HR Change & Communications Manager

HR Change & Communications Manager

FTC 12 months.

Office location: London & or Manchester

Hybrid working - x2 days per week in the preferred office location

The role

We are recruiting for a Change & Communications Manager to manage changes to our clients HR processes and ways of working, including the rollout of additional functionality in Oracle Fusion and changes to the way we deliver HR services. In particular, this role will focus on managing what these changes mean for colleagues across the clients platform.

As a Change & Communications Manager, you’ll be responsible for developing and delivering the business change approach. You will use best practice principles for managing the delivery of Change, Communications and Training using a human centric approach and winning hearts and minds.

Whilst this role will have ownership of the overall business change approach and plan, you will work closely and consult with the Change Manager for our HR / People team.

Important skills required:

1. Develop and deliver key business change activities such as: impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, end-user support, and transition.
2. Lead the delivery of the business change plan for the programme to budget and time; coordinate delivery timelines, manage interdependencies and delivery milestones with the client HCM Project Manager, contain and resolve issues within the programme governance.
3. Design and manage a process to measure the readiness and effectiveness of business change.
4. Understand and manage stakeholders’ requirements and expectations to ensure stakeholder understanding and buy-in.
5. Create and maintain a strong relationship with other teams (e.g. Internal Communications, Continuous Improvement) to ensure project engagement activities are aligned to the clients guidelines and plans.
6. Support ongoing development of the clients change methodologies and materials to build change capability.

Other key skills / experience we are looking for:

1. Demonstrable experience of owning Change activity for transformation programmes within complex organisations
2. Maturity of skills and breadth of experience in change management principles, methodology and tools
3. Experience of working closely and influencing senior stakeholders and programme sponsors (to Board level)
4. Experience in business change where the reliance has not been solely on top-down mandate from the Leadership team
5. Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to present to and engage teams at all levels
6. Strong consultative, relationship management, networking and influencing skills
7. Preferable: experience within a media organisation
8. Preferable: experience as a management consultant
9. Preferable: experience working with HR teams / a knowledge of HR processes

We offer some great rewards and benefits including:

1. Flexible working with a range of options
2. Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
3. Annual bonus opportunity
4. Competitive pension contribution
5. Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy company shares
6. Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life

This is a 12 months FTC paying £70-80k Plus a healthy permanent benefits package included.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please do send your cv to shane.hickmott@jss-transform.com or get in touch today on 07917485667.