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Strategic Change Manager

Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Holytown Full-time Remote
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We are recruiting for a full time Strategic Change Manager on a permanent basis
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Your passion has never had a greater purpose
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Here at SEPA, we’re connected by a passion that drives us to be purposeful in every action we take – to protect our environment. Through our expertise, we lead projects that make a difference for Scotland, and our workplaces are grounded in respect for that expertise.

That’s why, when you join us as Strategic Change Manager, you’ll discover enriching benefits, meaningful support, and opportunities to learn every day. That’s what it means to be Passionately Purposeful – for our environment, and for your career.

Work that goes beyond your desk
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Experts at what we do, we work in a professional way towards our shared goals, knowing the work we do makes a genuine, lasting difference on the environment. As Strategic Change Manager, that involves:

  • Lead end to end change strategy for our transformation programme

  • Assess organisational impacts and develop practical change plans

  • Build change capability and frameworks to support our Transformation Programme

  • Align change activity across multiple programmes to create a coherent experience for colleagues

  • Monitor readiness, adoption and change risks, adjusting plans as needed

  • Build change capability and frameworks to support our Transformation Programme
Respect for your expertise
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This is a highly important role within our Governance, Performance \& Engagement portfolio, which means you’ll need:

  • Relevant change management qualification, equivalent to SCQF Level 8\-10 most likely at Degree level

  • Proven experience leading change in complex transformation environment

  • Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills

  • The role requires broad and comprehensive ability and knowledge to translate strategy into practical change, uses data‑driven insight to measure adoption and impact, and embeds change frameworks to support large‑scale transformation while managing risk and compliance

  • Comprehensive leadership skills together with well\-developed influencing, negotiating and representational skills
Please open the link to the Strategic Change Manager role profile link which outlines the core responsibilities and expectations of the role within a defined activity family. Please note the role profile name may be different to the job title being advertised.

Support that goes beyond the workplace
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We’re cultivating a workplace that supports not only your passion and your professional lives, but your personal life. So, you’ll find benefits that make a difference at work and at home. Such as:

  • Hybrid and Flexible working opportunities

  • Up to 35 days annual leave and 7 additional public holidays each year (pro rata)

  • Paid time off to support your Wellbeing and enable you to Volunteer in your community

  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

  • Progressive Family Friendly policies

  • Training \& development to enablecolleagues to improve their skills, competencies and knowledge to perform at their best.
Plus, many more lifestyle benefits such as 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform, credit union facilities and access to a Cycle to Work Scheme.

Passionately you. Purposefully supportive
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SEPA is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and good relations in everything it does – as a community leader, as a provider and commissioner of services, and as an employer.

Passionately Purposeful about Scotland’s environment – and your career.

Protecting our environment, promoting our work, and supporting our people, working at SEPA means being part of an organisation that’s grounded in respect for your expertise – and your wellbeing. So you can be your best, and make the biggest impact.

We recruit solely based on merit. Our shortlisting process is conducted on an anonymous basis. Please ensure that you include all relevant information when you apply.

We support flexible working arrangements to help you maintain a healthy balance between career and homelife. This includes working part time, reduced hours, job sharing, working remotely. As a flexible first employer we are open to having conversations about flexible working arrangements that work for you and SEPA from day 1 of your employment with us.

We are proud to be a 'Disability Confident' employer and will work to identify and implement reasonable adjustments and equipment to support you in the role that you do.

Applicants with a visual impairment can request job descriptions and application forms in Braille, large print or on tape.

For the security and wellbeing of our colleagues, successful candidates will undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) pre\-employment checks including a level one Disclosure Scotland check.

If you have questions or need any assistance with the recruitment process please contact SEPA’s Recruitment Team at recruitment@sepa.org.uk

Apply now to join a Passionately Purposeful workplace
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