Regional Business Change Manager in Birmingham

Your role is to lead the delivery of change implementation across a portfolio of work, through proactive, close collaboration with central projects, change leads and regional operational leads to prepare the business for the impact of the changes and safely manage and implement change. You will be responsible for leading the planning and delivery of change activity, using the standard toolkit and frameworks providing a bridge between project and operational users to ensure that activities are planned, supported, and delivered to enable the business to implement the agreed change and realise the business benefits.

Acting as a champion for change, you will matrix manage change specialists, to support change implementation. Building change capability across the wider change community using continuous improvement tools and techniques, alignment to the Government Online Skills Tool (GOST) and role modelling the use of appropriate standard change tools and templates to support the standardisation and consistent implementation and embedding of change and the professionalisation of business change as a service. You will be part of a regional change which will be deployed across the region in line with priorities and demand.

Reporting directly to the G7 Head of Regional Business Change, you will work collaboratively across the region to deliver business change. The post holder is required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post.

About you: Are you a hands-on change agent with the ability to lead and engage with people at all levels to affect the delivery of change? Are you able to reflect on an issue and take a collaborative and diplomatic approach resolving them? If you do, this varied and challenging role is for you. A confident and effective communicator, you will use your skills and abilities to effectively influence and engage with all stakeholders to support delivery of change initiatives.

Actively role modelling the effective use of standardised tools and templates to drive the development, standardisation and professionalisation of the End-to-End Integrated change function, to help establish and embed specialist change roles across the organisation and build change capability. Driven by your enthusiasm to provide excellent services through change and continuous improvement, you know that building and utilising effective trusted relationships and networks with stakeholders across HMCTS including Judiciary and peers and actively encouraging contributions, involvement, and feedback from a broad and diverse range of staff who will be affected by the change, to maintain an environment that engages, using their feedback and insight, is vital to drive changes and or improvements to the future design of the technology and/or business process.

If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role with real purpose apply today.

Further details: The role can accommodate a hybrid approach, postholders will be subject to the current policy for hybrid working and required to work in the office for 60% of their time. Where people have reasonable adjustments, we will treat these in line with normal policies and procedures to consider what adjustments can be made. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. HMCTS welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs and are agreed prior to appointment. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ's Flexible Working policy. Applications for part-time working would be considered however due to the nature of the role the minimum hours would be 30 hours per week over 5 days.

Lead Criterion: Communicating & Influencing. A sift based on the Lead Behaviour (Communicating & Influencing) may be held if a large number of applications are received. The postholder can be based at any location in the Midlands Region, but regular travel to other locations across the Midlands will be required. The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity. Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.

For nationally advertised roles: All successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale. This will be at either a HQ building (subject to desk allocation), a Justice Collaboration Centre (JCC) or a Justice Satellite Office (JSO). For current MoJ employees, your base location will need to be changed to the nearest viable office (to your home postcode), either at a HQ building, JCC or JSO within the National Office Network and moved its location's respective pay scale. Some of MoJ's terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

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Flexible working hours: The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. MoJ welcomes part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part-time, flexible and job-sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ's Flexible Working policy.

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A sift based on the lead behaviour, Communicating and Influencing, may be held if a large number of applications are received. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, your application will be progressed to a full sift, where all behaviours will then be considered.

Behaviours Application Form Question Word Limit 250: Communicating and Influencing, Seeing the Big Picture, Changing and Improving.

Interview stage assessments: Interviews will be held in person and are expected to take place on W/C 13th April 2026. Requests for alternate dates/virtual interviews will only be considered in exceptional circumstances or as part of a reasonable adjustment.

Behaviours: Communicating and Influencing, Seeing the Big Picture, Changing and Improving.

Strengths: Strengths will be assessed but these are not shared in advance. To learn more about Strengths and how they are assessed please click here.

Level of security checks required: DBS Basic.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice. We're looking for individuals who are committed to public service and making a difference in people's lives to deliver justice.

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• Annual Leave: Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years' service. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro‑rata basis.
• Pension: The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
• Training: The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
• Networks: The opportunity to join employee‑run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management.

Eligibility: Staff on fixed term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition. Vacancies advertised 'cross‑government' are only open to all Civil Service employees and employees of accredited non‑departmental public bodies (NDPBs) who were appointed on merit following a fair and open competition; or were appointed to a permanent post through an exception in the Civil Service Commissioners' rules.

Support: A range of 'Family Friendly' policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share. Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services. For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on www.GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave. Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

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