Business Change Consultant

Company cultures & job summary

Our client is a well-established management consultancy with a strong track record delivering transformation programmes into some of the UK's most sensitive and high-profile government environments. They work at the heart of National Security and Defence, the kind of work that genuinely matters. The team you'd be joining is multidisciplinary, fast-paced and embedded directly with government clients, driving real organisational change on complex, large-scale programmes. You won't be sat on the periphery, you'll be right in the middle of it. To hit the ground running, you'll need proven experience in business change or transformation, ideally from a consultancy or government project delivery background. You must have worked with Defence, National Security or Central Government clients before, and you'll be comfortable leading stakeholder engagement, facilitating workshops and producing sharp change management deliverables. Sound like you? APPLY TODAY and let's talk.

Working Patterns and location – Fully on site

·        Plan, develop and deliver business change initiatives across Defence and National Security programmes.

·        Conduct change impact assessments, identify risks and develop practical change management plans.

·        Engage key stakeholders to manage expectations and drive successful change adoption.

·        Facilitate workshops, meetings and presentations to communicate change and gather stakeholder feedback.

·        Produce change management deliverables including communications plans, stakeholder strategies and readiness assessments.

·        Collaborate with project managers, business analysts and technical teams to deliver transformation programmes.

·        Monitor change implementation and support transition to new processes, systems and ways of working.

·        Support organisational readiness, business process improvement and continuous improvement activities.

·        Proven experience in Business Change, Change Management or Transformation within a consultancy or project delivery environment.

·        Previous experience supporting Defence, National Security, Central Government or wider Public Sector clients.

·        Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and relationship management skills across senior levels.

·        Experience conducting change impact assessments and developing structured change management plans.

·        Ability to facilitate workshops, deliver presentations and produce clear, concise written documentation.

·        Experience working across multidisciplinary teams within complex, large-scale transformation programmes.

·        Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to operate in fast-paced, complex environments.

·        Current eDV security clearance appropriate for National Security environments.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

·        Knowledge of change management methodologies such as Prosci, ADKAR or similar frameworks.

·        Relevant change management qualification such as Prosci Practitioner or APMG Change Management.

·        Experience embedded directly within secure government client sites.

·        Background in organisational design or business process re-engineering alongside change delivery.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.

Please note that the client has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and therefore this contract will be run through an Umbrella Company. Income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

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