Change Manager

Our client, a leading organisation within the defence and security sector, is seeking a Change Manager for a contract role supporting a portfolio of strategic change initiatives. The role will focus on delivering well-defined work packages across multiple projects, with a strong emphasis on safety, stakeholder engagement and successful user adoption.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivering business change activities across approximately two to three projects and workstreams
Preparing change impact assessments, change management plans and stakeholder maps
Supporting projects including MVS change activity and airspace initiatives involving airport and air traffic control stakeholders
Building strong relationships with stakeholders and bringing people on the change journey
Identifying and managing resistance to change, ensuring solutions are adopted effectively
Driving delivery forward at pace across defined work packages and high-priority strategic outcomes
Working alongside communications specialists to coordinate engagement and support effective messaging
Applying people-focused change practices within a safety-critical environment

Job Requirements:

Significant experience in business change management or change management delivery
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage people across operational and technical environments
Experience conducting change impact assessments and developing practical change management plans
Understanding of people-side change, adoption strategies and resistance management
Ability to take ownership of established work packages and deliver outcomes at pace
Experience supporting change across multiple projects or strategic workstreams
Excellent communication, facilitation, organisation and relationship-building skills
Prosci experience would be advantageous, alongside an open approach to using established internal change methodologies and tools

Contract Details:

Contract duration of approximately six to nine months
Hybrid working, with around two days per week onsite and flexibility according to project requirements
Opportunity to contribute to important defence and security change programmes
Work within an established change practitioner team with existing internal relationships
If you are an experienced Change Manager with a strong record of delivering business change, stakeholder engagement and user adoption in complex environments, apply now to support our client's strategic change portfolio