Mission freelance Change Lead - SC Cleared - Remote

Change Lead - Remote Working

Must have an Active SC Clearance

- Lead stakeholder engagement, communications, organisational readiness, adoption, governance and service transition support.

Change Lead Responsibilities

- Establish and maintain the Change Operating Model, ensuring consistent change and adoption practices.
- Lead stakeholder engagement and communications across transformation programmes.
- Develop and coordinate organisational readiness and adoption activities.
- Support mobilisation, discovery and change impact assessments.
- Engage Service Delivery Managers to align transformation activities with operational requirements.
- Support service transition, ensuring changes are embedded into business-as-usual operations.
- Manage change governance, RAID, dependencies and reporting.
- Identify organisational impacts, adoption barriers and improvement opportunities.
- Support benefits adoption and ensure transformation outcomes are sustained.
- Maintain visible delivery backlogs, commitments, milestones and forecasts.
- Identify risks and dependencies, proposing mitigations and escalating issues proactively.
- Produce evidence-based reporting using standard RAG definitions and governance requirements.

Change Lead Skills and Experience

- Strong Change Management and organisational transformation experience.
- Experience establishing and managing Change Operating Models.
- Proven stakeholder engagement and communications experience.
- Strong organisational readiness, adoption and change impact management skills.
- Experience supporting mobilisation, discovery and service transition activities.
- Understanding of Service Delivery and operational change requirements.
- Strong governance, RAID and dependency management experience.
- Experience managing delivery commitments, milestones and reporting.
- Ability to develop evidence-based reporting, RAG assessments and accurate forecasts.
- Experience supporting benefits realisation and sustainable organisational change.
- Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working within complex engineering or technology transformation programmes would be advantageous.

To apply, please send your CV by pressing the apply button.

Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted CVs will be contacted.


Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.

An award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over multiple years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.