🚀 Change Manager (part time)

The Role We are working with a large education provider undergoing a major programme of integration and organisational transformation. To support this work, we are seeking an experienced Change Manager to join the central transformation team on a 0.6 FTE basis . This role has a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, behavioural adoption, and organisation design impacts . You will help shape and deliver people-centred change strategies that enable staff to transition to new operating models, structures, systems, and policies. Alongside the wider integration programme, you will play a key role in delivering a Policy Alignment Project —supporting staff engagement, operating model alignment, and adoption of a new digital policy management system across both academic and professional services communities. Key Responsibilities Change Strategy & Delivery Design and deliver change management plans focused on engagement, communication, and behavioural adoption. Assess organisational change impacts and readiness across functions and business areas. Develop practical interventions to address change fatigue and resistance. Align change plans with programme milestones and new operating model designs. Stakeholder Engagement & Communications Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across academic and professional services. Lead engagement activity to ensure clarity of change purpose, outcomes, and impact. Translate complex programme messages into clear, compelling communications. Facilitate workshops that support understanding, collaboration, and buy-in. Organisation Design & Ways of Working Support the delivery of org design changes, including structural and role impacts. Work with HR and functional leads to enable transitions to new ways of working. Support capability-building and adoption of new roles and responsibilities. Policy Alignment Project Support rollout and embedding of a new digital policy management system. Drive awareness, engagement, and behavioural adoption of new policy processes. Coordinate policy engagement activities with business areas and governance groups. Collaboration & Leadership Work as part of a small, collaborative programme team. Support and coach leaders and managers to sponsor and lead change. Promote best practice in change, engagement, and adoption. Person Specification Essential Proven experience delivering change in large, complex environments. Strong track record of engagement and communication-led change delivery. Experience supporting organisation design and operating model change. Confident working with senior stakeholders and steering groups. Skilled at building trust, influencing, and resolving resistance. Excellent facilitation skills with experience running workshops. A proactive and collaborative style with strong delivery focus. Desirable Experience in Higher Education, NHS, charity, or public sector. Experience with policy frameworks or governance-led change. Exposure to transformation involving digital systems or enterprise change. Change management qualification (e.g. Prosci, APMG, CIPD) or equivalent. Key Attributes Empathetic and people-focused with strong emotional intelligence. Able to bring clarity to ambiguity in complex change landscapes. Diplomatic yet assertive when influencing senior stakeholders. Practical, outcome-driven, and resilient.