The Donkey Sanctuary is an international animal welfare organisation, offering care and protection to donkeys worldwide. Our vision is a world where every donkey has a good quality of life, and our mission is to improve the lives of donkeys every day. We will achieve this by transforming the lives of donkeys in need worldwide by fostering greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing relationships. 

These are exciting times for the Charity, with a focus on improvement and development to deliver the goals within our organisational strategy, we now have an excellent opportunity for a Change Manager to join our Business Strategy & Programmes team

As a Change Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring large-scale projects of strategic significance deliver the expected outcomes and benefits by focusing on the cultural and people side of change to mitigate impacts, increase employee engagement and drive adoption of solutions.  

You will lead on developing change management strategy for assigned projects, which empower and prepare employees for changes to processes, systems, technology, policies and working practices

Working across the organisation you will deliver targeted engagement, specific to stakeholder needs, resulting in improved change capability and the successful delivery of strategically important outcomes.  

About you:

• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.
• Proven experience of working alongside senior managers in a change management role within complex, large-scale or cross-organisational change efforts.
• Experience of creating and implementing new processes, resulting in an improvement.
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Practical experience of mentoring and training others in the use of change management methodologies.
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Exceptional communication skills – written and verbal, with the ability to adapt tone, format or content of communications to meet the needs of the audience.
• Full valid driving licence.

About the role:

Working closely with the Project Manager, your principal duties and responsibilities will include:

• Leading on developing change management strategy and plans for assigned projects of change, which supports organisational cultural change and the successful delivery of project outcomes.
• Assessing the organisational or departmental change readiness and identifying and shaping appropriate interventions to improve preparedness, where needed.
• Identifying and delivering critical change management activities to facilitate behavioural change that will lead to adoption of project outputs, increasing the likelihood of achieving the associated benefits.
• Planning techniques and determining priorities to enable analysis and scheduling of change activities and requirements including the management of interdependencies.
• Defining and measuring success metrics and monitoring change progress, including tracking, reporting and managing issues. Completing reporting tools and developing plans to remedy any delays in delivering the project outcomes and benefits.
• Monitoring commitment of stakeholders and staff, ensuring the Project Manager and/or Sponsor are aware of any risks or issues relating to stakeholder engagement.
• Influencing and motivating staff across The Donkey Sanctuary, at all levels, including Executives and Senior Managers, in order to achieve successful change.

What we offer in return:

 This is a hybrid role, that can be performed through a combination of working remotely and office-based working in Sidmouth, Devon, the frequency of which will vary depending on business need.

This is a full-time permanent contract starting as soon as possible, working 35 hours per week, 08.30-16.30, Monday-Friday.

Benefits:  

Competitive pension.

Life Assurance (2 times annual salary).

31 Days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 will each full year of service.

Wellbeing Team.

Recorded Pilates and Yoga classes.

Long Service Awards.

Healthshield Plan –

• Reimbursement of some medical expenses up to the specified limits per membership.
• Offers, discounts and cashback on shopping, travel and entertainment from participating outlets.
• Access to a 24/7 GP and counselling service.

Free parking.

Subsidised restaurant and shop.

Closing date for completed applications: Tuesday 10 December 2024. 

The Donkey Sanctuary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults), and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.

Please note: The Guaranteed interview scheme is only applicable to candidates who consider themselves to have a disability applying for roles based within the United Kingdom.

NOTE TO APPLICANTS: The Donkey Sanctuary is keen to receive your application, but we do ask you not to employ an Artificial Intelligence (AI) writing tool or assistant in compiling your submission, we are keen to hear from you.  Applications that are considered not to be an applicant’s own work may not be shortlisted for interview.