Head of Organisational Change (Enterprise Foundations)

  • BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
  • Mar 17, 2026
Full time Education

Job Description

Would you relish the opportunity to oversee and provide organisational change, organisational development and organisational design expertise, as British Heart Foundation (BHF) undertakes a major technology-enabled transformation programme: Enterprise Foundations?

Are you able to liaise closely with the Business Integrator (BI) on change readiness and change planning, representing the voice of BHF, and ensuring that change, engagement, communications and training activities are designed appropriately, properly resourced and evolve the organisational culture?

If so, we'd love you to join our Talent & Organisational Development team as our Head of Organisational Change for Enterprise Foundation.

About the role

In this role you ll have responsibility for the end-to-end change life cycle, leading the people side of change connected to Enterprise Foundations, including changes to ways of working and cultural change.

You ll work with stakeholders to solve complex challenges, guiding and influencing them through critical transformation. You ll also provide change leadership that enables these stakeholders to achieve their transformation goals and better deliver their strategic objectives.

Leading on organisational design and operating model change connected to Enterprise Foundations, you ll ensure that it is resourced appropriately and linking it to other organisational design work across BHF.

You ll also liaise with Transformation Directors, our Head of Organisational Change, Head of Internal Communications, People Business Partners and the team to support our People Experience, Technology strategy and the delivery of BHF s strategy to 2030 a key aspect of which is delivering technology transformation through the Enterprise Foundations programme.

Working arrangements

Please note this is a 9-12 month fixed term contract covering family leave.

This is a hybrid role, where your work will be split between your home and at least one day per week, on average, in our London Office. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.

About you

You ll have previous experience influencing stakeholders and gaining buy-in to change, communication and engagement activities. You ll also be able to create and implement change plans that are tailored to the needs of Enterprise Foundations, enabling the successful transition to new ways of working.

With a Post Graduate qualification in organisational change/business change/behaviour, or equivalent experience, you ll have previous knowledge and application of change models and organisational design principles, being able to identify the cultural shift needed to achieve strategic technology transformation, translating that into interventions to deliver and embed behaviour and culture change.

Able to work with senior leaders you ll be able to develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders which support behavioural change to enable successful technology transformation is essential.

You'll have a passion for solving complex business challenges, and will have strong problem-solving skills being able to exercise mature judgement, flexing plans where necessary to achieve impact.

To be successful in this role, you ll also have:

  • Project management experience
  • Previous experience of developing and implementing organisational design programmes
  • Experience of supporting culture change programmes that adopt new ways of working.

Belonging at BHF

By embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment, we strengthen our ability to achieve our mission of saving and improving lives, ensuring our work reflects and serves the needs of every community across the UK.

To hear from our people, check out Belonging at BHF.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world where everyone has a healthier heart for longer.

Benefits and development

At BHF, we offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support our colleagues wellbeing and professional growth

To find out more about our benefits you can check out our Benefits and Development pages.

Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.

Interview process

We aim to run a single stage, in person interview, which will include a presentation element, at our London offices. However, depending on application numbers, the process may include an initial Teams interview followed by this final in person stage interview.

How to apply

It s quick and easy to apply for a role at BHF. Just click through to our careers site. All you ll need is an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role.

Our recruitment processes are fair, accessible, and inclusive. BHF use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.