Change Management Consultant 7393-0211

HM Note : This hybrid role isthree (3) days inoffice

Responsibilities

• Workwith organizations by providing expertise consultative adviceguidance and coaching to build knowledge and expertise of changemanagement principles methodologies andtools
• Help leaders andteams enhance their capabilities to understand how change impactspeople the reasons why people resist change and how to supportpeople as they transition throughchange
• Be an activeand visible coach to support leaders partners and stakeholders intheir role as changechampions
• Partner andwork 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
• Lead developimplement and / or provide input in the development of communicationplans sponsor roadmaps stakeholder assessments training plan andresistance management throughout the lifecycle of theproject
• Leadsstakeholder management including identification and analysis of keystakeholders and the development of stakeholder engagementstrategies
• Ensure thealignment 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 able toarticulate 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
• Design andconduct change readiness assessments evaluate results and presentfindings to stakeholders to plan and carry out a change managementstrategy
• Administermeasurement systems to track adoption utilization and proficiencyof individualchanges
• Develops anapproach to embed / institutionalize the change to sustain thebenefits achieved including knowledge transfer performancemanagement continuous improvement and other relatedpractices.
• and nbsp;

GeneralSkills

• Experienceand knowledge of change management industry standards bestpractices methodologies andtools
• Experience indevelopment of training communication and change managementstrategies andplans
• Ability to workeffectively and engage with a diverse group of stakeholders such assenior management and leaders project managersetc.
• Strong conflictmanagement interpersonal and communication skills (written andverbal)
• Experiencewith project management fundamentals and understanding of thelifecycle of aproject
• Excellentactive listeningskills
• Stronganalytical and decisionmakingabilities
• Strongpresentation and group facilitationskills
• and nbsp;

DesirableSkills

• Experienceidentifying and assessing change impacts to the organizationsbusiness 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 commongoal
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Skills

Experienceand Skill SetRequirements

• ChangeManagement Experience and Qualifications40% andnbsp;
• 5 yearsproviding Change Management services for client facingprojects
• Experiencewith developing change management strategies and plans includingdeveloping change management artifacts such as change impactassessments communication strategies and drafting stakeholdercommunication and engagement as well as collecting userfeedback
• Experience inexecuting Change Management in accordance with change managementstrategies and plans andnbsp;
• Preference for adesignation in change management such asPROSCI
• and nbsp;
• TechnicalKnowledge 30% andnbsp;
• Demonstratedexperience with developing engaging communication materials such asemails posters videos andpresentation
• Strongleadership facilitation and consultative skills to collaborate withstakeholders to identify client needs andnbsp;
• Stronginterpersonal skills include excellent oral and writtencommunication
• and nbsp;

Tools andprocess25%

• Demonstratedknowledge and experience with change management frameworks (e.g.PROSCI etc.)
• Basicproject management skills to develop implement and monitor changemanagementplans
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Public SectorExperience5%

• andnbsp;Experience in working in accordance with policies andprocedures of Ontario Public Service would be anasset
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MustHaves :

Extensive experience providingChange Management services for client facingprojects

Nice tohave :

• Public sectorexperience
• Preference for a designation inchange management such asPROSCI
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