HQ Job Description (JD)
Band 8
Group Family: Generic - Projects and Programmes
Job Description: Business Change Manager
Document Ref.
JES 2024 Business Change Manager
Document Type
Management
Version
5.0
Classification
Unclassified
Date of Issue
20.03.20
Status
Baselined
Produced by
Head of Group
Authorised by
Reward Team
JD Evidence
JES 2024 Business Change Manager v5.0
HQ Job Description
Job Title
Business Change Manager
Group Family
Projects and Programmes
Band
8
Overview of the job
The Business Change Manager must be able to provide the bridge between the
programme and the business operations. The business manager will have an in depth
understanding of what the key requirements are within a programme/project.
This will be a non-operational post being used in HQ or at Prison Group level.
Summary
The Business Change Manager is responsible for realising the resultant benefits by
embedding capability into business operations and facilitating business changes to
exploit that capability.
The job holder will be responsible for improving staff confidence in the delivery of
change, to ensure that change is rolled out in a co-ordinated and well planned way,
and to provide feedback on planned programme/project initiatives from an HMPPS
perspective.
On behalf of the programme/project they will on occasions liaise with both internal
and external stakeholders to ensure key messages of change delivery are passed
through to the line.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities & Duties
and duties:
? Ensure development and business ownership of Benefits Profiles and Benefits
Realisation Plan.
? Reporting to the Senior Responsibility Officer (SRO) on the readiness to change,
achievements of outcomes and realisation of benefits
? Defining the future operating state of the business area they represent
? Ensure effective communications with all areas of the business that they
represent
? Ensure that business stability is maintained during the transition and the
changes are effectively integrated into the business
? Preparing the affected business areas for the transition to new ways of working
? Monitoring the performance of benefits realisation
? Monitoring business stability and ongoing capacity to cope with the level of
change (including acceptable levels of performance variation/deterioration
whilst the change is embedded)
? Improve staff confidence in the HMPPS change programme through the
promulgation of effective local change narratives
? Improve local co-ordination and delivery of change projects through the
development of local change roadmaps and through specialist advice on
particular programmes
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not
intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations
and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments
may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in
the first instance with the Job Holder.
Behaviours
? Seeing the Big Picture
? Making Effective Decisions
? Delivering at Pace
? Working Together
JES 2024 Business Change Manager v5.0
Strengths
NB. It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
N.B. Converting job descriptions to the new Success Profile format means areas
captured in experience could also be assessed as a strength. Vacancy managers
should use their own judgement to decide where best to assess these
? Leading on and identifying the business change requirements across the
project
? Experience of handling sensitive relationships diplomatically whilst
influencing and negotiating business change
? Knowledge and experience of business change tools and techniques
? Be from the relevant business area in order to demonstrate detailed
knowledge of the business environment and have direct business experience
? Have ongoing operational responsibilities within their business area in order
to enable changes resulting from the programme to be firmly embedded in
the organisation
? Have the confidence of senior managers from the area to be changed
? Have management skills to coordinate people from different disciplines and
with differing viewpoints within the business
? Have change management skills and enough experience to be able to bring
order to complex situations and maintain focus on the programme's
objectives
? Have negotiating and interpersonal skills
Technical
? Recognised project management qualifications or equivalent experience e.g.
requirements
PRINCE2, APM, MSP
? Knowledge or experience working in a project or programme environment
? Understand the management structures and culture of the business area
? Awareness/understanding of process analysis, benefits identification and
business continuity
Ability
Minimum Eligibility
? All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up
post.
? All external candidates are subject to 6 months’ probation. Internal
candidates are subject to probation if they have not already served a
probationary period within HMPPS.
? All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or
organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
JES 2024 Business Change Manager v5.0
Success Profile
Experience
Strengths
N.B. Converting job descriptions to the new
Success Profile format means areas captured
Behaviours
N.B. it is advised strengths are
Ability
Technical
in experience could also be assessed as a
chosen locally, recommended
strength. Vacancy managers should use their
4-8
own judgement to decide where best to
assess these
Recognised project management
Leading on and identifying the business
Seeing the Big Picture
qualifications or equivalent experience
change requirements across the project
e.g. PRINCE2, APM, MSP
Experience of handling sensitive relationships
Knowledge or experience working in a
Making Effective Decisions
diplomatically whilst influencing and
project or programme environment
negotiating business change
Knowledge and experience of business
Understand the management structures
Delivering at Pace
change tools and techniques
and culture of the business area
Be from the relevant business area in order to
Awareness/understanding of process
demonstrate detailed knowledge of the
Working Together
analysis, benefits identification and
business environment and have direct
business continuity
business experience
Have ongoing operational responsibilities
within their business area in order to enable
changes resulting from the programme to be
firmly embedded in the organisation
Have the confidence of senior managers from
the area to be changed
Have management skills to coordinate people
from different disciplines and with differing
view points within the business
Have change management skills and enough
experience to be able to bring order to
complex situations and maintain focus on the
programme's objectives
Have negotiating and interpersonal skills
JES 2024 Business Change Manager v5.0