Change Manager, Management

Job Introduction

Job Title: Change Manager

Starting Salary: £48,226 progressing to £53,460 per annum - Pay award pending

Hours: 37

Base

Location:

Farnham House, Stevenage with hybrid working. The role is expected to be present in the office 3-4 days a month. Ability to travel across Hertfordshire required, but driving licence not essential.

Contract Type: Fixed Term/Secondment for 2 years

Directorate: Childrens Services

The Improvement & Transformation Team work across the Inclusion & Skills and Education Directorates within Children’s Services, delivering projects and programmes that support the continuous improvement of services. In particular, we focus on Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion, driving improvement work that leads to better outcomes for children and young people.

This is an exciting time to join the team, we are recruiting various project and programme roles to support delivery of the Hertfordshire SEND Reform Plan. You will work with partners across the SEND Local Area Partnership including local authority services, health, education, and parent carer representatives, delivering elements of the plan, enabling the partnership to deliver its commitments to reform the local SEND system, improve experiences for children and young people, and prepare for wider national reforms.

You will be joining a well‑established and supportive team with a track record of forging partnerships and delivering high impact within SEND and inclusion.

We are hiring a Change Manager to lead the development and delivery of a robust change management approach that complements SEND Reform Plan programme delivery, ensuring that stakeholders across the SEND Local Area Partnership are effectively engaged, supported and able to adapt to new ways of working.

You’ll work closely with other team members of the Programme Management Office and stakeholders across the SEND Partnership, ensuring that reform plan delivery is supported by strong change management, enabling stakeholders to adopt and sustain change effectively.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex, fast moving environments, and enjoys problem solving. If you’re motivated by meaningful change and want to help shape the future of local services that support children and young people, we’d love to hear from you.

• Develop and deliver a comprehensive change management approach to support implementation of the SEND Reform Plan, translating programme objectives into clear change activity
• Work closely with the SEND Reform Programme Strategic Lead and wider team to ensure alignment between programme delivery and change activity
• Identify and assess the people, process and cultural impacts of reform across the SEND system
• Lead the design and delivery of a structured engagement and communications plan, ensuring stakeholders are informed, involved and supported throughout the change
• Work closely with partners across the Local Authority, NHS, schools and settings to build understanding and readiness for change
• Contribute to programme governance by providing insight on stakeholder engagement, risks to adoption and readiness
  
  Support development of clear, accessible messaging that explains what is changing and why
• Design and implement interventions to support adoption of new ways of working, including tools, guidance, workshops and learning approaches
• Work with services and system leaders to embed new practices and behaviours within day-to-day operations
• Identify barriers to change and develop practical solutions to support uptake and engagement
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of change activity, using feedback and insight to adapt approaches over time
• Support the programme team to ensure that change is sustained beyond implementation and embedded into practice

• Significant experience of planning and delivering change management activity within programmes or transformation environments
• Strong understanding of change management principles, methodologies and tools, with the ability to apply them in practice to support adoption of new ways of working
• Experience of designing and…