RQ07147 – Change Management Consultant – Senior
Raise
Ontario
$75 an hour (estimated)
Full-time
Job Description
Change Management Consultant
- Pay Rate : (flexible)
- Location : 222 Jarvis, Toronto, ON
- Contract Length : 12 Months
Work Type : Hybrid
We at Raise are hiring right now for one of our Ontario Public Sector Clients. If you’re interested, apply below for your chance to join a great place to work.
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.
Qualifications :
- Experience identifying and assessing change impacts to the organization’s 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
Must Haves :
- 7-10 years Change Management Experience
- Relationship management experience
- Communication and consultation experience skills
22 days ago