Job Description - Business Change Professional (00127934)

Business Change Professional - 00127934

Job Title: Business Change Professional

Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £43,000 depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing:

Support the development and delivery of business change collateral such as business change plans, change impact assessment, communications plan, stakeholder assessment and training plans for the project as part of an IT transformation programme of work

Being responsible for business change delivery within a small to medium sized project and change initiatives, work package, or be supporting in delivering part of a moderate change programme or business transformation initiative, reporting the business benefit realisation

Working with key stakeholders to agree the core project benefits and benefits management plan, including agreed KPIs to measure benefits have been met

Setting up and facilitating a cohesive change network and change champion programme as part of a wider change adoption plan

From the adoption of new technologies through to supporting the implementation of new systems or ways of working, this individual will ensure that business change management is consistently embedded, delivered and assured through appropriate and justified standard approaches across the project

Your skills and experiences:

A keen interest in Business Change and basic knowledge of Change Management theory and methodologies, processes, policies, and procedures

The ability to effectively carry out Business Change Management tasks of small to medium complexity and provide guidance in those areas

Effective influencing and stakeholder management experience

Degree educated

APMG or other suitable Business Change Qualification such as PROSCI at Practitioner level at least

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Business Change team:

You will be joining an experienced change management office of Business Change and Business Analyst professionals, delivering end to end change management support and capability across enterprise technology projects. You’ll have an opportunity work on exciting IT projects. You will work with multiple stakeholders globally and you will help drive and implement new ways of working across a large complex business.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 15th July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.