People Change Delivery Consultant
4 days ago
Edinburgh
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a People Change Delivery Consultant for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of £550-£600/day (Inside IR35). This role will be hybrid working with a minimum of 3 days in the office per week. Responsibilities: • Provide experienced, hands-on delivery and implementation support for the people aspects of workplace transformation, working across a focused portfolio of People & Culture priorities., • Coordinate and drive workplace transformation activity from planning through to implementation, ensuring clear ownership, milestones, dependencies and deliverables., • Bring practical organisation development and people change experience, including role clarity, ways of working, stakeholder engagement, change planning and adoption activity., • Support leaders and colleagues to translate agreed workplace transformation requirements into workable implementation plans, communications, engagement activity and practical tools., • Provide delivery support across people-related change, ensuring activity is well planned, proportionate, coordinated and effectively embedded., • Establish and maintain practical project disciplines, including delivery plans, milestones, actions, risks, issues, dependencies and progress reporting., • Produce clear, concise and decision-focused reporting for Executive and, where required, Board-level audiences., • Work independently and collaboratively with senior stakeholders and delivery colleagues, recognising that the role will not have direct line management responsibility or a dedicated team., • Develop practical tools, frameworks and documentation where these will support effective implementation and provide a sustainable approach for the organisation beyond the assignment. Essential Skills: • Significant experience in delivery, implementation, people change, organisation development or workplace transformation roles within complex organisations., • Practical organisation development experience, with the ability to support role clarity, ways of working, engagement, change readiness and adoption activity., • A proven track record of moving quickly from planning and recommendations into practical implementation, follow-through and delivery., • Consulting experience, or experience working in a consulting-style delivery environment, would be advantageous, particularly where this involved supporting leaders through practical people and workplace change., • Strong project delivery capability, with experience coordinating multiple related workstreams, maintaining momentum and turning ambiguity into structured action., • Ability to work effectively without a direct team, using influence, structure and collaboration to engage stakeholders and deliver through others., • Analytical capability and the ability to convert complex organisational information into clear recommendations, plans and high-quality outputs., • Experience producing concise Executive and Board-level papers, presentations and progress reporting., • Experience within a public sector, financial services or regulated environment would be advantageous, alongside an understanding of the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty., • A pragmatic, collaborative and delivery-focused approach, with the ability to operate at pace and work effectively with both senior stakeholders and colleagues responsible for implementation. If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.