Workforce Change & Restructuring Specialist

Purpose of the Role

To lead the end-to-end delivery of HR workstreams for Workforce Change and Restructuring projects. This includes organisational restructuring, redundancies, TUPE transfers, senior exits and settlement agreements, outsourcing/insourcing, site closures, and mergers & acquisitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver end-to-end HR workstreams across assigned change and restructuring programmes, ensuring effective project planning, governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct and manage people impact assessments for proposed organisational changes, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, employee relations frameworks, and internal policies.
• Design and implement consultation strategies, including preparing materials and facilitating consultation processes with unions, works councils, and employee representative bodies.
• Develop and execute structured communication plans, including individual consultation documentation and briefing materials for managers.
• Partner with HR Operations and Career Transition teams to align on timelines, budgets, and delivery approaches for workforce change initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to internal governance, risk, and control frameworks, escalating risks and issues where necessary.

Role Expectations (Assistant Vice President Level)

• Provide expert advice and influence decision-making on complex workforce change matters.
• Contribute to policy development and ensure operational effectiveness across change programmes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
• Lead or support complex initiatives, guiding team members and coordinating inputs from multiple specialist areas.
• Coach and support colleagues where applicable, setting objectives and driving performance outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on sensitive and complex employee matters.
• Identify and mitigate risks, contributing to the development of policies and procedures.
• Analyse complex data sets from multiple sources to inform decision-making and solve problems effectively.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly to a range of stakeholders.
• Influence stakeholders to drive alignment and achieve programme objectives.

Role Overview

In this role, you will act as a Subject Matter Expert in Workforce Change and Restructuring, delivering complex organisational change initiatives. You will translate business requirements into executable workforce plans, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and minimising risk.

• Lead due diligence and assess complex, high-risk cases
• Prepare and deliver consultation materials and processes
• Support managers through consultation and employee communications
• Manage redeployment and escalation scenarios
• Ensure structured programme delivery through strong project management disciplines

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with HR Business Partners, Legal, Employee Relations, and business leaders
• Engage with unions, employee forums, and individual employees throughout consultation processes
• Operate effectively within a matrixed team structure

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong expertise in UK employment law, including redundancy, consultation processes, unions, and TUPE (global experience is advantageous)
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end workforce change and restructuring programmes
• Advanced analytical skills, including working with large, detailed datasets (e.g., Excel: pivot tables, lookups, data validation)
• Ability to operate independently and deliver high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision

Desirable Skills

• Experience within financial services or similarly regulated industries
• Experience managing large-scale, multi-country, or multi-business restructuring programmes
• Strong stakeholder management across HR, legal, and employee representative groups