Change Management Consultant - Senior

Responsibilities :

• Workwith organizations by providing expertise consultative adviceguidance and coaching to build knowledge and expertise of changemanagement principles methodologies andtools
• Helpleaders and teams enhance their capabilities to understand howchange impacts people the reasons why people resist change and howto support people as they transition throughchange
• Bean active and visible coach to support leaders partners andstakeholders in their role as changechampions
• Partnerand work collaboratively with key roles such as project managersbusiness analysts process improvement specialists changeconsultants and leadership to integrate change practices at alllevels of theorganization
• Developand implement change management strategies plans andframework
• Leaddevelop implement and / or provide input in the development ofcommunication plans sponsor roadmaps stakeholder assessmentstraining plan and resistance management throughout the lifecycle oftheproject
• Leadsstakeholder management including identification and analysis of keystakeholders and the development of stakeholder engagementstrategies
• Ensurethe alignment of change management activities with participatingstakeholders to remove change barriers smooth the adoption processand contribute to problem solving resulting in successfulimplementation
• Ensurethat clients / partners and stakeholders are actively engaged in thechange consulted with and communicatedto
• Be ableto articulate the purpose of change in a manner that makes sense toimpacted stakeholders and provides a compelling picture of the neworganization
• Buildconsensus among clients / partners and stakeholders on specificchanges designed to better meet theirneeds
• Identifypotential people side risks and anticipated points of resistanceand develop plans to mitigate or addressconcerns
• Designand conduct change readiness assessments evaluate results andpresent findings to stakeholders to plan and carry out a changemanagementstrategy
• Administermeasurement systems to track adoption utilization and proficiencyof individualchanges
• Developsan approach to embed / institutionalize the change to sustain thebenefits achieved including knowledge transfer performancemanagement continuous improvement and other relatedpractices.

GeneralSkills :

• Experienceand knowledge of change management industry standards bestpractices methodologies andtools
• Experiencein development of training communication and change managementstrategies andplans
• Abilityto work effectively and engage with a diverse group of stakeholderssuch as senior management and leaders project managersetc.
• Strongconflict management interpersonal and communication skills (writtenandverbal)
• Experiencewith project management fundamentals and understanding of thelifecycle of aproject
• Excellentactive listeningskills
• Stronganalytical and decisionmakingabilities
• Strongpresentation and group facilitationskills

DesirableSkills :

• Experienceidentifying and assessing change impacts to the organization sbusiness processes and technology solutions to drive business andpeopleadoption
• Experienceleading medium to large transformational changeprojects
• Experienceworking with project leads to apply a structured change managementapproach and methodology for the people side change across forassignedinitiatives
• Experienceunderstanding the program / project and related change managementissues by identifying key stakeholders and how they will beimpacted by thechange
• Experiencedeveloping actionable and targeted change management plans thatinclude communications coaching training sponsorship and / or otherresistance managementactivities
• Experiencedefining and measuring success metrics and monitor change progressto track adoption utilization and proficiency related tochanges
• Experiencemanaging the change management process and applying changemanagement best practices to support the project orinitiative
• Experiencecoordinating efforts with other subject matter experts includingcommunications specialists training specialists and human resourceconsultants duringimplementation
• Abilityto influence others at all levels within the organization and movetowards a common goal

Requirements

Experienceand Skill SetRequirements :

MustHave :

• 710years Change ManagementExperience
• Relationshipmanagementexperience
• Communicationand consultation experienceskills

SkillSet / ExperienceRequired :

• ChangeManagement
• InterpersonalInfluencing and CommunicationsSkills
• ProjectManagementSkills
• Analyzing / ProblemSolvingSkills
• TechnicalSkills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements : Must Have : 7-10 years ChangeManagement Experience Relationship management experienceCommunication and consultation experience skills Skill Set / Experience Required : Change Management Interpersonal, Influencingand Communications Skills Project Management SkillsAnalyzing / Problem-Solving Skills Technical Skills