Change Manager
Based in London | Hybrid Working (1-2 Days On-Site)
12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
£57,000+ (dependent on experience)
We are currently recruiting for a Change Manager to join a leading Housing Association. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced change professional to play a key role in delivering large-scale transformation, business improvement, and organisational change initiatives across the organisation.
Working closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, communications, HR, technology, and operational colleagues, the successful candidate will lead change management activity throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring new processes, systems, and ways of working are successfully adopted and embedded across the business.
Change Manager - Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the people side of change for one or more projects, from initial impact assessment through to full adoption and embedding
- Partner with project and business leaders to ensure change plans are practical, have buy-in, and are aligned with the wider portfolio
- Work closely with Organisational Development, Learning & Development and Communications teams to design and deliver coordinated engagement, learning, and communications plans
- Coach and equip leaders to own and lead change confidently within their areas
- Build readiness, engagement, and feedback loops so we can measure and sustain change adoption
- Contribute to growing change capability across the company, helping them strengthen how we deliver transformation at scale
Change Manager - Ideal Candidate:
- Proven experience leading the people side of large-scale transformation, ideally including operating model or service redesign
- Experience establishing and embedding a change function, including governance, frameworks, and methodologies to support large-scale people, process, and technology transformation programmes
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively
- Ability to simplify complex messages and tailor communication for different audiences
- Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams within a transformation programme or portfolio
- Comfort with ambiguity and change, bringing structure, empathy, and calm under pressure
- Coaching and facilitation skills that help leaders and teams navigate change successfully
- (Desirable) Change Management accreditation or training (e.g. APMG, Prosci)
Rewards and Benefits:
- Generous pension scheme
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 31 days with service
- Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities
- Non-contributory life assurance
- Collaborative and supportive working environment
- Career progression opportunities within a large and evolving organisation
Should you be interested in this Change Manager vacancy, please don't hesitate to apply immediately.
