Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Swansea About the job Job summary Do you have experience of delivering change initiatives and using the various tools and methodologies? Are you looking for an opportunity to demonstrate your change management skills and further enhance your expertise? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity, and we would love to hear from you. Job description As Senior Business Change Manager, you will support the Head of Business Change & Improvement and work in partnership with the wider team. In this role you will champion a business and people focused change management and business improvement approach across the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). You will support both business as usual initiatives and project-based change and improvement activities. You will apply the principles of the DVSA change and improvement strategy to understand what the change / improvement means to the business and our people. You will implement and manage a range of change and improvement interventions in support of achieving business objectives and creating a change and improvement culture. You will empower and equip our people to support the implementation of changes and improvements, enhance how the business and our people receive the change / improvement and engage colleagues in the associated activities. This role provides the opportunity to work in partnership with the wider business and provide leadership and professional expertise to support business change and improvement activities across the Agency. Your key duties and responsibilities will include: Being a primary source of change expertise in the business, working closely with impacted staff and stakeholders to ensure change is successfully managed for high impact changes. Implementing the change management and service offering, focusing on wider impacts, Stakeholder mapping, Benefits management, Impact assessment, Transition and Implementation planning. Collaborating with managers across all functions for the good of DVSA and creating a high performing and well-respected Agency. Collaborating with colleagues in your team and across the People Directorate, to bring the Directorates strategy, operating model and vision to life and delivering business objectives. Analysing a range of qualitative and quantitative information to provide evidence-based insight to help the organisation make informed decisions, addressing business problems, and adding value to the organisation. Putting theory into practice, providing effective advice that meets business need, applying legislation, policy, or best practice, and developing a balanced approach to risk. For more information, please see the candidate pack attached. Person specification You will either hold an APMG Change Management Practitioner (or equivalent) qualification, a willingness to work towards such qualification once in role, or have relevant experience. You will have experience of delivering change and improvement, have a broad knowledge of various tools and techniques and the capability to quickly grasp information and manage multiple change projects. You will have excellent interpersonal and stakeholder manager skills to build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will be a confident communicator, with the credibility to influence and challenge senior leaders to support decision making. Additional information There will be a need to occasionally travel on official business, and to stay overnight on some occasions. This role can be based in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham or Swansea, your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. This role is suitable for hybrid working, and therefore a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements. Hybrid working is a non-contractual arrangement where employees have the flexibility to work remotely combined with a minimum of 60% of their working time a month at either their principal workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, to carry out separate duties at alternative working locations or DVSA sites. There will be occasions when you will be required to travel and stay overnight in another location, and there may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation. If you have questions regarding how hybrid working is practiced within the business area, or any reasonable adjustments or flexible working arrangements you may currently have or need in place if successful in your application, please contact the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). During your application, you should indicate which location(s) you wish to be considered for and, if successful, you will be placed on an individual list of candidates for each location. Candidates will be held on that list and drawn from it in merit order. We advise you to carefully consider which locations you wish to be considered for. If you decline an offer for a location, you have expressed a preference in or have expressed an interest in more than one location and accept an offer, you will be withdrawn from any lists you may be held on. We may also offer candidates a location that they have not expressed a preference for where we have the requirement to do so but this will again be done on the basis of your place in the overall merit order and, in this event, you will not be removed from the list if you decline. Please take note that DVSA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. About us The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles. Were working hard to: make roads safer improve services for our customers make road transport greener and healthier harness the potential of technology and data grow and level up the economy To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Leadership Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Working Together Benefits Alongside your salary of £42,848, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency contributes £12,413 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the Kings birthday Latest IT and Tech devices A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues Excellent learning and development tailored to your role including paid apprenticeships up to Masters level Wide range of discounts schemes on high street names Employee assistance programme for health and wellbeing Cycle to work scheme and Gym membership offers For more information visit our careers page Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. When considering your experience, please tailor your CV and personal statement to provide evidence of the following experience: Delivering change initiatives across a business or organisation. Managing stakeholders to identify, assess and influence positive changes and improvements. Implementing change plans to support the delivery of a project, continuous improvement, or business as usual activities. Identifying wider benefits and impacts and ensuring these are effectively managed. Your personal statement will be limited to a maximum of 1000 words. The sift is due to take place from 17/02/2025. Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 03/03/2025. This interview will be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview. Well try to meet the dates weve set out in the advert. But there may be occasions when these dates will change. Well give you plenty of notice of any important dates. The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include: an interview and a presentation exercise If you would like to find out more about what its like to work for DVSA and how to apply, we will be holding virtual sessions to find out more. Please click here to secure your place at one of our upcoming events. The Department for Transport recruits using Success Profiles. For each role, we consider what you need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. You can read more about Success Profiles here. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview is truthful and factually accurate. Applications may be rejected if plagiarism is detected. Examples of plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or concepts generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. View our guidelines here. Reasonable Adjustments As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional. If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Document Accessibility If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGCommsdft.gov.uk for assistance. Further Information For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role. Pre-employment Checking Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. 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Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Julian Boyer Email : julian.boyerdvsa.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : dftrecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk Further information If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: dftrecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website Here Attachments Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 1171kB) Share this page Print Email Gmail Facebook LinkedIn