Group Change Manager - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

Change

Lead the design and deployment of change initiatives within the Group People function.

Deliver Group People Campaigns by creating and managing detailed deployment plans.

Ensure plans clearly outline how and when changes will land across the organization.

Deployment

Build strong stakeholder engagement across all impacted business areas.

Partner with stakeholders to ensure a deep understanding of deployment requirements.

Set the business up for success by preparing teams and functions ahead of change landing.

Communications

Establish and lead the delivery of the communications plan for each change initiative.

Ensure key messages are effectively landed and resonate with all audiences.

Tailor communications to different stakeholder groups, ensuring clarity, consistency, and inclusivity.

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You will be responsible for:

Accountable for

Owning and delivering all change management activities applying a structured change methodology. Applying frameworks and methodologies to design, develop and deliver the change programme
Creating and managing deployment plans across Group, including stakeholder analysis and management, learning needs, and change impact assessments.
Developing a clear Group engagement plan to land the change and a plan to embed the change including support for colleagues while change embeds during hypercare
Owning the Comms plan for the change, ensuring that key messages are landed and all audiences are considered
Ensuring the change is relevant and considered for all Group Markets to which it is applicable

Working with

Project team to ensure that timelines are aligned and assessing readiness for deployment of change. Providing deployment plan status updates to Project Manager where appropriate
POE teams to understand the change and ensure all Markets have been designed for
Group Market & Business Unit teams eg PBPs to ensure deployment plans are Market relevant
Group Communications to ensure comms plan supports deployment plan and approach
Learning & delivery team to define best learning approach for the change initiative and training delivery required to support successful deployment of the change

You will need:

Articulate change clearly, consistently, and empathetically.

Actively solicit, listen to, and address feedback.

The ability to influence and challenge stakeholders that may have different cultural awareness

A compelling storyteller, ensuring everyone is taken on a journey

Inspire commitment and build trust among stakeholders.

Guide stakeholders to adopt and sustain new ways of working.

Ensure change initiatives support organizational goals.

Plan with a big‑picture perspective and anticipate risks.

Define KPIs to measure success.

Track adoption rates and assess the effectiveness of change.

Resolve unexpected challenges quickly.

Adjust change plans in response to new data and evolving circumstances.

What's in it for you:

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Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Private medical insurance
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

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