Change Manager

Senior Business Change Manager

Brighton (hybrid – around one week a month in the office)

Circa £63,000 + strong public sector benefits

Permanent | 35-hour week

Let’s be honest—most “change” roles talk a big game about transformation.

This one is actually about making it stick.

We’re working with a purpose-led organisation going through a significant period of evolution. Not chaotic, not “burn everything and hope for the best”—but complex, meaningful change that affects how people work, think, and deliver.

They’re now building out a proper, permanent change capability (replacing a contractor-heavy model), and this hire will be one of the people shaping how that looks from day one.

The role (in plain English)

You’ll be the person who makes sure change doesn’t just get announced—it actually lands.

That means:

• Working alongside senior leaders and delivery teams to embed change, not just plan it


• Supporting people through shifts in systems, processes, roles and structures


• Designing and delivering practical, structured change approaches (not theoretical frameworks that sit in SharePoint)


• Tackling resistance head-on and helping teams move forward


• Making sure benefits are realised—not just promised in a slide deck

There’s also a bigger-picture piece: helping shape frameworks, tools and ways of working so change gets easier (or at least less painful) over time.

What you’ll bring

You’ve done this before. Not just once, and not just on a tidy project with clear edges.

• You’ve led complex organisational change (the kind with grey areas and competing priorities)


• You understand change methodologies—but more importantly, you know when not to overdo them


• You’re comfortable operating across multiple teams and levels, including senior stakeholders


• You can balance strategy, delivery, and the human side without losing any of them


• You know how to measure success beyond “we delivered the project”


• Ideally, you’ve got formal change training (Prosci, ADKAR, etc.)—but real experience counts just as much

Most importantly, you get people. Because that’s the job.

Why it’s worth considering

• A genuine chance to shape a growing change function (not just slot into one)


• A collaborative, values-led culture where people are taken seriously


• Hybrid working that actually feels hybrid


• Strong benefits including:


• 25 days holiday + bank holidays


• Excellent pension (not the “we’ll match 3% and call it competitive” kind)


• Flexible working and a 35-hour week


• Discounts, perks and wellbeing support

The kind of person who’ll enjoy this

You’re not fazed by ambiguity.

You don’t need everything to be perfect before you start.

And you care more about whether change works than whether it looks impressive.

If that sounds familiar, you’ll probably be in your element here.

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