Change Management Specialist

Job Description

We are proud to be partnering with a major educational body in South London , who are looking to appoint a HR Change Business Partner on a 6-month FTC, with a second 6-month FTC project scheduled afterward.

This will be a full-time position based in South-east London, with hybrid working (1/2 days home working) and a salary of £52,500 to £60,000 per annum and £63,500 to £71,000 per annum if specifically ran an education focused redundancy process.

The ideal candidate will have extensive consultation experience and ideally have experience working within the education sector.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Ensuring redundancy and restructuring exercises adhered to HE employment legislation, ACAS guidance, best-practice consultation and internal policies
• Providing expert advice to managers on organisational design, restructuring options, role design and workforce implications
• Leading and supporting formal and informal consultation processes, including collective consultation with recognised trade unions
• Preparing consultation documentation including business cases, FAQs, risk logs, equality impact assessments and manager/staff briefings
• Engaging proactively with managers, trade union representatives and staff to build shared understanding of change programmes
• Developing clear and sensitive communications for staff and managers at each stage of the change process

Experience required:

• Experience required handling redundancy
• Experience working in Education

Skills, knowledge and expertise desired:

• CIPD L7
• Union exposure
• Compliance and due diligence

Rewards and Benefits:

• Excellent annual leave entitlement plus additional closure days at Christmas and Easter
• Membership of USS or LPFA pension scheme, dependent upon grade
• Maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption leave and pay
• Contractual sick pay provision
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme

Working hours:

• 35 hours per week
• Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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*Developing structured business cases, including timelines, consultation approaches, risk assessments and impact analysis