People Change Manager (6 Months FTC)

6 Months Fix Term Contract 

An opportunity for an experienced People Change Manager to join a specialist HR team that provides HR services to various divisions/departments globally. 

As an experienced People change agent, reporting to Interim Director of People Operations, you will lead change projects and initiatives within the business. Ensuring success on time and within budget. This will involve developing strategy, preparing, supporting and equipping people to adopt and use change processes and technology to ensure a smooth program and integration. You will engage with key stakeholders and the wider People team in all aspects of HR, ER and organisational Change programmes, specifically M&A and TUPE. 
Working in partnership with a team of People professionals you will develop and lead a variety of Organisational Change projects involving end-to-end consultation, roll out and implementation of new people approaches, ways of working and structures. Acting as a coach for senior leaders and executives, as well as the wider people team, you will play a key part in ensuring the success of projects.

• Engaging with business leaders directly - and in conjunction with HRBP’s – to drive successful initiatives. In some cases, this would involve assessments of organisational complexity and proposing solutions for simplification, including effective spans and layers and productivity drivers.
• Acting as a “subject matter expert” to the HRBP’s as they lead and execute the resulting change efforts including shifts in roles and responsibilities of colleagues.
• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities.
• using, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by the project or initiative.
• Work with internal communications to support, enable the design, development, delivery and management of key communications.
• Assess the change impact. Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders.

Additional responsibilities:

• Identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics
• Consult and coach project teams
• Support and engage senior leaders
• Support organisational design and definition of roles and responsibilities
• Coordinate efforts with other specialists
• Integrate change management activities into the project plan
• Evaluate and ensure user readiness
• Manage stakeholders
• Track and report issues

• Ideally MCIPD / Chartered CIPD / Level 7 qualified
• Experience in TUPE
• Knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools

Skills:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Excellent active listening
• Clear message articulation for various audiences
• Strong relationship-building and influencing abilities
• Flexible, adaptable, and resilient
• Forward-looking with a holistic approach
• Organized with strategic planning skills
• Effective at all organisational levels
• Team player, able to work collaboratively

Desirable:

• International experience or ability to leverage colleagues in other regions

Closing Date: Applications close 8th of July 2024

Location: – The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required.

Taylor & Francis Group an Informa Business 

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [email protected]  

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis 

 If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life. 

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor. 

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers 

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F. 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/taylor-&-francis-group/life/79e0c27c-afdf-4bbb-84e6-5f8ed5e10bb8/