£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
City of London, UK
Summary: The Change Manager role in Central London is a contract position focused on leading and delivering change management activities for a major transformation programme. The successful candidate will engage stakeholders, develop change strategies, and ensure the adoption of new processes and systems across various business areas. This high-profile role requires strong communication and stakeholder management skills, along with a proven track record in change management within complex organizations. The position offers a competitive day rate and operates on a hybrid working model.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and deliver change management activities across a range of transformation initiatives.
- Develop and implement structured change plans with stakeholder engagement at the centre.
- Design and execute communication and engagement strategies to support successful change adoption.
- Work closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, and end users to ensure organisational needs are fully understood and addressed.
- Identify risks, impacts, and interdependencies across programmes and proactively mitigate issues.
- Assess change readiness and monitor the impact of change across teams and service users.
- Facilitate workshops, engagement sessions, and consultation activities to support delivery.
- Produce high-quality change documentation, toolkits, and lessons learned reports.
- Partner with internal communications and programme teams to ensure consistent messaging.
- Support the development of change capability across the organisation through coaching and best-practice guidance.
- Where required, take ownership of discrete change projects within wider transformation programmes.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering change management within large-scale or complex organisations.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Experience managing organisational change linked to systems, processes, or operating model transformation.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, risks, and programme interdependencies.
- Strong workshop facilitation and engagement planning experience.
- Relevant change management certification such as APMG, Prosci, or BCS is highly desirable.
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: City of London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Change Manager - Central London (Hybrid)
Contract Role | Day Rate: £500-550 per day (Inside IR35 DOE)
We're partnering with a well-established organisation based in Central London that is seeking an experienced Change Manager to support a major transformation programme on an initial contract basis.
This is a high-profile role focused on delivering and embedding organisational change across multiple business areas. You'll play a key role in shaping change strategies, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver change management activities across a range of transformation initiatives.
- Develop and implement structured change plans with stakeholder engagement at the centre.
- Design and execute communication and engagement strategies to support successful change adoption.
- Work closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, and end users to ensure organisational needs are fully understood and addressed.
- Identify risks, impacts, and interdependencies across programmes and proactively mitigate issues.
- Assess change readiness and monitor the impact of change across teams and service users.
- Facilitate workshops, engagement sessions, and consultation activities to support delivery.
- Produce high-quality change documentation, toolkits, and lessons learned reports.
- Partner with internal communications and programme teams to ensure consistent messaging.
- Support the development of change capability across the organisation through coaching and best-practice guidance.
- Where required, take ownership of discrete change projects within wider transformation programmes.
Required Experience
- Proven experience delivering change management within large-scale or complex organisations.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Experience managing organisational change linked to systems, processes, or operating model transformation.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, risks, and programme interdependencies.
- Strong workshop facilitation and engagement planning experience.
- Relevant change management certification such as APMG, Prosci, or BCS is highly desirable.
Additional Information
- Hybrid working model with offices based in Central London.
- Initial contract expected to run for 3 months, with potential extension.
- Competitive day rate depending on experience.
- Immediate or short-notice availability preferred.
Interested?
If you'd like to learn more or would be interested in discussing the opportunity further, please send across your latest CV for consideration.