Job Description

Responsibilities

Engineering People Transformation - Change Delivery Manager (Fixed Term 18-24 Months) Grade: ML1/SB3 Salary: £38,500 per annum to £47,700 per annum
At Northern, we aim to develop and champion excellence in not only our services but also our people. We are currently looking for Change Delivery Manager to join the People team, with the clear objective to deliver excellent and comprehensive service towards the Engineering People Transformation.
As the Change Delivery Manager, you’ll support the Head of Engineering People Transformation by taking the lead in Key projects within the People Strategy workstream. You’ll create project plans, manage the delivery of those projects in conjunction with specialist support required, and completing reports on progress in line with programme control.
This role will require you to provide the Engineering senior leadership team and workstream leads with comprehensive HR advice, guidance and support relating to transformation people activity and translate the ‘Engineering Rich Picture’ int plans to ensure effective delivery. By supporting the delivery of the People workstream activity, you’ll ensure milestones commitments are met, establishing credibility within the function as an expert in HR excellence.
This role can be based across Manchester, Leeds, and York, so there will be some requirement for you to travel across the main Engineering locations. However, there is the opportunity to work from home.
Role Responsibilities
Your main duties will be:

• Support the Head of Engineering People Transformation with delivery of the People strategy workstream activity within the Engineering Transformation programme; ensuring milestones are met
• Responsible for leading key projects within the People strategy workstream including the creation, development, delivery of project plans, development of business cases and progression reports
• Ensure effective communication between the Transformation project teams in a coaching, supportive and challenging manner, ensuring managers are competent and confident in the application of HR policies and practice Providing expert advice, guidance, and support on all HR matters relating to engineering transformation activity
• Coach & guide the Engineering Leadership team in creation and review of role profiles ensuring the principles of the Org design methodology a & HR policies/practices have been applied.
• Support the Engineering Leadership, HRBP & Recruitment teams with the delivery of Engineering Transformation recruitment and selection activities ensuring the employment of the most suitable candidate with the correct skills & expertise.
• Produce reporting for the allocated projects/workstreams in line with Transformation programme governance requirements

About You
In this role you should be able to demonstrate the following skills, abilities, behaviours, and attitude:

• Experience of delivering a significant change project, either as part of a team or leading the team
• Previous experience of working within a complex unionised business would be beneficial
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge at a senior level and manage stakeholder effectively
• Experience of working with Trade Unions (ideally) within the transport sector and be able to demonstrate an understanding of local and strategic ER
• Experience of working in a large, multi-site operation and the complexities this brings.
• Experience of working in a matrix organisation.
• Ability to translate strategy into local plans
• CIPD level 5 qualification or equivalent experience
• Project management qualification / experience is desirable

Our Benefits Package:
By working as part of the Northern team, you will receive the following benefits:

• Free Travel on Northern services – for you and your family*
• 75% discount on all other Train Operating Companies leisure services*
• Pension Scheme
• A generous holiday entitlement
• Employee Assistance Programme – operating 24/7, giving a wide range of advice, support, and useful information for employees

Plus, many more.
About Northern:
At Northern, we’re creating a brand-new future. Not just for our organisation, but one that will transform the way we all think about rail travel. And if you’re forward thinking, passionate and full of fresh ideas like we are, you could play your part in making it happen.
We recently launched our £500m fleet of new, state-of-the-art trains and we’re investing millions more in our existing fleet of trains and on station improvements. All so we can continue to connect thousands of people across the North to work, leisure, education and more every day. Our vision is all about taking them in an exciting new direction, delivering a different kind of travel experience, and introducing new ways of working.
We’re also investing in our people too, and we’re committed to building a business that’s just as diverse as the communities we serve. So, whatever your background, and whatever you have in mind for your own future, we think you’ll fit right in here.
Our Selection Process:
Our selection processes are designed to make joining Northern as smooth as possible, it not only provides us with the information we need to decide whether you’re the right person to deliver a great service to our customers, but also to make sure we’re also the right team for you.
Your on-line application:
The first thing you need to do is complete our online application form and tell us a little bit more about yourself.
Once we have all your details, we will be back in touch to let you know what to expect.
Important: Northern reserves the right to close the advert before the published closing date if high volumes of applications are received. In this situation partially completed applications will not be progressed forward or given extra time to complete.
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