Change Advisor - Darlington, United Kingdom - Department of International Trade

Department of International Trade
Department of International Trade
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Darlington, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Investment plays an important role in the UK economy.

It provides a significant contribution to business turnover and job creation across the UK and will be essential in delivering on the government's wider objectives including levelling-up clean growth, innovation, and job creation.


The Investment Directorate works to deliver economic growth to all the nations and regions of the UK through attracting and retaining all modes of inward investment.

We also deliver major investment events like the Global Investment Summit in October 2021, hosted by Her late Majesty The Queen and The former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

We are now looking for a highly motivated, Change Advisor to join the Communications and Change Team.


You will be joining the wider Investment Transformation Programme Team - formed to help implement the redesign of our investment promotion services to better align to the government's high ambition agenda for economic growth.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a project at the forefront of the UK's investment promotion services and shaping its future.


Job description


Your role will be to proactively prepare the organisation for the impact of the changes that we are delivering to DIT's investment promotion services.


This will include:

  • Supporting the delivery of a clear vision for change in identified programmes and projects, including championing the use of best practice business change management frameworks (including standards, tools and processes).
  • Stakeholder engagement with key contacts, ensuring artifacts from the change management framework are used appropriately. In some roles this will also involve managing the change communications and messaging for internal DIT staff.
  • Design and delivery of 'people related' change activities throughout the project lifecycles. These activities include, for example, stakeholder mapping and engagement, change impact assessments, change readiness activities and supporting leaders with change.
  • Carrying out datagathering with stakeholders via a range of activities including workshops, interviews and secondary research.
  • Analysing data to inform decisions on people, culture and behaviour change needs and requirements for successful delivery.
  • Monitoring and reporting on progress against the change plan to relevant governance structures.
  • Contributing to Directorate development by knowledge sharing, helping with change resource development and role modelling best practice.

Hybrid working
Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas.


Informal hybrid working arrangements will be available as agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role.


Most DIT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in an office, on average.

If your office location is London, you will be eligible to receive London weighting.


Person specification

Essential Criteria

  • Experience of change programme delivery.
  • Ability to systematically identify, analyse and communicate with stakeholders, using appropriate channels, to ensure all those impacted by the change are engaged.
  • Ability to undertake group facilitation and workshop design.

Desirable Criteria

  • To have or be interested in working towards Change qualifications such as APM Change Management or Prosci.

Personal Attributes & Skills

  • Ability to take a collaborative and supportive approach to your work and when dealing with teams across the Department.
  • Comfortable working at pace and inclusively with teams and at all levels across DIT.
  • Ability to work independently and confident working in ambiguous, complex, and uncertain environments.
  • Strong engagement, facilitation and communication skills and confidence in questioning and challenging when needed.
  • Strong briefing and presentation skills with the ability to brief upwards to senior levels when required.
  • An awareness of cultural difference of all types and at all levels and ability to engage with sensitivity.
  • Ability to work with resistance to change using a range of interventions.


In return, we will offer you exposure to a range of challenging projects in different areas of an organisation at the heart of the Government's international agenda.


Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Changing and Improving
  • Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pensionwith an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.


Further Information

Reasonable Adjustment

Vetting Requirements
UK criminal records co
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