• Job Description

  Req#: C9249-26-0083?language=en&page=108&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  HR Change Management Lead - Corporate Service Transformation | 12 month Fixed Term

  Interview Date: 04th March 2026

  We are seeking an experienced and highly motivatedHR Change Management Lead to join the BSW Hospitals Group and play a central role in delivering one of the most ambitious corporate transformation programmes across the system.

  The Corporate Services Re-design (CSR) Programme will create a single, unified corporate services function operating across the three Care Organisations within the Group - Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH), Great Western Hospitals (GWH) and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT). This role will be pivotal in ensuring that complex organisational change is delivered effectively, consistently and in line with best HR practice and employment legislation.

  This is a high-profile opportunity for an HR professional with strong change management experience to operate at scale, influencing senior stakeholders and supporting the successful transition of eleven corporate services into new operating models.

  The role will involve regular travel across the three Care Organisations, with a primary base location and flexibility to attend meetings across the Group as required. Please see the Job Description for full details of the role.

  Main duties of the job

  As HR Change Management Lead, you will:

  • Provide dedicated HR and change management leadership to support the delivery of the Corporate Services Re-design Programme.
  • Act as the main HR point of contact for the programme, advising on organisational change, service transfers, consultation processes and employment legislation.
  • Coordinate and oversee change activity across eleven corporate service functions, ensuring effective governance, risk management and delivery against agreed milestones.
  • Support programme governance by coordinating meetings, preparing reports and papers, maintaining action logs and escalating issues as required.
  • Work closely with senior leaders, programme teams and staff side representatives to enable successful and sustainable change.
  • Develop clear, consistent and accessible communications to support engagement and understanding across impacted teams.

  About us

  BSW Hospitals Group brings together three leading NHS Trusts - Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust - working collaboratively across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

  By operating as a Group, we are strengthening our corporate services, sharing expertise and resources, and creating consistent, high-quality support that enables frontline services to thrive. The Corporate Services Re-design Programme is a key enabler of this ambition, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable care for our communities.

  Details

  Date posted

  05 February 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 days

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  249-7786744

  Job locations

  GWH / RUH / SFT

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Provide programme-level coordination and oversight of HR and change management activity across eleven corporate services.
  • Support the development and maintenance of programme governance structures, project plans, documentation and reporting.
  • Identify and manage risks, interdependencies and issues relating to organisational change, escalating where required.
  • Provide expert HR advice to support service transfers, new operating models and workforce transitions.
  • Support the preparation of change management documentation, consultation papers, staff engagement activities and responses to complex staff queries.
  • Participate in job evaluation, job matching and role design activity, providing advice and guidance to functions.
  • Develop SOPs, guidance and tools aligned to best practice and employment legislation to support consistent implementation.
  • Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders, programme teams, design groups and staff side representatives.
  • Translate complex and sensitive information into clear, user-friendly communications for a range of audiences.

  Please find attached the full Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Provide programme-level coordination and oversight of HR and change management activity across eleven corporate services.
  • Support the development and maintenance of programme governance structures, project plans, documentation and reporting.
  • Identify and manage risks, interdependencies and issues relating to organisational change, escalating where required.
  • Provide expert HR advice to support service transfers, new operating models and workforce transitions.
  • Support the preparation of change management documentation, consultation papers, staff engagement activities and responses to complex staff queries.
  • Participate in job evaluation, job matching and role design activity, providing advice and guidance to functions.
  • Develop SOPs, guidance and tools aligned to best practice and employment legislation to support consistent implementation.
  • Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders, programme teams, design groups and staff side representatives.
  • Translate complex and sensitive information into clear, user-friendly communications for a range of audiences.

  Please find attached the full Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge, Training and Experience

  Essential

  • Educated to Degree Level or equivalent working knowledge
  • Chartered Member of CIPD, or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • Working knowledge as a HR professional with an in-depth understanding of change management and organisational change.
  • Project management experience ideally within the NHS.
  • Ability to constructively challenge the status quo by influencing, negotiating and coaching others through data driven approach.
  • Experience of stakeholder management up to and including Executive level.
  • Experience of working with trade union representatives

  Desirable

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified or qualification in similar structured project management methodologies. (Working towards would be considered).
  • Trained in NHS Job Evaluation

  Person Specification

  Knowledge, Training and Experience

  Essential

  • Educated to Degree Level or equivalent working knowledge
  • Chartered Member of CIPD, or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • Working knowledge as a HR professional with an in-depth understanding of change management and organisational change.
  • Project management experience ideally within the NHS.
  • Ability to constructively challenge the status quo by influencing, negotiating and coaching others through data driven approach.
  • Experience of stakeholder management up to and including Executive level.
  • Experience of working with trade union representatives

  Desirable

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified or qualification in similar structured project management methodologies. (Working towards would be considered).
  • Trained in NHS Job Evaluation

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  GWH / RUH / SFT

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  GWH / RUH / SFT

  Marlborough Road

  Swindon

  SN3 6BB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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