Business Change Manager

About The Role

At Bournemouth University, we believe that to learn is to change. The BU2035 Delivery Team exists to help the University move confidently from strategic ambition to real, lasting change. We're helping to shape how the institution evolves over the next decade and beyond. As our new Business Change Manager, you’ll help to ensure that the impact of change is understood, planned for and embedded into day-to-day operations.

At Bournemouth University, we believe that to learn is to change. The BU2035 Delivery Team exists to help the University move confidently from strategic ambition to real, lasting change. We're helping to shape how the institution evolves over the next decade and beyond. As our new Business Change Manager, you’ll help to ensure that the impact of change is understood, planned for and embedded into day-to-day operations.

This position is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa, however BU’s salary for the role may not meet the salary threshold required for sponsorship.

You can assess your eligibility for sponsorship on the UKVI website.

This role sits within our BU2035 delivery function and focuses across a range of strategic initiatives, supporting leaders, managers and teams as they move from current ways of working to future state processes, systems and behaviours. Success will come from building strong relationships, understanding operational realities and helping people navigate change in a practical and sustainable way.

Enabling BU to perform and transform.

While currently an individual contributor role within the Strategic Change Team, there is an opportunity to shape how business change is delivered in the future and contribute to the development of a wider change function.

This role is not a project management job and requires a proven and specific change management skillset.

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Working for BU provides you with access to a fantastic range of benefits.

• PAY – a competitive salary with opportunities for pay progression
• PENSION – a valuable defined benefit pension with generous employer contributions
• HOLIDAY – Annual leave entitlement of 30 days plus bank holidays and winter closure (pro rata if part time)
• WORK LIFE BALANCE – flexible working arrangements including opportunities for hybrid working and flexitime (role dependant)

• Health & Wellbeing:
  Employee assistance programme, dental care scheme, health cash plan
• Financial & Discounts:
  Discounts including a reduction of fees for family members who study at BU
• Travel:
  Cycle to work scheme, secure bike stores, showers and lockers, free bus travel between campuses, discounted bus travel
• Sports &
  
  Activities:
  
  Sport BU has a wide range of activities which staff can access
• Family:
  Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, on-site nursery with discounts for BU staff
• Modern, vibrant campus locations:
  Bright and flexible work and meeting spaces, with on-site food outlets and coffee shops