Job summary
HR Change Management Lead - Corporate Service Transformation | 12 month Fixed Term
Interview Date: 04th March 2026
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivatedHR 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 description
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.
Job description
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
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- 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 level.
- Experience of working with trade union representatives
Desirable
- PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified or qualification in similar structured project management methodologies. (Working towards would be considered).
- Trained in NHS Job Evaluation
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- 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 level.
- Experience of working with trade union representatives
Desirable
- PRINCE2 Practitioner qualified or qualification in similar structured project management methodologies. (Working towards would be considered).
- Trained in NHS Job Evaluation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
