Change Programme Manager -People, Organisation & Culture (Secondment)

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Change Programme Manager to join as maternity cover on the GCAP Programme. You will set the tone, direction and rules describing how the GCAP Programme will work with international partners and run from a day-to-day behavioural perspective including International Ways of Working (IWOW).

Responsibilities

• Enable the implementation of the consortium at the lowest risk to RR by aligning partner and collaboration behaviours and processes and integrating IWOW concepts into the consortium document landscape;
• Create understanding between partners on differences in national and organisational behaviours and approaches and provide robust behavioural guidance and examples for all participants in the consortium;
• Include learning from other WoW approaches in other GCAP partners, and use this to explore best practice and improvement opportunities for the international collaboration;
• Assess customer expectations of the IWOW and challenging them where necessary, promoting and incorporating consistent and collaboratively developed \’ways of working\’ into the customer WoW with us.
• Solving problems and developing innovative solutions across functionally, hierarchically and organisationally mixed teams.
• Simplifying complex, and often abstract, concepts for different audiences.
• Implementing practices which are novel to ourselves and our partners.
• Working with external companies, noting differences in language, organisations and culture.
• Influencing and negotiating without control.
• Persuading stakeholders to deliver top down and bottom up change to deliver the best outcomes for the GCAP Programme.

Why Rolls-Royce?

GCAP is a high-profile long-term programme to develop a 6th Generation Combat Power and Propulsion solution and is at the heart of the Rolls-Royce Defence strategic objective to \”Grow Combat\”. Work with us and we\\\’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Being a part of Rolls-Royce you\\\’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

In addition, this role involves:

• Solving problems and developing innovative solutions across functionally, hierarchically and organisationally mixed teams.
• Simplifying complex, and often abstract, concepts for different audiences.
• Implementing practices which are novel to ourselves and our partners.
• Working with external companies, noting differences in language, organisations and culture.
• Influencing and negotiating without control.
• Persuading stakeholders to deliver top down and bottom up change to deliver the best outcomes for the GCAP Programme.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. We are an equal opportunities employer. We\\\’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we\\\’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. Learn more about our Global Inclusion Strategy. Grade: Level C management