Business Change Consultant

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Methods is the leading digital transformation partner for the UK public sector. We care deeply about making our public services better and have been doing this for 28 years.

201 - 500 employees

📋 Description

• Lead Strategic Change: Drive high-complexity change management across client assignments, using established frameworks (e.g., PROSCI). • You will be responsible for key deliverables including stakeholder mapping, communication plans, engagement strategies, training plans, and resistance management plans. • Impact & Readiness: Conduct thorough impact assessments of change, develop business readiness statements, and advise senior stakeholders on risks and mitigations to inform critical go/no-go decisions. • Build Capability: Foster a culture of change readiness by understanding and addressing people impacts, coaching line managers and teams, and building wider business capability for managing and receiving change. This includes providing tailored support for control room environments. • Collaborate & Engage: Work closely with client and Methods project/program leads, sponsors, and Subject Matter Experts, ensuring effective communication and engagement across all levels, up to Exec level. • Govern & Improve: Provide robust governance oversight, assess the quality of change activities, oversee testing and training phases, and lead benefits management and post-implementation review processes to ensure sustained adoption and continuous improvement. • Ensure relevant stakeholders and team members are engaged throughout, processes and timelines are agreed upon and communicated to ensure successful project delivery. • Foster collaboration across project and internal boundaries. Contribute to business development, i.e., extensions, further work opportunities. • Contribute to the development of new products and services and evolve existing products and services in line with market knowledge and company capability. • Contribute to and support internal change projects. • Actively participate in Communities of Practice

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience in change management, typically degree-level educated (or equivalent). • Extensive experience managing the human side of change in large programmes/projects. • Demonstrated ability to build and influence relationships with diverse stakeholders. • Detailed understanding of Business Change Management principles (e.g., PROSCI), including effective communications, business engagement, stakeholder management, and resistance management • Able to be part of successful delivery teams and understand team styles and how people work together • Able to maintain, influence and motivate a team

🏖️ Benefits

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience • Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society • Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership • A supportive and collaborative environment • Development – access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training • Wellness – 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme • Flexible Working – including home working and part time • Social – office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes • Time Off – 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year • Volunteering – 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation • Pension – Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution • Discretionary Company Bonus – based on company and individual performance • Life Assurance – of 4 times base salary • Private Medical Insurance – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependents included) • Worldwide Travel Insurance – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependents included) • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay • Travel – season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme