Change Manager, Business

Employment Type

Full time Fixed-Term Contract until 30th September 2027

Location Hybrid
· United Kingdom(multiple locations) Bristol
· Swindon
· Birmingham
· Manchester
· York
· Newcastle
· Cambridge
· Portsmouth Inclusive with hybrid working where you are based between the office and home

Salary £40,778 (GBP) Band B

Team Corporate Services

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing:11:59pm, 27th Sep 2026 BST

Work from home option

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Additional parental leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid emergency leave

Sabbatical Opportunities

Mentoring/coaching

Payroll giving

Salary sacrifice

Team social events

Team lunches

Extracurricular clubs

Cycle to work scheme

8.01 (12054)

Summary

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as a Change Manager.

This is a full time, fixed-term contract until 30th September 2027.

The location of this role is either York, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Swindon, Bristol, or Portsmouth inclusive with hybrid working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here .

What you will be doing

The Change Manager leads the change management for major programmes, coaches leaders on smaller initiatives, and ensures a consistent change management approach across projects. The post holder will need to identify the scale and impact of the planned changes, analyse interdependencies and liaise roll out and training with other changes. They need to design interventions needed to achieve the desired changes in mind set, skills, and practice to successfully deliver the Strategic Plan.

They collaborate with and support other change managers, lead resource updates, and collaborate with senior stakeholders and teams at all levels.

Who we are looking for

Experience of driving and delivering change initiatives that involve the people side of change using a change management methodology

Excellent Communication Skills and ability to create a positive change narrative

Experience of working with and influencing senior stakeholders

Excellent facilitation skills in person and online

Ability to work in and understand complex environments and projects

Ability to deliver to tight deadlines while collaborating across the organisation

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page , or contact us at recruit men if you have any recruitment queries.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t…