Operational Change Specialist

This is a 12 month fixed term contract. We have an exciting opportunity to join our team, reporting to the Head of Operations, you will be responsible for overseeing and executing change to deliver business integration. The role will support and co-ordinate operational business projects, with a particular focus on the embedment of business standards and alignment of legal entities within the group. What you will do This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all of the following and more: Work with the business to facilitate and integrate businesses into standard operating model. Collaborate with stakeholders to drive and support business change and standards. Act as Operational SME to understand requirements. Track ongoing progress and identify benefits – efficiency/best practice to ensure optimisation of opportunities. Facilitate liaison between relevant stakeholders including businesses, third party partners and other operational functions/experts; ensuring that all actions are documented and in line with the project objectives. Ensure benefits are always identified, accurately estimated in advance, tracked and reported accordingly. Support projects with associated documentation, providing pre-agreed progress reporting, identifying and mitigating risk and issues, escalating when necessary. Support business and operation colleagues with BAU, providing regular advice and guidance. Support problem resolution, minimising impact to trade and improving customer outcomes. Maximise optimisation opportunities, applying best practice and scrutinising technical support to ensure deliverables achieved. Provide operational expertise and advice to Group wide projects and workstreams. Who we are looking for Insurance industry experience, with an understanding of insurance operations and processes would be very beneficial but at the very least experience within an FCA regulated environment to appreciate and have a working knowledge of regulatory/legislative framework. Organised, self-motivated and comfortable to work unsupervised in a proactive manner. Confident and assertive communicator, capable of sharing written and verbal information effectively to convey complex concepts and ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, with ability to quantify and present ideas succinctly. Understanding of the Project delivery lifecycle with practical experience of managing multiple workstreams and interdependencies between projects, prioritisation and using initiative. Pragmatic, with a proven ability to deal with high levels of ambiguity and work autonomously, using pre-agreed rationales to prioritise tasks and confidence to make measured decisions. Excellent stakeholder management skills with a track record of effecting change across a complex organisation and managing expectations. In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are: Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family Pensions scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire 24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing 1 days paid volunteering day to give back to our communities The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch. If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you beginning employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check. Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. No agencies please. Why not check us out on LinkedIn to find out what life’s really like at Ardonagh. The Ardonagh Group is one of the UK’s largest independent brokers with over 9000 dedicated and passionate professionals across the country, and worldwide, facing and dealing with our clients’ challenges, offering an enviable range of products, services and solutions to their clients. We are progressive, passionate and proud of the work we do, across all sectors of the business. Therefore, we need highly capable people to join our team to make this a reality!