Strategic Change Officer

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK 

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to 31/07/2025  

Closing date: 3^rd April 2024

Background 

Strategic Programme Development & Change is a newly formed, high-performing, friendly team with an exciting and challenging remit. We have a critical strategic development and implementation role within the University, and our capabilities are used to bring stakeholders together, agree strategic direction and deliver outcomes. We are providing support to senior leaders to meet the University’s ambitions to be a Global Top 50 institution, solving tricky problems and finding solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing our organisation. Our work is both stretching and rewarding, and no two days are ever the same.

We are looking for a Strategic Change Officer to join our existing highly regarded change management unit that forms part of the overall Strategic Programme Development & Change team. The change management unit, working to a significant portfolio of complex change initiatives of strategic importance to the University, has two particular remits:

• To provide change leadership capacity that can operate collaboratively and flexibly across the institution
• To create change, process review and improvement capability that spreads across the institution

We are looking for a highly motivated colleague who:

• has experience of delivering outcomes in a complex and fast paced environment and has the resilience to work in ambiguity and with changing priorities,
• as part of a team can think strategically, identifying ways forward and developing creative solutions to complex problems; 
• is adept at building relationships across organisational boundaries, and leveraging these relationships to deliver successful outcomes,
• and is a highly effective communicator, who can work collaboratively as part of a project team.

Person Specification

• A first degree (First or Upper Second) or equivalent.
• A qualification in a relevant field is desirable.
• Relevant professional experience in a complex organisation.
• Experience of developing effective networks and strong relationships with academics, Professional Services and other partners.
• Strong facilitation skills, including workshops, and face-to-face.
• Strong writing skills, with the ability to write/prepare high quality papers, presentations, reports and briefings to Project Board level. This includes a clear style of communication and the ability to write for different audiences.
• Highly developed research skills and experience of producing and analysing complex source material, information and data and turning these into purposeful reports to support decision making.
• Demonstrable experience of supporting a range of projects.
• Understanding and experience of supporting cultural change.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with an ability to use a range of communication skills and strategies to gain commitment to action or change.
• Excellent IT, organisational and administrative skills.

Informal enquiries to Paul O’Rourke (Strategic Change Manager) via P.J.ORourke@bham.ac.uk

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