Change Manager at West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Leeds

Change Manager 

£52,619 per annum - Grade 9 
Leeds / Hybrid (office 2-3 days per week) 
Full time - 37 hours per week  

Fixed term (2 years from start date) 

 
Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share.  
 
 
We currently have a vacancy for a Change Manager to join our Change and Transformation Team. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Change and Transformation Team and play a key role in delivering major organisational change programmes across the Combined Authority. Working closely with programme teams, senior leaders and stakeholders, you will help ensure change is effectively planned, delivered and embedded, supporting colleagues to adopt new ways of working and delivering measurable benefits. 

We are committed to strengthening organisational capability and ensuring that change is delivered in a consistent, structured and people-focused way. As a Change Manager, you will work closely with programme and project teams, senior leaders and stakeholders to ensure change is understood, planned and successfully implemented. You will use recognised change management approaches to assess impacts, engage stakeholders, monitor adoption and support teams through periods of transition. 

Working across a diverse portfolio of transformation activity, you will have the opportunity to influence how change is experienced across the organisation. From developing change strategies and engagement plans to supporting benefits realisation and organisational readiness, you will play an important role in helping deliver meaningful improvements that support our strategic ambitions. 
 

Our Offer 
 

• Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career. 

• Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays. 

• Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5). 

• Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme. 

• Investing in you – Take advantage of supported professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year. 

• Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases. 

• Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most. 

• Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends. 

• Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech. 

 
 
The Role  

Reporting into the Head of Change and Transformation, your key responsibilities will include:  

• Providing specialist change management support to programme teams, managers and stakeholders. 

• Delivering and coordinating change management activity across programmes, projects and transformation initiatives. 

• Applying structured change and benefits management approaches to drive successful implementation, continuous improvement and positive outcomes for the organisation. 

Please review the Role Profile for more information about the responsibilities. 

 
About You  

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education, and experience:  

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline and/or a recognised professional qualification in change management or project delivery, or equivalent experience. 

• Strong knowledge and practical application of recognised change management methodologies and frameworks, such as Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter or equivalent. 

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships, provide challenge and support colleagues through change. 

• Experience of developing and delivering change management products and activities, including impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, communications, training and adoption plans. 

To Apply 

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form on our website and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form. 
 

Further Information 

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage. 

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met. 
 
Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.