Purposeful vision. Agile planning. Steadfast persistence.
CHANGE SENIOR MANAGER – DATA AND INSIGHT
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum
Reports to: Business Owner – Data and Insight Focus Area
Department: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
Contract: 18 month fixed-term contract
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week. We are open to considering compressed hours.
Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: Sunday 25 June 2023 23:55
This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.
At Cancer Research UK, we are proud of how many people choose to support our mission. In 2020/21, almost a million people gave us a regular donation and around 35,000 volunteered their time. However, to grow our funding for our life saving research we must build even greater momentum and urgency around our cause, engaging people in much deeper, more meaningful ways. This is the vision behind the
“Engage” pillar
of our strategy as we work to deliver seamless online and offline interactions, and a service that is personal to our audiences.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Change and Project Manager to lead on the implementation of the change plan for the Engage Data and Insight Focus Area. Working in partnership with our Technology Department you will develop and deliver a change plan to support the establishment of our Data Governance Model, building understanding, engagement and adoption across business and tech teams. You will also be responsible for establishing and delivering a broader Data Culture change plan to support our Engage programme.
We are looking for someone who has a wealth of experience in change management within the Data and Insight sector. A key part of this role will be instigating a significant cultural change in how we work, so you will need to be a strong communicator with experience in generating movement to inspire behaviour change for both employees and Senior Leaders. You will be an expert in using Agile project management and business change management principles to deliver complex transformation programmes. This is a unique opportunity to transform how Cancer Research UK engages with our audiences, bringing us closer to our mission of beating cancer.
What will I be doing?
Establishing sustainable and influential working relationships with key stakeholders, and bring the right balance of challenge and support to ensure progress on the transformation
Collaborating with Sponsor, Business Owner(s) and project team to clearly define project vision, outcomes, benefits, key milestones, key cross dependencies, decisions, risks, issues, and other strategic project deliverables.
Bring expertise in change methodologies, and Agile ways of working to support the transformation
Working in an Agile way, leading the end-to-end delivery of change to deliver on key results as defined in OKRs: Including the day-to-day projects activity, ensuring effective collaboration, and planning across a mix discipline team, including but not limited to: Ceremonies, necessary meetings and workshops, ensuring sprints are structured well, backlogs are maintained, and agile techniques are applied and understood by the team.
Developing plans and link key milestones into strategic project roadmaps. Track and manage project information such as milestones, dependencies, owners, risks, issues, and mitigations. Coordinate stakeholders to ensure actions are prioritised and progressed at pace.
Ensuring any structural/ways of working, behavioural or cultural changes are implemented, holding tension around the delivery of these, including in line with Business Change, Agile, and Design principles.
Working with the Business Change Lead to champion the overall change approach across Engage and to ensure alignment with planned activity.
Coaching and supporting the stakeholders to define and deliver change by supporting on creating change impact assessments, carrying out training needs analysis, creating a training plan and working with Business Change Lead to get leadership to prioritise and invest in training.
Leading on engagement and communications, coaching and supporting stakeholders to champion change, and embed change with teams.
Supporting the Data and Insight team to integrate change management practice into the wider D&I delivery plans.
Accountable to reporting to Data and Insight Business Owner and Business Change Lead on how change is progressing. Ensuring escalations are timely and provided with options and recommendations.
What skills will I need?
Significant experience in Agile project management and business change management principles
Experience of leading data and insight change programmes. Understanding of key concepts underpinning data and insight methods, tools, and systems and their application in a business environment
Experience managing transformation programmes and projects or at least familiar with transformative approaches, experience of shaping from the start through to delivery of benefits
Excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to navigate and influence across complex matrix-management structures (including Senior level)
Demonstrable experience in using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes
Excellent planning and organisational skills working to challenging targets and deadlines, including working with Agile planning and inputting into roadmap and structured reporting
Calm, confident, and articulate communicator who can concisely communicate complex information and concepts with all colleagues written or verbally.
Leads and motivates project teams and acts as a role model
Demonstrable evidence of interpreting & manipulating project data clearly and accurately with the ability to quickly extract & articulate key points.
Ability to work under minimal supervision, as well as handle difficult and sensitive situations by making sound and independent judgements
Excellent active listening and facilitation skills
For the full job description and more information about working with us please email
harriet.jordison@cancer.org.uk
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
Cancer Research UK’s Technology team is proud to be part of the
Tech Talent Charter
(TTC) for our efforts in driving equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. Our vision is a digital world accessible to all, and we have always sought to draw from a diverse pool of talent and maintain an inclusive working environment.
For more information on this career opportunity please
visit our website
or contact us at
recruitment@cancer.org.uk
.
There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at
recruitment@cancer.org.uk
.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.