Associate Director Change Management

About Us  

The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world.  

The Transformation team supports the senior leadership of the university in effective strategy execution and driving sustainable improvements to our core business. The team is also called on to support King’s to address major risks and issues, especially where these are cross-organisational in nature.  

The change management team supports and equips the King’s community to adopt changes in order for our transformation efforts to deliver the benefits we seek.  

About the Role

The Associate Director, Change Management will be leading effective change management across our transformation portfolio.  

You will be responsible for leading the application of the university’s chosen change management methodology to transformation activities though provision of advice and consultancy to senior leaders on planning and leading effective change; building capacity to support effective change management through training, coaching, tools and advice; and building a network of advocates to support change management.

The portfolio includes a wide range of programmes and projects and you will be responsible for driving change across all stages of project/programme lifecycles. You will lead change management delivery on high profile projects. You will build relationships across a wide stakeholder community, engaging with colleagues across Professional Services and faculties and with external partners, and contribute to the transformation agenda across the university, encouraging best practice and common standards. 

This post will be offered on a maternity cover for 8 months.

This is a full-time post, but we welcome applications from candidates seeking a flexible work pattern within our necessary service operating hours.

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• Leading and managing the successful delivery of change on high priority transformation projects, working with the leadership and programme sponsors to scope and develop change management plans.
• Providing people change management oversight and assurance to ensure all change is prioritised and managed methodically and realises the required benefits.
• Provide advice and consultancy to leaders about how they can plan for and lead effective change management and build capacity. This is likely to include training, coaching, tools and advice.
• Delivering change management training within relevant roles across King’s
• Building strong working relationships with a wide range of academic and professional services staff from across the university; represent the university with external stakeholders; build trusted advisor relationship with sponsors and key stakeholders.
• Ensure that change management activities are aligned with our chosen methodology and tools, with close liaison with the change management lead.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Essential criteria  

Highly developed knowledge and understanding of change management methodologies, tools and techniques. Prosci is our chosen methodology.

3+ years experience as a change manager driving effective organisational change within large and complex projects and/or programmes

Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence, motivate and inspire others

Strong interpersonal skills and team working, tact, diplomacy and perseverance

Highly effective communication skills attuned to audience requirements and delivered in different formats

Experience in planning and facilitating training and awareness/engagement events

Excellent IT skills to support programme and project delivery e.g., Office 365,

Adaptability and flexibility to work across multiple areas in a complex and fast-paced environment, comfortable with ambiguity and complexity

Desirable criteria

A Prosci /change management qualification

Knowledge and understanding of the UK Higher Education sector

Your application should clearly set out how you meet the essential criteria as this is how we shortlist applications. Learn more about how we recruit, including tips on writing your application and supporting statement on our website:  

https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/applying

Interviews will be held using Microsoft Teams and will consist of competency-based questions linked closely to the essential and desirable criteria mentioned here.

Although we have made improvements over the last number of years, our team is still under-represented in terms of staff from global majority ethnicities, LGBTQ+ identities, and from people with disabilities. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, experiences and abilities.

Job ID :
056926