Business Unit: Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management, COO
Salary Range: £47,200 - £60,000 depending on experience
Location: UK Hybrid with travel to a local hub (Glasgow, Newcastle or Leeds) roughly once per quarter
Contract type: Permanent
Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin.
Our Team
Reporting to the Change Assurance Manager, you'll be responsible for transforming quality insights into meaningful information with the aim of improving standards, productivity and create a community of change. You'll embed a culture of continuous improvement, refining the processes underpinning the framework, and ensuring alignment with organisational goals, compliance standards, and best practices.
What you’ll be doing
• Developing and implementing the systems, processes, and ways of working to develop and sustain a high performing team and delivery capability.
• Aligning change initiatives with organisational goals and strategies.
• Building relationships with key stakeholders to secure buy-in and support for changes.
• Acting as a trusted adviser to the change community on change management best practices.
• Developing clear and compelling delivery plans to ensure transparency and awareness of changes.
• Creating and delivering training programs to equip colleagues with the skills and knowledge needed for transitions.
• Providing hands-on support to teams and individuals during change initiatives.
• Identifying lessons learned and applying them to future change efforts.
We need you to have
• Knowledge of change management processes and policies within Change Risk
• Experience in Project Management and Business Analysis practices
• Project delivery experience of medium to large projects
• Highly effective communication and problem-solving skills
• A track record of delivering continuous improvement
• Experience of positively influencing senior stakeholders
It’s a bonus if you have but not essential
• A good understanding of risk and governance frameworks
• Strong track record of providing challenge to deliver improved results
• Experience of financial institutions including key drivers of performance
Red Hot Rewards
• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.
Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.
Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.
Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com
It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants.
Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
