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Transformation Manager
England Rugby
The Rugby Football Union is the national governing body for grassroots and elite rugby in England. Its purpose is to encourage rugby, and its values, to flourish across England.
Job Posted- 25 Nov 2024
Status- Full Time
Location- England
Closing date- 6 Dec 2024
The Role:
The RFU is currently undertaking a once in a major programme of transformation, which will change how rugby is played, watched and engaged with for generations to come. We are looking for a skilled transformational manager who can ensure that the RFU delivers this agenda and maximises the opportunity.
Responsibilities:
Programme Management
- Execute transformation programmes: Manage the day-to-day execution of transformational initiatives, ensuring they align with the broader strategy.
- Project planning and delivery: Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and milestones to guide the successful delivery of specific transformation projects.
- Monitor progress and performance: Track project progress against KPIs and report regularly to senior leadership on status, issues, and risks.
- Resource coordination: Ensure that project teams are effectively resourced and manage the allocation of personnel and budget within projects.
Change Management & Implementation
- Facilitate change initiatives: Support the implementation of organizational changes, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption to operations.
- Stakeholder communication: Act as a primary point of contact for stakeholders impacted by transformation projects, ensuring clear and consistent communication.
- Employee engagement and support: Assist in developing and delivering training and support materials to help staff adapt to new processes, systems, and ways of working.
- Feedback loop management: Gather and analyse feedback from stakeholders to inform continuous improvement of transformation initiatives.
Performance Improvement
- Identify improvement opportunities: Work with teams to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement within current processes.
- Implement process changes: Lead the execution of process improvement initiatives, ensuring that they meet project objectives and deliver measurable benefits.
- Standardize best practices: Help establish and document best practices across the organization to ensure consistency and quality.
Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with internal teams: Work closely with various departments to ensure alignment and collaboration on transformation initiatives.
- Manage external partners: Coordinate with external consultants, vendors, and other partners to ensure that their contributions align with project goals and timelines.
- Reporting and updates: Provide regular updates to key stakeholders on project status, highlighting successes, challenges, and next steps.
Risk and Issue Management
- Identify risks and issues: Proactively identify potential risks and issues within projects and develop mitigation strategies.
- Escalate critical issues: Ensure that any significant risks or issues are escalated to senior leadership in a timely manner for resolution.
- Document and manage dependencies: Track and manage project dependencies, ensuring that any potential conflicts or challenges are addressed early.
Data & Performance Analysis
- Data collection and analysis: Collect, analyse, and interpret data to measure the impact and effectiveness of transformation initiatives.
- Performance tracking: Use data-driven insights to track the performance of projects and suggest adjustments to improve outcomes.
- Reporting and documentation: Maintain accurate records of project performance and outcomes for reporting and future reference.
Budget Management & Benefits Realisation
- Support budget management: Assist in managing project budgets, ensuring that resources are used effectively and within financial constraints.
- Monitor financial performance: Track and report on project expenditures, identifying areas for cost savings or reallocations as needed.
- Cost-benefit analysis: Support the preparation of cost-benefit analyses to inform decision-making on transformation initiatives.
- Develop and joined up way to track benefits across the transformation programme
- Ensure that benefits are realised in a timely manner and progress communicated to key stakeholders
Team Coordination & Development
- Team collaboration: Work closely with project teams, ensuring that everyone is aligned and working towards common objectives.
- Mentorship and development: Provide guidance and support to junior team members, helping them develop their skills and understanding of transformation processes.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Foster collaboration across different departments and functions to ensure the success of transformation projects.
- Facilitate cross functional transformation meetings that create common standards and cultural alignment
Technology & Digital Transformation
- Support digital transformation efforts: Assist in the implementation and integration of new technologies that support transformation goals.
- Technology adoption: Help promote and facilitate the adoption of digital tools and platforms across the organization.
Other:
- Actively collaborate with colleagues to contribute to the development and delivery of the current strategic, business and operational plans.
- Act as an ambassador for, and promote the best interests of the RFU, including the promotion of our culture and core values – This Rose Means Everyone: Put The Team First, Shape The Future, Respect Each Other.
- Undertake other duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post and the needs of the organisation.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
The skills and attributes outlined in this description are not exhaustive and we welcome candidates who can bring different relevant experiences to the role.
Essential:
- Must demonstrate competence through previous relevant experience initiating and managing large digital transformational projects.
- Strong programme planning experience and ability to manage effectively within scope, timelines, budget and quality.
- Experience working in both agile and waterfall environments.
- Experience and knowledge of financial and management accounting.
- Strong Excel and analytical skills.
- Strong finance and accounting skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong project management capabilities.
- Good attention to detail and diligence.
- Having a can-do, problem-solving attitude.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Committed to embodying the ethos our culture by using our three core values – Put The Team First, Shape The Future, Respect Each Other – to guide your day-to-day decisions, actions and interactions.
- Committed to actively contributing and building an inclusive culture in your role and day to day behaviours.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. If there is anything we could do to support you through your application or to provide the best environment for your interviews, including assistance or adjustment, please reach out to [email protected].
- During your application, we will ask questions about your identity. This information is considered highly confidential and will not be seen by hiring managers. You can find out more about why we ask these questions here.
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