Management Implementation Lead

Job Description

Starting salary: £43,227 pro rata, per year

Contract type: Fixed term for 12 months

Grade: 4

Location: Longmore House, Edinburgh, EH9 1SH
with hybrid working

Working Hours: 35 hours per week

Interviews: To be held over MS Teams on Week Commencing 5th October 2026

The post has been created to increase the organisation's focus on performance management, lead the introduction of a new digital solution and successfully embed our recently introduced framework, thereby driving colleague performance and ultimately helping to transform the culture and behaviours required of a modern public sector organisation. You will have the opportunity to utilise your skills and passion to design, deliver and implement a significant culture change intervention across HES.

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• Enrolment onto a Civil Service Pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
• 25 days annual leave, pro-rata (increasing to 30 days after 3 years) + 11.5 public holidays
• Reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
• Support for further education and personal development
• Study leave for work related courses
• Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
• Free entry to all of our properties (with up to three guests)
• Free entry to English Heritage, Manx and Cadw properties

• Project manage and lead the delivery, implementation and embedding of the Working and Growing performance management framework.
• Act as the subject matter expert for the digital approach to performance management, working with a wider Agile project team.
• Seek colleague feedback on the Working and Growing approach and system, leading a programme of continuous improvement.
• Research external best practice to ensure our approach is aligned with industry standards and the HES People Strategy.
• Support colleagues through the transition from paper-based processes to a new digital system.
• Work with policy leads to ensure the performance management framework and HES behaviours align with wider policies and promote a culture of goal setting, review and development.
• Design and deliver training to ensure colleagues are confident in using the framework, with HES behaviours embedded throughout the process.
• Work closely with Developer as Subject Matter Expert to help design and develop reporting and management information, including creation of dashboards, to support performance management, culture and people strategy insights.
• Provide a high-quality, customer-focused service to support colleagues through changes in processes and technology.
• Lead enhancements to the Working and Growing approach over time, including alignment to the broader career and talent management initiatives as they continue to develop.
• Working with Trade Union Partners to foster constructive dialogue and achieve positive outcomes for colleagues and HES.

• Qualification in HR, Organisational Development or Organisational Psychology to SCQF level 9 or equivalent proven experience.
• CIPD membership
• Relevant experience designing and delivering performance management approaches, ideally with knowledge of project management principles
• Experience acting as a subject matter expert and providing clear advice and guidance to colleagues
• Experience implementing digital performance management systems in partnership with technical specialists
• Experience designing and delivering change management programmes within an HR or…