Regulation Change Manager, GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL

About the role

Working closely with the Executive Director, Regulation and senior leaders, the Regulation Change Manager will lead the delivery and embedding of operational change to improve performance, outcomes, patient safety, and service effectiveness. The role will manage major improvement initiatives, focusing on stakeholder engagement, change adoption, leadership alignment, and building continuous improvement capability. It will support strategy development and ensure effective delivery, helping services remain efficient, proportionate, compliant, and outcome-focused. This includes driving operational redesign, workforce adoption, and sustainable behavioural change. The postholder will work across teams, influence senior stakeholders, and promote a culture of accountability, improvement, innovation, and learning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver major change and improvement programmes, ensuring readiness, sustainability, and continuous improvement
• Drive adoption of new ways of working, supporting managers and building engagement and accountability
• Lead operational improvements to enhance quality, efficiency, and patient safety, resolving performance issues
• Translate strategy into delivery and provide clear reporting, assurance, and recommendations to leadership
• Manage risks, influence stakeholders, and support decision-making
• Ensure compliance, governance, and oversight, monitoring delivery against objectives

Requirements

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish. To support this, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development. Some of our benefits include:

• 27 days' holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) - rising to 30 days (plus 8 bank holidays) after 2 years’ service
• Flexi-time scheme
• Employer pension contributions up to 10%
• Buy/Sell annual leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 year’s service.
• Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
• Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership

Qualifications

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.

Skills

Strong experience leading people-focused organisational change and embedding new ways of working
Proven ability to influence senior and executive stakeholders and drive behaviour change
Significant experience leading end-to-end operational improvement or service transformation
Experience delivering change in regulated environments and translating strategy into delivery
Strong governance, compliance awareness, and analytical/problem-solving skills
Experience producing executive-level reporting and supporting senior decision-making

Benefits

• 27 days' holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) - rising to 30 days (plus 8 bank holidays) after 2 years’ service
• Flexi-time scheme
• Employer pension contributions up to 10%
• Buy/Sell annual leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 year’s service.
• Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
• Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership

Pay

£53,247 - £62,644

Schedule

Full-time

Contact Information

To apply, please click the ‘Visit Website’ button below. As part of your application, you are required to submit a supporting statement. For this, we would like you to expand on your experience in the areas listed in the person specification above.

Closing Date

23:59 22 July 2026.