Planning and Change Manager

Job Details: Planning and Change Manager We’re committed to a fair hiring process. To help us with this please make sure when you submit your CV and Cover Letter they do not contain your name or other details which indicate your gender, ethnicity or nationality. Please register your information below to start the application process. This information will be held separately from your CV and answers about why you’d be a good fit for the role until decisions are made on who to invite to interviews. By submitting your application, Teach First will process your personal data in line with our Privacy Policy which can be found at teachfirst.org.uk/privacy-policy . Vacancy ID: VN10205 Vacancy Name: Planning and Change Manager Directorate: Finance & Performance Department: Finance & Performance Team: Planning & Change To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on. As Planning and Change Manager, you will manage the planning and coordination of work that underpin our charity’s activities, ensuring that our work is aligned, visible, and running smoothly. You will support the OKR cycle, so that teams and squads are enabled to deliver on their key results. Additionally, you’ll coordinate and manage inputs from all of our teams and departments to implement and improve efficient and customer-focused processes in support of a portfolio of programmes and charity-wide deliverables. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to prioritise and facilitate change and improvement work which ensures that everyone has the tools, processes, and information they need to deliver their work successfully. Can you read across multiple operational plans to ensure alignment and prioritisation in line with agreed objectives? Can you deploy a range of project management techniques to coordinate teams to deliver effective change and improvements across a range of programmes / operations? Are you skilled at mapping processes, documenting operating practices, and managing and sharing operational information in a clear and accessible way? Are you comfortable working with technology and collaborating with IT teams to implement automation and optimise processes? Can you identify and articulate risks, suggest effective mitigations, and resolve day-to-day issues practically and effectively? Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Planning and Change Manager! Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV ready to upload, along with a tailored cover letter that demonstrates how you meet our essential criteria. If you’re applying from an external job board, you’ll be redirected to our careers website. (Please note, we only accept applications through our careers website). We expect interviews to take place on 24 and 26 of February. Job Location: East Midlands (Nottingham); East of England (Norwich); London; North East (Newcastle Upon Tyne); North West (Manchester); South Coast (Bournemouth); South East (Kent); South West (Bristol); West Midlands (Birmingham); Yorkshire & The Humber – Leeds Job Level: 3 DBS Required: Basic Salary Package (£): 42,237.00 Compensation & Benefits: Employees based in London will receive £3000 London Weighting Allowance in addition to the advertised salary package. Advertised Salary, London Weighting Allowance and Annual Leave entitlement are FTE. They will be pro-rata\’d for part time and fixed term positions. Teach First’s core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum (3 of which must be taken during the holiday shutdown period between Christmas Day and New Year\’s Day), participation in the pension scheme via Salary Exchange (with an employer contribution of up to 6%), life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. Through our flexible benefits platform access to subsidised dental membership, health screening, discounted gym membership, travel insurance, Give As You Earn and the option to buy annual leave. Next Steps: We aim to update candidates if we’ll take their application forward within 10 working days of the closing date. We will not review any applications received after the closing date. Closing Date: 17 Feb 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr