Strategic Change
The Strategic Change department is responsible for managing and delivering transformational change initiatives which support the University’s strategic vision and emerging institutional priorities.
Our remit
- Deliver a portfolio of strategically important programmes and projects
- Establish a portfolio management function that fosters business excellence, and informs effective decision-making
- Adopt and embed professional programme and project management practices
- Work with people across the University to deliver change well.
Functions
The Department is organised around three core functions:
- Portfolio Management Office (PMO), which supports the Senior Leadership Team in determining which initiatives best support the achievement of evolving strategic priorities. The Process Improvement Team is also based in the PMO, working across the Strategic Change Portfolio and with a range of stakeholders across the University
- Project and Programme Management, the day-to-day delivery of projects and programmes within the Strategic Change Portfolio
- Communications, Engagement and Community, with an emphasis on making change meaningful and understandable for people across the University.
Delivering best practice
As an affiliated member of the Association of Project Management (APM), the Department is committed to delivering high-quality professional services across each of our three core functions.
All staff have achieved relevant APM qualifications, with supplementary qualifications being completed by managers leading complex change programmes.
Our bespoke project management methodology, developed to reflect both APM and Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) principles plus the complex needs of the University, is applied consistently across our Strategic Change Portfolio.
