People Change Manager
Posted 2 weeks ago by eTeam Workforce Limited
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Reading, UK
Summary: The People Change Manager role involves leading and supporting various HR projects, particularly focusing on transformational change within the organization. The position requires collaboration with line managers and stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of HR initiatives while adhering to legal and regulatory standards. The role also demands expertise in employment law and policy, as well as experience in managing change through others. The contract is for 18 months and is based in the Reading area with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support HR projects as a dedicated specialist ensuring provision of creative expert advice and guidance.
- Be the expert and escalation point for your area of specialism.
- Ensuring regular engagement with the business throughout the project lifecycle ensuring any concerns are escalated to project lead.
- Participate in discussions and negotiations with the Trade Unions (TUs) as required, and build the necessary relationships with local TU representatives.
- Provide support to the project lead ensuring project remains on track and that any risks to delivery have been escalated.
- Anticipate legal updates, ensure they are interpreted for our business and take action to maintain the service.
- Represent the organisation, where appropriate, on external forums and working groups.
Key Skills:
- Active SC Clearance
- Experience of Employment Law/Policy
- Implementing contractual change
- Experience managing a Transformational change through line managers
- Experience pulling together tools and templates
- SME in Organisational change
- HR transformation
- Trade union engagement
- Stakeholder Management
- Managing change through others
- Experience getting materials out
- Experience designing processes and working through them with line managers/employees
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Reading
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: HR
Role: People Change ManagerContract Length: 18 Months
Location: Reading Area
Aldermaston - moving to Green Park
Hybrid - 2 days per week on site
Occasional local travel to offsite meetings
IR35: Out of Scope
Security Clearance: SC Clearance
Top 3 Essential Evaluation Criteria
1. Experience of Employment Law/Policy and implementing contractual change
2. Experience managing a Transformational change through line managers
3. Experience pulling together tools and templates, being the SME in Organisational change.
Essential:
Active SC Clearance
Experience of Employment Law/Policy
Implementing contractual change
Experience managing a Transformational change through line managers
Experience pulling together tools and templates
An SME in Organisational change.
HR transformation.
Trade union engagement
Stakeholder Management
Managing change through others
Experience getting materials out.
Experience designing processes and working through them with line managers/employees.
these would suit HRBPs, Employee Relations experts, or policy experts.
Desirable:
TUPE experience would be useful
CIPD would be great but not essential
Red Flags:
Must be HR Change experience NOT Business Change
People Change Manager
Support the delivery of a variety of large or complex HR projects across the business and take the lead on smaller, less complex projects.
Key Accountabilities:
Support the delivery of HR projects on time and within budget taking the lead on smaller, less complex projects.
Work collaboratively with the wider HR function to ensure understanding of any changes resulting in a smooth roll out across the business.
Provide research to project lead and make recommendations on HR solutions to business requirements aligned to the people plan.
Ensure HR initiatives are in line with best practice, legal and regulatory requirements etc. to support the delivery of improvements and build momentum for change, and challenge existing ways of working if they inhibit improvement.
Build relationships with a variety of stakeholders across the business to ensure HR are working collaboratively with the business to understand the implication of any changes to the business and build this into the project ensuring line managers have the tools, information and knowledge of any changes.
Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
Key Responsibilities:
Support HR projects as a dedicated specialist ensuring provision of creative expert advice and guidance.
Be the expert and escalation point for your area of specialism.
Ensuring regular engagement with the business throughout the project lifecycle ensuring any concerns are escalated to project lead.
Participate in discussions and negotiations with the Trade Unions (TUs) as required, and build the necessary relationships with local TU representatives.
Provide support to the project lead ensuring project remains on track and that any risks to delivery have been escalated.
Anticipate legal updates, ensure they are interpreted for our business and take action to maintain the service.
Represent the organisation, where appropriate, on external forums and working groups.