About Network Rail
About Network Rail…
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country.
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.
Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
Duration: Permanent (for internal candidates a secondment with potential to go perm could be considered).
Location: This role is based in The Quadrant:MK. This role is a full-time opportunity, flexible working patterns will be considered. For Quadrant:MK, you must live within 90 minutes of The Quadrant.
Band & Salary: Band 3B £46,701 - £53,589
Closing date: 31st January 2025. On occasions, we may need to close the advert early based upon application volumes. Late applications may not be accepted.
Next Steps: Interviews will be held in February, depending on business requirements.
Brief Description
Who are we looking for? Are you a motivated, self-starter who is keen to collaborate and help with our business improvement objectives? We are now looking for people with experience and ambition in a combination of the following: Change Management, Portfolio/Project/Programme Management, Business Improvement, Coaching Business Assurance, Workshop Facilitation and Business Benefit Realisation.
About the role (External)
About the team.. Our team provides improved confidence and understanding in the way we manage our business, through pro-active business support, consistent business insights and improved capabilities in governance, assurance, risk, improvement and change management.
What does the average day look like?
As a senior team member, your role will involve:
1. Working with our core process areas, routes and regions, and linking in with our business units, to further improve the business and embed our ‘the way we manage our business’ framework.
2. Engaging with the industry and our regulators to support Network Rail in its preparedness for Great British Railways.
3. Facilitating and shaping solutions, developing strong business cases for change and improvement, and coaching our leaders in the delivery of benefits that enable better business and industry outcomes.
4. Advocating for and improving the core process for the way we manage our business including the 'Managing Change and Improvement' framework (process and policy).
5. Facilitating assurance on behalf of business change recipients to enable stronger collaboration and alignment with function, route and regional customer needs.
6. Linking change to process controls, risks, and our CP7 strategic business plan objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Relevant experience in the successful management of major and complex change projects.
2. Experience of applying project methodologies.
3. Member of project/change/quality association.
4. Commercial and financial awareness.
5. Knowledge of the principles of project and change processes and procedures.
6. Knowledge of/experience in the UK rail industry.
7. Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
8. Proficient at Office 365.
How to apply (External)
We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.
Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our Safety Vision.
You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
Some of our great benefits:
1. Flexible/hybrid working arrangements considered.
2. Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
3. Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.
4. Defined benefit pension scheme.
5. 75% subsidy on train tickets.
6. Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.
7. Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
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