Change Analyst

Change Analyst - Manchester (Hybrid)

The Role

We are seeking a Change Analyst to support the successful delivery of organisational and project‑led change. This role is firmly focused on change analysis and impact assessment, helping the organisation understand how change affects people, processes, roles, and systems - and ensuring those impacts are clearly articulated and addressed.

Working closely with Project Managers, Product Teams, Business Analysts, and operational stakeholders, you will act as the bridge between proposed change and real‑world adoption. This is not a Business Change Manager role; instead, it is a hands‑on analytical role concentrating on understanding, assessing, and evidencing change impacts to enable effective decision‑making and delivery.

The role is Manchester‑based, with a hybrid working model.

Key Responsibilities

Change Analysis & Impact Assessment

Analyse proposed business and technology changes to understand impacts on processes, roles, systems, and behaviours

Produce clear, structured change impact assessments and change readiness outputs

Identify business risks, adoption barriers, and areas of resistance, escalating where appropriate

Support data‑driven decision‑making by clearly evidencing the implications of changeStakeholder Engagement & Insight Gathering

Facilitate and support workshops, interviews, and working sessions to gather insight on impacts and readiness

Engage with stakeholders across multiple business areas to understand concerns, dependencies, and constraints

Build trusted relationships that support honest feedback and informed change decisionsChange Planning Support

Feed analytical insight into change plans covering communications, engagement, and training activities

Work with subject matter experts to shape practical, user‑focused outputs that reflect real operational impacts

Ensure proposed solutions align with business needs and are realistically adoptableCommunications & Training Support

Support training needs analysis and the development of guidance, job aids, or learning materials

Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Teams to ensure messaging is clear, consistent, and user‑centred

Contribute to briefings, demos, and user communications that help teams understand what is changing and whyAdoption, Benefits & Continuous Improvement

Support the tracking of adoption, behavioural change, and benefits realisation

Gather post‑implementation feedback to understand how changes are landing

Contribute to lessons‑learned reviews to strengthen future change initiatives

Support the continuous improvement of change and analysis frameworks, tools, and ways of workingSkills & Experience

Experience

Experience supporting change initiatives within a project, transformation, or operational environment

Strong experience in change analysis, impact assessment, or readiness assessment

Ability to translate complex change into clear, structured, audience‑appropriate outputs

Experience supporting workshops, interviews, or group discussions

Exposure to process mapping or business analysis techniques

Experience supporting training needs analysis or adoption activitiesSkills

Strong analytical skills with the ability to clearly articulate business and people impacts

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Confident stakeholder engagement across technical and non‑technical audiences

Highly organised, with strong prioritisation and attention to detail

Comfortable working with common desktop and adoption tools (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, training or digital adoption platforms)Personal Attributes

Empathetic and people‑centred, with a strong focus on user impact

Curious, analytical, and willing to challenge assumptions constructively

Collaborative and relationship‑focused

Comfortable working with ambiguity in evolving change environments

Proactive, resilient, and able to work independently when requiredLocation & Working Pattern

Manchester‑based

Hybrid working model (mix of on‑site and remote)If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website

Benefits

bonus + bens