HR Change Management Lead - Corporate Service Transformation

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Swindon is seeking an experienced HR Change Management Lead for a pivotal role in corporate service transformation. This position involves leading change management across multiple NHS Trusts and requires expertise in HR practices, stakeholder management, and project management. The role includes responsibilities such as coordinating change activity, advising on employment legislation, and ensuring effective communication across teams. Ideal candidates hold a degree, CIPD membership, and have proven experience in the NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of change management and organisational change.
• Experience of stakeholder management up to Executive level.
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated HR and change management leadership.
• Act as the main HR point of contact for the programme.
• Coordinate and oversee change activity across eleven corporate service functions.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Project management

HR best practices

Education

Degree Level or equivalent working knowledge

Chartered Member of CIPD or equivalent experience

PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified or similar

Job description

Overview

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

The closing date is 22 February 2026

Interview Date: 04 March 2026 - Apply here: https://shorturl.at/EDGm9

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated HR 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.

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

Qualifications

• 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 lev
• Experience of working with trade union representatives
• PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified or qualification in similar structured project management methodologies. (Working towards would be considered).

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust