Senior Change Manager Council Posted yesterday Expir

Grade: K scp 39 £ 50,269 to scp 43 £ 54,495

Contract:

Fixed Term, 1 Year

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Bolton Council is going through an exciting and unprecedented period of transformation over the next few years, and we’re looking for talented people with a broad range of change management experience to help us achieve our ambitions. The Senior Change Manager will play a key role in driving and delivering strategic change activity across the council, including development and implementation of our Future Council (Target Operating) Model and Transformation Strategy.

This is a very varied and challenging role, and requires a systems thinking approach, coupled with solid experience of delivering complex change that has our citizens at its heart, ideally within the public sector. You’ll be part of a friendly team, taking a lead on specific change priorities, and working alongside 2 permanent Senior Change Managers, a Career Grade Change Manager and a Transformation Business Analyst.

The postholder will also work with individual services to apply our transformation principles and support them to modernise, using analysis, process mapping, co-design and engagement approaches, with our customers at the centre. There will be lots of opportunities to influence and help shape what we do and how we do it.

The team will be undergoing a service redesign in early 2026, to align capacity to priorities and demand, and as a result it’s possible that longer term opportunities may become available.

We’re looking for someone who can hit the ground running and quickly pick up some key pieces of work, so you’ll need significant experience of delivering and managing change projects and programmes, ideally taking a systems thinking approach. The successful candidate will be able to manage multiple, fast-paced and complex pieces of work simultaneously, and will have a focus on demonstrating improved outcomes, supported by a strong evidence base.

You need to be comfortable working with colleagues and partners at all levels, as well as elected members, and you must have strong leadership and influencing skills.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Nicky Connell on .

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than 3 pages, evidencing your relevant knowledge and experience, as indicated in the person specification, by 25th January 2026.

These roles are available as a secondment opportunity, with prior permission from your current manager.

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave…