Business Change Manager

As a Business Change Manager, you’ll play a central role in helping colleagues embrace new systems, processes and ways of working across Peabody. You’ll work closely with project teams, senior leaders and end users to make sure change lands smoothly and delivers meaningful benefits. This is a varied and influential role where you’ll guide people through transformation, build engagement and ensure the organisation is fully ready for what’s coming next.

About You

You’re an experienced change professional who brings confidence, clarity and energy to complex environments. You know how to build strong relationships, communicate with impact and support teams through periods of change. You’re passionate about making change feel positive and achievable for everyone.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the planning and delivery of change activities to support successful adoption.
• Shape clear, engaging messages that help colleagues understand and embrace new ways of working.
• Assess the impact of changes and work with teams to ensure they feel prepared and supported.
• Facilitate workshops, conversations and sessions that build understanding and confidence.
• Develop training and readiness plans that help teams transition smoothly.
• Champion a positive, people‑centred approach to change across the organisation.

To be a success in this role, you’re:

• An experienced Change Manager with proven ability in understanding change impacts and designing engagement plans and initiatives that support adoption. (Not project management role).
• Experienced working across multiple projects simultaneously
• Experienced in applying and working within a structured change framework
• Able to demonstrate a solid understanding of how people go through change and the change process, ideally with experience of Prosci ADKAR® and/or APMG Change Management.

This is a hybrid role working a minimum of 2 days a week at the Westminster Bridge Road office.

Please note: This opportunity is a fixed term contract, ending 31st December 2026, ideally starting 1st April 2026.

Why Join Us?

When you join Peabody, you’re joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included, and empowered.

What We Offer

• 30 days’ annual holiday, plus bank holidays
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
• 4 x salary life assurance
• Up to 10% pension contribution
  

Please read before applying:

• You must have the right to work in the UK; we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
• We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

If this sounds like we are right for you and you’d love to be part of Peabody, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply now by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this role.

Interviews will be taking place on Teams on the following dates 17/03, 19/03, 23/03, 24/03, 26/03

If you have any questions about this role, please email Talent Specialist, Tanisha at tanisha.johnson@peabody.org.uk