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RQ08188 - Change Management Consultant - Intermediate

RQ08188 - Change Management Consultant - Intermediate

Cleo ConsultingToronto, Ontario, Canada
30+ days ago
Job description

Assignment : RQ08188 Change Management Consultant Intermediate

Start Date : End Date :

Office Location : 222 Jarvis St Toronto

Organization : Central Agencies Cluster

Ministry : Ministry of Treasury Board Secretariat

Business Days : 62.00

Extension # of Days : 295.00

Hybrid : 3 days onsite / 2 days remote

MUST HAVES :

  • Change management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Analytical skills

Description

Hybrid Work Environment : The successful candidate is expected to work onsite at 222 Jarvis St 3 days per week and may work remotely up to 2 days per week.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Work with organizations by providing expertise consultative advice guidance and coaching to build knowledge and expertise of change management principles methodologies and tools
  • Help leaders and teams enhance their capabilities to understand how change impacts people the reasons why people resist change and how to support people as they transition through change
  • Be an active and visible coach to support leaders partners and stakeholders in their role as change champions
  • Partner and work collaboratively with key roles such as project managers business analysts process improvement specialists change consultants and leadership to integrate change practices at all levels of the organization
  • Develop and implement change management strategies plans and framework
  • Lead develop implement and / or provide input in the development of communication plans sponsor roadmaps stakeholder assessments training plan and resistance management throughout the lifecycle of the project
  • Leads stakeholder management including identification and analysis of key stakeholders and the development of stakeholder engagement strategies
  • Ensure the alignment of change management activities with participating stakeholders to remove change barriers smooth the adoption process and contribute to problem solving resulting in successful implementation
  • Ensure that clients / partners and stakeholders are actively engaged in the change consulted with and communicated to
  • Be able to articulate the purpose of change in a manner that makes sense to impacted stakeholders and provides a compelling picture of the new organization
  • Build consensus among clients / partners and stakeholders on specific changes designed to better meet their needs
  • Identify potential people side risks and anticipated points of resistance and develop plans to mitigate or address concerns
  • Design and conduct change readiness assessments evaluate results and present findings to stakeholders to plan and carry out a change management strategy
  • Administer measurement systems to track adoption utilization and proficiency of individual changes Develops an approach to embed / institutionalize the change to sustain the benefits achieved including knowledge transfer performance management continuous improvement and other related practices
  • GENERAL SKILLS

  • Experience and knowledge of change management industry standards best practices methodologies and tools
  • Experience in development of training communication and change management strategies and plans
  • Ability to work effectively and engage with a diverse group of stakeholders such as senior management and leaders project managers etc.
  • Strong conflict management interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Experience with project management fundamentals and understanding of the lifecycle of a project.
  • Excellent active listening skills
  • Strong analytical and decisionmaking abilities
  • Strong presentation and group facilitation skills
  • DESIRABLE SKILLS

  • Experience identifying and assessing change impacts to the organizations business processes and technology solutions to drive business and people adoption
  • Experience leading medium to large transformational change projects
  • Experience working with project leads to apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the people side change across for assigned initiatives
  • Experience understanding the program / project and related change management issues by identifying key stakeholders and how they will be impacted by the change
  • Experience developing actionable and targeted change management plans that include communications coaching training sponsorship and / or other resistance management activities
  • Experience defining and measuring success metrics and monitor change progress to track adoption utilization and proficiency related to changes
  • Experience managing the change management process and applying change management best practices to support the project or initiative
  • Experience coordinating efforts with other subject matter experts including communications specialists training specialists and human resource consultants during implementation
  • Ability to influence others at all levels within the organization and move towards a common goal
  • Evaluation criteria :

  • Change Management : 25%
  • Interpersonal Influencing and Communications Skills : 25%
  • Project Management Skills : 20%
  • Analyzing / ProblemSolving Skills : 20%
  • Technical Skills : 10%