The Head of Change and Business Improvement is a senior leader in HSE’s Operational Service Division (OSD). OSD is responsible for HSE’s change, business and digital transformation, project management support, and Portfolio Management Office, in addition to supporting front-line delivery operations.
We play a key role in delivering HSE’s Change Portfolio, working with blended teams of permanent staff, contractors, and partner resources. We need to build upon and further develop our existing in-house capability to ensure we have the right skills and experience to deliver our ambitious plans.
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Transformation, and working alongside Heads of Change responsible for Project Management and the Transformation Office, this post provides a challenging opportunity for an experienced change leader to lead the profession—building capability to help implement our ambitious roadmap for business transformation. A critical part of the role is acting as a senior change lead across HSE, driving best practice throughout the organisation to build knowledge and optimise delivery.
The successful candidate will play a key role in maturing and enhancing our approach, methodologies, frameworks, and ways of working. They will collaborate closely with fellow leaders across the division to ensure that change activities are appropriately resourced, governed, managed, and successfully delivered. This includes identifying cross-cutting themes, common components, and critical organisational dependencies—working with the Deputy Director to define the appropriate approach for their delivery and management.
We are looking for an inspirational, confident, and empowering leader who can effectively promote collaborative working across teams and achieve impact through others. You will be able to see the big picture, identify opportunities for change and business improvement, set priorities, and make trade-offs between the strategic and the pragmatic—while also adopting different tactical approaches. This is a senior leadership post, and you must demonstrate a strong personal commitment to being an active, critical, and visible presence within the Division and more widely across HSE.
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