Change Portfolio Manager (3341)

Do you want to create a better world for animals? At the RSPCA, we believe all animals deserve kindness and respect. We work for the benefit of every animal – as well as pets, that includes farmed animals, wildlife, and animals used in science.

Choose a career with us and make a difference for every kind.

We are looking for a Change Portfolio Manager to come join us within our Strategy and Transformation directorate to enable, engage with and support change across the RSPCA. 

• Contract  - 12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover
• Working hours: 35 hours per week- Monday to Friday.
• Hybrid role: your base will be at our London or Horsham office and you will also work from home.

Are you ready to join our movement?

As Change Portfolio Manager, you'll be a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing expert insights and recommendations to drive strategic initiatives and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation. You'll lead the successful delivery of the change portfolio, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and the target operating model.

This role will involve:

• Driving Strategic Initiatives: Overseeing the successful delivery of strategic initiatives within the change portfolio.
• Portfolio Prioritisation & Decision Making: Providing expert insights and recommendations on portfolio prioritisation (including budget and resource allocation) and facilitating senior decision making.
• Influencing & Collaboration: Influencing multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless execution of change initiatives, managing risks and dependencies, and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Portfolio Performance Reporting: Capture the relevant data and deliver regular change portfolio performance reporting couple with strategic insights, tailored to specific audiences.

• The post holder must have proven experience of change portfolio governance with a focus on benefits, impact management and data driven decision making.
• Applicants must have strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
• To succeed within this role you must be able to demonstrate that you have extensive experience in strategic portfolio, programme and/or project management and change delivery.
• You will have a proven ability to influence multi disciplinary teams through complex matrix structures and will be key to the seamless execution of change initiatives, effectively managing risks and dependencies.

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK as we are unable to sponsor visas.

Our recruitment journey – key dates for you to note

Here's what the process looks like, no surprises, just a friendly guide:

1. Application
   You'll be asked to answer 3 questions to give us a sense of your experience, skills, and potential. Don't worry if you don't tick every box - what really matters is what you can bring to the role and the team.
2.  Panel Interview - W/C 3rd August
   If your application is successful, you'll be invited to a panel interview with the Hiring Manager. This is a chance to:

• Share more about what you've done and what you're proud of
• We encourage you to ask questions about the role, the team, and the impact you could make. Interviews are a two-way conversation, and we recognise that any career move needs to feel right for you as well as for us.
• Show off your skills and behaviours in a relaxed, supportive setting

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know - we're happy to support you.

We think this role is going to be popular and are expecting to attract high interest, so we strongly encourage early applications to avoid missing out. The deadline for applications will be Monday 27th July.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

Our vision is a world where all animals are respected and treated with kindness and compassion. Our purpose is to inspire everyone to create a better world for animals. We are building the future of a diverse Society, and our priority is to support animal welfare by finding people from all backgrounds who are committed  to our purpose.  For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA. Your transferable skills & lived experiences could make you a valuable addition to our RSPCA Family! 

We're here to support you and encourage you to let us know if you need any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please feel free to contact us at resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk or 0300 123 0685 so we can ensure the process works for you.