Job title: Senior Change and Communications Specialist
Company: British Heart Foundation
Job description: The opportunity
Would you relish the opportunity to work collaboratively with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to develop, implement and manage technology-enabled transformation change programmes that support our strategic plans?
Do you have the ability to engage and influence at all levels, working across multiple workstreams to deliver meaningful change across a complex organisation?
If so, we’d love for you to join our community of talented and ambitious people growing together to fund lifesaving science for a 12-18 month fixed term contract.
About the role
This new Senior Change & Communications Specialist role in the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) People & Organisational Development (POD) team will be leading the BHF through technology enabled transformation, steering the direction, planning, managing, developing, and implementing the change and communication approach.
In this role you’ll have responsibility for the change management strategy, plans and approach across a major technology transformation programme for the BHF: Enterprise Foundations. You will develop the key communication messages and set out a clear communication approach to help to inform and inspire colleagues across the organisation.
You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end life cycle of change, ensuring that technology change and communications happen with people in mind. You’ll create and implement change management plans and interventions that help to maximise employee engagement and support changes to ways of working. You will also shape and deliver changes to business processes, ways of working and operating models to support the changes to technology systems.
You’ll be accountable for measuring the success of these changes, ensuring alignment of short-and long-term outcomes and measurable benefits realisation.
This role will work with the Programme Director & Manager, Head of Organisational Change and the Head of Internal Communications and the team to support our Technology strategy and the delivery of the BHFs strategy to 2030 – a key aspect of which is ensuring the formation and delivery of our Enterprise roadmap.
Working arrangements
Please note this is a 12-18 month fixed term contract.
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.
At the BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
As our ideal candidate you will have knowledge and application of change models and principles, including project management experience to successfully lead technology change programmes that deliver processes and new ways of working.
With excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, you’ll be able to work across all levels of the organisation. You’ll have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including excellent presentation skills, as well as good facilitation skills with groups and one to one.
You’ll have a passion for solving complex business challenges with the ability to exercise judgement. Proactive with a positive can-do approach, you’ll be able to manage ambiguity and apply problem-solving skills along with the ability to employ research and analytical thinking.
To be successful in this role you will:
- have experience of working with senior stakeholders & gaining buy-in on change plans and interventions
- be able to identify the culture shift needed to support technology changes and translate that into interventions to deliver behaviour change
- apply and develop behavioural change tools and frameworks to effectively engage
- effectively engage and educate people on what to expect from the change process
- define success measures of change programmes based on the desired outcomes of the change
- identify change tools and interventions that will help the BHF measure and achieve change successfully
About us
We research all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart disease, Stroke, Vascular Dementia, Diabetes and many more. All connected, all under siege. Because our research is the promise of future cures and treatments.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, , along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
Interview process
Interviews are due to be held via MS Teams w/c 15 January.
How to apply
It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click on the apply button below. All you’ll need is an up to date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role’s criteria.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
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Additional Information
Post Justification
Expected salary: £53000 – 55000 per year
Location: London
Job date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:45:14 GMT
