Senior Change and Benefits Advisor - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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- £37,295 - £44,724
  • National: £37,295 £41,425 London: £40,262 £44,724. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading 'Salary'

Job grade:


  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • DEFRA
  • S&C
  • Portfolio
    Type of role:
  • Project Delivery
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Bristol, London, NewcastleuponTyne, YorkAbout the job

Job summary:


The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy.

Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.


  • Portfolio Directorate_


The Portfolio Directorate deals with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact people's lives, coordinating across programmes and projects.

Your role will be critically important to achieving our vision of 'creating a great place for living'. This is a particularly exciting time to join the Defra group.

You will have the opportunity to contribute towards and influence the development of new approaches and policies on a wide range of issues affecting millions of people in the UK.

You will play an active role in shaping and delivering the Defra group's priorities, working creatively and collaboratively with others to deliver excellent outcomes.

These roles will provide significant opportunities to develop your own skills and future career.

  • Encouraging diverse applicants_

Job description:


We are transitioning to a Project Delivery Centre of Expertise for Defra with responsibility for developing project delivery capability across Defra Group, whilst also providing expertise, support, assurance and advice to major programmes at all stages of the project lifecycle.

We are looking to recruit an individual to provide change management and benefits management support to Defra's portfolio.

You will provide hands-on support, expertise and guidance to our high-priority programmes whilst supporting our long-term objective of developing capability and maturity in change and benefits management across Defra Group as a whole.

Change Managers proactively work with, prepare and support the business to ensure the successful implementation and sustainment of change.

Our Change Managers provide a bridge between the project and business users to ensure that the impact of changes is fully understood, and plans put in place to support people through transition into the intended future state.

They work with business areas to implement change smoothly and to realise business benefits.

You will support programmes and project delivery professionals by helping assess and understand the impact on stakeholders to improve the likelihood of their adoption of the change, champion the use of best practice, provide expert advice for team members and the project delivery community.


Benefits Managers proactively identify, quantify, and track the realisation of benefits used to justify investment in the project or programme.

The Benefits Manager ensures that a 'fit for purpose' approach to benefits measurement and realisation is used to provide assurance that the benefits identified can be achieved.

This can include supporting delivery of the business case benefits and outcomes, championing the use of best practice and provide expert advice for team members and the project delivery community.


Person specification:


To support the benefits and change management activities, you will:


  • Advise on Benefits and/or Change Management activities for assigned initiatives to identify the benefits, size of the change and define the benefits and change management approach to deliver the expected benefits
  • Recommend the appropriate interventions needed to deliver the expected benefits of the change
  • Engage, coach and support the assigned Sponsor to enable them to be active and effective throughout the project lifecycle
  • Aid in setting up and managing an active network of Change Management resource aligned to lines of business to develop tailored engagement plans and targeted 'what's in it for me?' messaging
  • Integrate benefits and change management activities into supported programme/project plans
  • Identify, assess and engage with stakeholders and support and coach them to optimise the impact they can have on project outcomes
  • Codesign and facilitate direct engagement with stakeholders (e.g. workshops) both online and inperson
  • Conduct change impact analysis and design proportionate change interventions
  • Work with impacted groups to assess
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