Head of Change and Transformation - #1694768

Head of Change and Transformation

£65,714 per annum (pay award pending) - Grade 11

Leeds Full time / Permanent - 37 hours per week

Closing date – 18 May at 23:55

Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share.

We are looking for a visionary Head of Change and Transformation to lead our organisation through an exciting phase of significant growth and transformation. This is a newly established, high-impact role offering a unique opportunity to influence strategic direction and drive lasting, positive change across the organisation.

As Head of Change and Transformation, you will be at the forefront of designing and delivering innovative change programmes that align with our long-term strategic goals. You will collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to embed a culture of continuous improvement, drive operational excellence, and enhance the internal stakeholder experience. A key part of your role will be engaging stakeholders at all levels, ensuring alignment, buy-in, and clear communication throughout the transformation journey. You will oversee the successful delivery of all corporate services projects, ensuring they are integrated, prioritised, and sequenced to deliver maximum organisational benefit. Your leadership will ensure these initiatives are not only successful in the short term, but also embed sustainable behaviour change and new ways of working that strengthen our capacity for future innovation and adaptability.

This is more than a leadership role - it’s a chance to shape the future of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and leave a legacy. If you thrive in a progressive environment and have the skills and ambition to lead transformational change at scale, we want to hear from you.

Our Offer

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:

· 28 days Annual Leave (increasing upon years of service) plus Bank Holidays

· Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme

· Free Travel on rail and buses across West Yorkshire with the M-Card (Zones 1-5)

· Flexible Working Practices with Health & Wellbeing initiatives, including agile working options, as well as a generous flexi-time scheme to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals.

· Bright, airy, modern office space, with all latest technology, just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station.

The Role

Reporting into the Assistant Director for People and Transformation, your key responsibilities will include:

· Applying a structured methodology such as Kotter's 8-Step Change Model, the ADKAR Model, the McKinsey 7-S Model or the Bridges Transition Model to lead and support all transformational change activities across the organisation.

· Developing and delivering an investment pipeline of transformational projects with programmes that further the organisations ability to deliver outcomes through a thriving and resilient culture.

· Take a cross organisational view that identifies and considers interdependencies and impacts across the organisation with a focus on smarter working practices.

· Work closely with the Head of People and Organisational Development to deliver initiatives that enable services to meet the organisation’s growth ambitions and strategic outcomes.

· Lead the Transformation team by setting and aligning objectives and outcomes, ensuring the team’s structure and capabilities are optimally aligned to deliver the Combined Authority’s corporate priorities and mission-led goals.

Please review the Role Profile on our website for more information about the responsibilities.

About You

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education and experience:

· Educated to degree/postgraduate qualification level with supporting management training

and/or relevant practicable experience. Ideally, this will be in Change Management, Business Transformation, Digital Transformation or Organisational Development.

· Demonstrable experience managing multiple senior stakeholder relationships and successfully delivering end-to-end projects.

· Strong management experience, with a track record of leading teams or functions and providing strategic direction and insight.

· Practical knowledge and application of change management methodologies.

· Demonstrable success in delivering organisational transformational change, ideally within the Public Sector.

To Apply

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.

Further Information

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender

expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met. Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.