19646 - Senior Business Change Manager
We’re looking for an exceptional candidate to join our team in the role of Senior Business Change Manager to join the Reform Programme.
The Reform Programme is a once in a generation opportunity to transform the entire HM Courts and Tribunals Service, enhancing the provision of a world-class justice system, in a manner that provides an improved user experience at reduced cost to the taxpayer. This will contribute to consolidating the UK’s position at the fore-front of an increasingly competitive international legal market as well as ensuring access to justice for all. Approximately £1 billion is being invested in the programme which is due to complete in 2023/24.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest change programmes in government, which is internationally recognised as the most ambitious reform of a Justice System ever undertaken.
The Reform Senior Business Change Manager (SBCM) will be responsible for leading the Reform Business Change team within the Reform programme. They will form part of the Programme Delivery team and will contribute to the overall strategy and delivery plan for the Programme to ensure optimal change adoption and time to realise new ways of working across the business.
The SBCM will be responsible for developing and delivering the strategic business change approach, including cross-cutting change interventions, for all related business change related activities delivered by the Reform Programme and its associated Projects. The SBCM will provide an integrated view of change across the Reform Programme, providing direction for the full spectrum of business change capability required to effectively manage this scale of change within HMCTS Transformation Framework. The SBCM will work with the business, project teams and other enabling workstreams to ensure that the business is ready and willing and able to transition to the required new ways of working and that project outcomes are delivered.
Your role will involve:
Deliver the Business Change approach for the Reform Programme including the key services provided by Business Change at a Programme and Project level (including change, training and communication activity)
- Provide strategic Business Change input into the Reform Programme, including accountability for the relevant elements of the Programme delivery roadmap, release planning and any transition strategies and / or roadmap
- Establish a clear workstream delivery plan to drive workstream activity, track activity and measure performance
- Manage the business change workstream resource profile, including forward profiling, recruitment and on-boarding of resource as required in-line with the delivery roadmap, in coordination with the Programme Director and the Portfolio Change Lead
- Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with all Programme and Project stakeholders with a particular focus on the Programme Delivery Group and other programme workstream leads
- Operate as the link between the Programme and those in the business affected by the change the Programme will bring
- Support the Reform Programme Director, Reform Service Owners and key networks in the business in promoting the case for change to all HMCTS employees
- Demonstrate strong leadership behaviours in accordance with the organisations ethos as well as role modelling desired future behaviours and ways of working
- Identify and manage business change workstream issues which may impact or be impacted by the Programme – raising these through the appropriate forums and formulating mitigation plans as standard
To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following:
- Proven leadership in delivering complex change in a large scale Programme environment
- Experience of designing and delivering change and training strategies and interventions with proven results
- Experience of establishing change and / or business networks in order to deliver change to the business
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, in order to engage with senior business and stakeholders, senior management teams and the public;
- Strong planning skills and an ability to deliver quickly and effectively to tight deadlines
Please download the full JD for further details.
This is an exciting opportunity to work on a Programme that will genuinely have a fundamental impact on the way we undertake justice in our country.
Working Arrangements & Further Information
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
Flexible working hours
The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension
The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Support
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as salary sacrifice arrangements for childcare vouchers, and voluntary benefits such as retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
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There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
23/07/2018, 23:55 hours.
Closing date: 23rd July 2018 at 23:55 hours
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
· UK nationals
· nationals of the Republic of Ireland
· nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
· individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
· Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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This Vacancy is closed to applications.