Business Change Manager

Business Change Manager- available on a 2-year Fixed Term Contract/Secondment Basis

The University of Oxford is renowned globally as a world-class centre of excellence, offering a stimulating work environment. Our research addresses critical global challenges, from reducing carbon emissions to developing vaccines during pandemics.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our IT Services Department as a Business Change Manager with hybrid working available.

About IT Services

IT Services is crucial in ensuring the University has the reliable, high-performing IT facilities necessary to support teaching, learning, research, and administration. We value and recognize our contributions and those of others, fostering a culture of belonging and collaboration.

Role Overview

As a Business Change Manager, you will ensure that the impact of change initiatives across the collegiate University is understood by all stakeholders. You will support staff and students in adopting new ways of working by identifying, embedding, and sustaining changes to business processes, job roles, organisational structures, systems, and technology., Business Change Managers report to the Head of Business Change within the Programme and Projects Delivery Group (PPDG) of IT Services. PPDG delivers IT projects that bring significant business benefits through enhanced technology and improved processes.

Over time, the role holder may be assigned to a range of initiatives across our digital portfolios. However, in the first instance, it is envisioned that they will primarily focus on one or more initiatives in the Technology Portfolio, which includes modernising technologies and delivering wide-reaching initiatives like Identity, Data and Information Security programmes.

Effective business change management is crucial to building stakeholder engagement, ensuring coherent and positive change processes, and avoiding disruption.

• Experience: Demonstrable experience as a Business Change Manager on complex projects with diverse stakeholders.

• Skills: Ability to manage complex situations, maintain project focus, and apply change methodologies effectively.

• Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills and experience in communications planning and delivery to support change initiatives.

• Desirable: Experience in higher education or similar non-commercial organizations, with an understanding of university management structures, politics, and culture (preferred but not essential).

We care about our employees’ wellbeing, reflected in our comprehensive benefits, including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme

• 38 days of annual leave

• A range of childcare services

• Family leave schemes

• Cycle loan scheme

• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

• Membership to various social and sports clubs