, products and customers.

Our Senior Business Change Leaders think creatively to find better ways of doing things, identifying and driving opportunities for improvement which are underpinned by evidence from business teams. This role is responsible for leading, planning, designing, documenting, and managing change projects. Through the creation and implementation of change management strategies and plans, you will build organisational capability and maximise employee adoption and the impact of your allocated projects and programmes.  

Examples of the types of projects our team lead include:

• Launching new products into new markets
• Developing technical solutions to business problems
• Reviewing our portfolio of products
• Upgrades or replacements of technical systems
• Process improvements

 About you

We are looking for an experienced Business Change Leader who can evidence extensive successful delivery of change in complex organisations. You will use your skills in programme, project and change management, business analysis and improvement skills to deliver change for International Education.

As our next Senior Business Change Leader, you need to have:

• A thorough understanding of change and project management approaches and methodologies. We would expect to see a qualification in Project and/or Change Management (or equivalent experience) as well as extensive on-the-job experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and be comfortable working with and presenting to board level stakeholders.
• Confident leadership skills with creative problem-solving abilities to constructively challenge assumptions to deliver the best outcome for our customers (both internal and external).
• A logical and analytical approach to solving business problems. Our work is often initially ambiguous, and we expect Senior Business Change Leaders to be able to work with stakeholders to understand and articulate the business problem and assess options and impacts.
• An ability to work independently as well as being a team player.
• An adaptable and flexible approach.
• An ability to work in a complex, changing environment. Through your experiences of managing and leading people through change, you will have high levels of change agility and adapt well when faced with complexity and ambiguity.

Ideal requirements:

• Experience of working in both agile and waterfall project delivery teams
• Experience working both technical and non-technical change projects

 If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

 Rewards and benefits 

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability. 

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now. 

We review applications on an ongoing basis. With a closing date for applications being Sunday 14^th April, however, this is a rolling campaign, and therefore we will conduct interviews as and when candidates apply. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

 Why join us 

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.  

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.