JOB SUMMARY

The Corporate Systems team require an experienced Change Manager to Design and Deliver the Business Change processes and Communications for the Planning Inspectorate transition to Unity Shared Services ensuring effective change and adoption in line with organisation requirements.
We are looking for an experienced business Change Manager to design and implement the Inspectorate’s change process ensuring that all Inspectorate SAP Employee Central changes are fully impact assessed and prioritised.
Work with the SRO and Lead Delivery Manager to provide assurance against programme plans, verifying that milestones are aligned, and the Transformation Programme Plan takes into account time required to formally manage change.
You will provide professional process and technical advice around change management to impacted business areas.
The Planning Inspectorate has a long and proud history in ensuring a fair planning system for England. The work we do has a significant impact on people’s lives, the communities where they live and the economy.
We want our colleagues to be able to work more flexibly and more collaboratively, exploring new and innovative ways to improve the way we provide services.
For further information on the Planning Inspectorate, please visit our careers page at Civil Service Careers

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Change Manager will be able to work independently engaging across the Planning Inspectorate and transformation programme. They will be able to prepare and deliver a Business Change Plan using an established change methodology, and build and execute a complementary communications plan.
On a typical day or week, you will develop and review the Business Change Management Plan to ensure it remains aligned with programme goals. You will maintain and update the Forward Schedule of Change, providing visibility of upcoming activities. Regular collaboration with the Change and Communications Team ensures that change efforts are well-coordinated across the programme. You will also work closely with subject matter experts (SMEs) to create clear and effective guidance and communication materials. In partnership with the Lead Delivery Manager, support the smooth delivery and adoption of the Shared Services Programme. Coordinating change activities with key stakeholders and tracking progress against agreed outcomes will also be part of their routine responsibilities.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

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