HR Change Management Lead - Corporate Service Transformation

Job overview

HR Change Management Lead - Corporate Service Transformation | 12 month Fixed Term

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated HR Change Management Lead to join the BSW Hospitals Group and play a central role in delivering one of the most ambitious corporate transformation programmes across the system.

The Corporate Services Re-design (CSR) Programme will create a single, unified corporate services function operating across the three Care Organisations within the Group – Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH), Great Western Hospitals (GWH) and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT). This role will be pivotal in ensuring that complex organisational change is delivered effectively, consistently and in line with best HR practice and employment legislation.

This is a high-profile opportunity for an HR professional with strong change management experience to operate at scale, influencing senior stakeholders and supporting the successful transition of eleven corporate services into new operating models.

The role will involve regular travel across the three Care Organisations, with a primary base location and flexibility to attend meetings across the Group as required. Please see the Job Description for full details of the role.

Main duties of the job

As HR Change Management Lead, you will:

• Provide dedicated HR and change management leadership to support the delivery of the Corporate Services Re-design Programme.
• Act as the main HR point of contact for the programme, advising on organisational change, service transfers, consultation processes and employment legislation.
• Coordinate and oversee change activity across eleven corporate service functions, ensuring effective governance, risk management and delivery against agreed milestones.
• Support programme governance by coordinating meetings, preparing reports and papers, maintaining action logs and escalating issues as required.
• Work closely with senior leaders, programme teams and staff side representatives to enable successful and sustainable change.
• Develop clear, consistent and accessible communications to support engagement and understanding across impacted teams.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide programme-level coordination and oversight of HR and change management activity across eleven corporate services.
• Support the development and maintenance of programme governance structures, project plans, documentation and reporting.
• Identify and manage risks, interdependencies and issues relating to organisational change, escalating where required.
• Provide expert HR advice to support service transfers, new operating models and workforce transitions.
• Support the preparation of change management documentation, consultation papers, staff engagement activities and responses to complex staff queries.
• Participate in job evaluation, job matching and role design activity, providing advice and guidance to functions.
• Develop SOPs, guidance and tools aligned to best practice and employment legislation to support consistent implementation.
• Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders, programme teams, design groups and staff side representatives.
• Translate complex and sensitive information into clear, user-friendly communications for a range of audiences.

Please find attached the full Job Description and Person Specification for further information.