We are the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water and we have ambitious plans ahead.  We are looking for an experienced and successful Change Manager to join our dedicated People function to lead us through this exciting period of transformation for our wonderful and much loved charity.  This is a fixed term opportunity for up to 2 years.

This Senior Manager role reports directly to the People Director and will lead the organisation and implementation of the People Plan through business analysis and project and change management.  you will be responsible for integrating people change across Trust wide departments through Trust wide projects and programmes.

Whilst this role is based working from home, you will be expected to attend your nearest hub office and our Leeds office occasionally for Team meetings, and project meetings across England and Wales.  

To find our more about our organisation and the fantastic and varied work we do, visit our website by clicking here (or search for https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us)

Knowledge, Skills/Qualifications & Experience

About the role

As a member of the People leadership team you will be responsible for enabling the directorate to meet business targets through actively managing a programme of change and transformation over the next two years.  We are entering an exciting period of our transformation and it is critical that you can demonstrate success at delivering significant and impactful People change programmes across a diverse and complex national organisation.

You will be working closely with the People Director, People Leadership Team , Directors, Senior Managers and a variety of stakeholders across the Trust including Construction, Operations, Museums & Attractions and Property.  

Accountabilities include;

• Lead the People change agenda to maximise employee engagement, faster adoption of cultural and behavioural reform and ensuring adherence to governance.
• Manage progress from initiation to delivery in line with project methodologies using a range of tools and techniques for planning, monitoring and reporting against milestones to a wide audience at all levels of the Trust.
• Act as an internal consultant, working closely with the business to translate needs, strategy and policy into viable work packages and estimating time and cost of resource for delivery.
• Manage business readiness actions for all impacted stakeholders delivering exceptional communications on a variety of mediums and expert guidance as required.
• Initiate and manage collection of insight using a variety of networks to identify opportunities to contribute to the Trust.
• Responsible for anticipating issues and problems, and where necessary intervening to find solutions to prevent slippage or failure to meet key milestones.
• Lead and develop matrix managed teams including project resources and other People functional experts to ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Required to consult directly with Trade Union representatives and other stakeholders to inform the design and delivery of the project.
• Displaying the Trust values and behaviours at all times
• Ensuring that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions, or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values

About you

You will be an organised, strong and effective communicator.  Confident and persuasive, with a focus on pulling diverse teams together to remain on track and focused on delivery.  You are able to consider and understand the bigger picture.  Your experience will mean that you are effective at identifying the priorities and complexities to ensure ambitious but realistic processes and timelines are developed for delivery.  Your process approach and focus means that you keep everything moving in the same direction and can ‘fire fight’ the day to day issues and barriers that can arise.   

Skills & experience

• Proven experience of delivering culture and business change into multi-site operational locations
• Evidence of applying a range of project methodologies. Identifying and scheduling tasks and dependencies tracking and reporting, creating and working within appropriate governance.
• Experience of managing resource and budgets.
• Evidence of managing multiple projects at the same time.
• Exceptional communicator and stakeholder manager.
• Capable of working in multiple teams at the same time.
• Able to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
• Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere
• Forward looking with a holistic approach
• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics
• Comply with Canal & River Trust Health & Safety policy and defined standards

If you recognise yourself in the above description and thrive in delivering complex and significant People change programmes, then we want to hear from you. 

If you have any questions please contact Katherine at CRT.Recruitment@canalrivertrust.org.uk

Closes: 7 February 2022 at 23:59