Location: GSK House (Initially full time working from home due to COVID-19 limitations)
Rate: £699.63 Per Day ( Inside IR35, Via Umbrella )
Start: Jan 2 2022
LOA: 8 Months
Responsibilities include:
· Partnering with key individuals/groups within CH QSC to support defined change and communication initiatives by:
· Supporting the maintenance of a detailed change impact assessment
· Driving the completion and delivery of the change action plans to make the transition as smooth as possible
· Providing additional guidance and support on change approaches, plans and use of CH global change toolkit where required
· Supporting the monitoring and tracking change readiness, embedding metrics and proposing necessary actions
· Providing input into to a cross-disciplinary change/ communications squad, which meets regularly to actively manage functional priorities
· Ensuring that our change and communication work remains focused on:
o Enabling colleagues to feel and perform at their best, whilst feeling valued and supported
o Enabling the successful delivery of our change/ communications programmes to help establish a smooth transition: new organisation structures, processes, systems, ways of workings and behaviours
o Avoiding (or significantly minimising) business performance dips as colleagues get used to new ways of working
· Maintaining and updating the QSC separation communication plan, closely aligned with the change action plan
· Helping to plan and deliver the agreed communication actions required across the QSC network in support of Separation including those reaching global, regional and manufacturing site audiences; this will be done through a variety of communication mechanisms (including the production of communication content such as: emails, Workplace posts, videos, hosting sessions with communication champion network etc)
· Working closely with stakeholders in the QSC business, the central Separation teams and other functions as well as other change and communication colleagues
Education:
· Bachelor’s degree in a related field of business is required
· Certification in Change Management preferred but not required (Prosci Certification, AIM, NTL, etc).
Experience:
· Ideally 5-7 years’ + experience leading or playing a key role in a complex change management initiatives or large-scale implementations, with a combined focus on communication
· Experience collaborating and interacting with leaders at multiple levels in varying businesses and geographies
· Sufficient level of seniority to have the authority to make decisions and provide guidance where required
· Demonstrable experience in utilising a variety of change management and communication methodologies and mechanisms
· Experience of working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
· Experience of working in an agile project, or embedding an agile mindset, beneficial but not essential
· Exposure to, or experience of, an ‘employee experience’ based approach to managing and embedding change
· Experience of data driven change and communication initiatives
· Strong informal networks of peers (or the capability to establish these) with ability to communicate and influence
· Knowledge of GSK Consumer Health organisation, culture and ways of working (or other FMCG organisations), a benefit but not essential
· Knowledge of Consumer Health, and specifically Supply Chain, of benefit but not essential
Competencies:
· Strong stakeholder influencing skills
· Results orientation; is committed to delivery
· Strong business relationship management skills; can partner with leaders at all levels
· Strong written and verbal communication skills (planning, creation and delivery)
· Excellent listener
· Strong facilitation skills
· Project and process management skills
· Comfortable working with matrix reporting lines
· Strong empathy skills and situational awareness; understands impact of change on people
· Removes roadblocks and displays calmness under pressure – has a ‘can do’ mindset and looks for solutions
· Good reputation for being credible and trustworthy with the ability to persuade others
· Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others
· Ability to work in a dynamic environment is crucial
· Inclusive, human-centred change thinking
· Creative thinking
· Cultural awareness
Working pattern
· Initially full time working from home due to COVID-19 limitations
· Thereafter full time but with flexible working possible upon discussion
Location
· The role will be based at a CH location
Start date
· The suitable candidate would ideally be on board by beginning of 4 January 2022