At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead transformative change, ensuring colleagues are engaged and ready for new ways of working.
- Company: Join L&Q, a leading housing association dedicated to quality homes and community service.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, excellent pension, generous leave, and lifestyle benefits.
- Other info: Embrace a diverse and inclusive workplace with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a lasting impact on colleagues and residents while shaping the future of housing services.
- Qualifications: Experience in leading large-scale transformations and strong stakeholder management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 57094 - 57094 £ per year.
Contract Type: 12-month FTC, Full Time 35 hours per week
Salary starting from £57,094 per annum (London weighted salary) or £49,502 per annum (Regional salary)
Grade: 10
Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford
Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: 17th August 2026
Interviews to be held in person on the 24th & 26th August 2026
Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more.
At L&Q, we’re on an ambitious journey to transform how we maintain homes and deliver our services for thousands of residents. Over the next three years, we’re redesigning our operating model, improving how our teams work together, and introducing new technology.
As our Change Manager, you’ll lead the people side of this transformation — ensuring our colleagues are engaged, ready, and confident to work in new ways. If you’re motivated by making a lasting impact for colleagues and residents, this is the role for you!
Your impact in the role:
- Lead the people side of change for one or more projects, from initial impact assessment through to full adoption and embedding.
- Partner with project and business leaders to ensure change plans are practical, have buy-in, and are aligned with the wider portfolio.
- Work closely with Organisational Development, Learning & Development and Communications teams to design and deliver coordinated engagement, learning, and communications plans.
- Coach and equip leaders to own and lead change confidently within their areas.
- Build readiness, engagement, and feedback loops so we can measure and sustain change adoption.
- Contribute to growing change capability across L&Q, helping us strengthen how we deliver transformation at scale.
By helping our colleagues to adapt and thrive, you’ll enable L&Q to deliver services we can all be proud of.
What you’ll bring:
- Proven experience leading the people side of large-scale transformation, ideally including operating model or service redesign.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively.
- Ability to simplify complex messages and tailor communication for different audiences.
- Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams within a transformation programme or portfolio.
- Comfort with ambiguity and change, bringing structure, empathy, and calm under pressure.
- Coaching and facilitation skills that help leaders and teams navigate change successfully.
- (Desirable) Change Management accreditation or training (e.g. APMG, Prosci).
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk.
About L&Q:
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life. 250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.
L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.
At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
Change Manager employer: L&Q Living
L&Q is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where your contributions directly impact the lives of Londoners seeking home ownership. With a strong focus on employee growth, a collaborative culture, and comprehensive benefits including generous annual leave and a robust pension plan, L&Q fosters a supportive atmosphere that values innovation and diversity. Join us in making a meaningful difference while enjoying the flexibility of hybrid working in our vibrant Stratford office.
