Programme Manager - Organisational Change & Transition

Your new role

• Job title: Organisational Change Programme Manager
• Sector/organisation type: Public sector
• Contract: Interim, full-time or part-time
• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 6 months (initial)
• Rate: £500-£600/day (IR35 TBC - likely inside)
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Hours/Leave: 7 hours per day
• Working environment: Hybrid, 2/3 days in per week
• Closing date: Rolling

The opportunity

• This is a key role leading a high-profile organisational change programme, requiring a well-rounded programme lead who can bring together multiple workstreams into a coherent, deliverable plan.
• You will take ownership of two parallel priorities: the migration of an existing programme and team into a new organisational structure, and the design and set-up of a new grant management function. Both require strong delivery focus, pace, and the ability to operate across organisational boundaries.
• This is not a narrow, functional project role. Instead, you will operate as an integrator across HR, finance, legal, IT and operational delivery, ensuring all elements are aligned and delivered without disruption to live services, including sensitive workforce transition activity (e.g. TUPE and organisational restructuring).
• Alongside delivery, you will establish the necessary governance, processes and reporting frameworks to support transition and future operation.

Duties and responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a complex organisational change and transition programme
• Coordinate and integrate workstreams across HR (including workforce/TUPE), finance, legal, IT and operational teams
• Deliver the migration of an existing team and programme into a new operating structure, ensuring continuity of service
• Design and stand up a new grant or programme delivery function, including processes, governance and operating model
• Develop programme plans, governance structures, risk registers and reporting mechanisms
• Ensure processes, systems, contracts and data are effectively transitioned with minimal operational risk
• Lead stakeholder engagement across multiple organisations, aligning priorities and resolving dependencies
• Support workforce transition activity, including TUPE, restructuring and consultation processes
• Coordinate operational readiness, including systems, data migration and business continuity planning
• Produce high-quality programme documentation, including business cases, options appraisals and executive updates

Skills and experience

• Strong track record delivering complex organisational change or transformation programmes
• Ability to operate as a generalist programme leader, working credibly across HR, finance, legal, IT and operational functions
• Experience working across multiple organisations, partnerships, or public sector environments
• Proven ability to bring together disparate workstreams and drive integrated delivery
• Experience designing and implementing new services, functions or delivery models at pace
• Strong programme governance, planning and risk management capability
• Experience supporting sensitive workforce transition activity (e.g. TUPE, restructuring, organisational change)
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders across complex environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to navigate ambiguity
• Clear and confident communication style, able to translate complexity into actionable plans

Nice to have

• Experience setting up or scaling a grant management function or similar delivery capability

Next steps...
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