Organisational Change Manager

 

Main characteristics

Location

Brisbane, Queensland

Company

Michael Page

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Information Technology

Industry

Public Sector

Job summary

About Our Client

Primary provider of emergency management programs and services throughout Queensland.

Job Description

- Change analysis:

- Develop program and regional strategic and detailed change plans
- Facilitate and document impact assessments for all involved and impacted.
- Support and promote change management strategies that are based on situational analysis, and a clear understanding of the details of changes, and those impacted.
- Identify and provide mitigation strategies for the change impacts and plan for opportunities.

- Reporting:

- Prepare a range of written materials including reporting, executive correspondence, briefing notes, speech notes, external stakeholder communications or presentations and information papers concerned with the work package.

- Stakeholder Engagement:

- Develop program and regional communication and engagement plans
- Collaborate closely with the relevant stakeholders to ensure the desired business outcomes are achieved.
- Ensure change activities meet the associated industrial and consultative requirements.
- Work closely with Subject Matter Experts and Business Representatives from various regions to understand transition requirements, including processes and practices.
- Develop various communication artefacts.
- Undertake communication activities detailed in approved communication plans.

- Training:

- Develop artefacts and knowledge transfer materials related to the new operating model.
- Design and facilitate training sessions with a range of stakeholders and staff.

- Transition to BAU:

- Develop business policies, procedures, and role statements to embed changes.
- Ensure appropriate governance has been applied to embed change.
- Develop and implement a detailed transition plan for each region impacted.
- Manage all change activities throughout transition implementation.
- Be responsible for the overall effectiveness of change management plans in relation to stakeholder management, communication, training, coaching, and acceptance.
- Manage time lines, priorities and reporting related to change activities.

The Successful Applicant

Skills and Abilities Required

- At least 5 years of experience in Organisational Change Management in organisational design and operating model change projects.
- Experience leading change that incorporates cultural, organisational structure, policy and process change; experience creating and maintaining accurate and detailed change management artefacts which are tailored to the Organisation.
- High level of proficiency in applying endorsed change management methodologies, such as Prosci (ADKAR), Kotter's, Appreciative Inquiry and tailoring strategies to the specific change.
- Strong written and oral communication skills including ability to establish relationships, facilitate workshops, both face to face and online and undertake presentations.
- Experience working with all stakeholder levels and leveraging organisational mechanism to reach stakeholders;
- A self-starter, takes initiative, able to work autonomously, ability to manage their time lines and competing priorities.

Highly Desirable Requirements

- Experience in managing organisational design and structural change projects
- Prosci certification, a member of the Change Management Institute or other change qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in software packages such as; Visio, O365 products, and SharePoint.

What's on Offer

- Large Enterprise in the public sector space
- 6 month contract with potential to extend
- WFH Flexibility