Sr. Change Management Consultant

RQ11276 - Sr. Change Management Consultant

1-year contract (249 business days) - 2 possible extension

Security Level: CRJMC

Must Have:

• MUST have exp with Organizational Change Management at an enterprise level. Candidate will not be considered if they do not have the extensive OCM exp.
• Exp with large projects handling various stakeholders.
• Exp with creating communication plans, training plans and various other tools.

Responsibilities

• Work with organizations:

• Provide expertise, consultative advice, guidance, and coaching to build knowledge and expertise in 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:

• Support leaders, partners, and stakeholders in their role as change champions.

• Partner and collaborate:

• 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 strategies:

• Create change management strategies, plans, and frameworks.

• Lead communication efforts:

• Develop, implement, and/or provide input in the development of communication plans, sponsor roadmaps, stakeholder assessments, training plans, and resistance management throughout the lifecycle of the project.

• Lead stakeholder management:

• Identify and analyze key stakeholders, and develop stakeholder engagement strategies.

• Ensure alignment:

• Align change management activities with participating stakeholders to remove change barriers, smooth the adoption process, and contribute to problem-solving for successful implementation.

• Engage clients and stakeholders:

• Ensure that clients, partners, and stakeholders are actively engaged in the change, consulted with, and communicated to.

• Articulate the purpose of change:

• Explain the purpose of change in a manner that makes sense to impacted stakeholders and provides a compelling picture of the new organization.

• Build consensus:

• Gain agreement among clients, partners, and stakeholders on specific changes designed to better meet their needs.

• Identify and mitigate risks:

• Identify potential people-side risks and anticipated points of resistance, and develop plans to mitigate or address concerns.

• Conduct readiness assessments:

• Design and conduct change readiness assessments, evaluate results, and present findings to stakeholders to plan and carry out a change management strategy.

• Track adoption and proficiency:

• Administer measurement systems to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency of individual changes.

• Sustain benefits:

• Develop an approach to embed and institutionalize the change to sustain the benefits achieved, including knowledge transfer, performance management, continuous improvement, and other related practices.

• General Skills

• Organizational Change management expertise:

• Experience and knowledge of Organizational change management industry standards, best practices, methodologies, and tools.

• Strategy development:

• Experience in the development of training, communication, and Organizational change management strategies and plans.

• Stakeholder engagement:

• Ability to work effectively and engage with a diverse group of stakeholders, such as senior management and leaders, project managers, etc.

• Conflict management:

• Strong conflict management, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal).

• Project management:

• Experience with project management fundamentals and understanding of the lifecycle of a project.

• Active listening:

• Excellent active listening skills.

• Analytical abilities:

• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.

• Presentation skills:

• Strong presentation and group facilitation skills.

Desirable Skills:

• Change impact assessment:

• Experience identifying and assessing change impacts to the organization's business processes and technology solutions to drive business and people adoption.

• Transformational projects:

• Experience leading medium to large transformational change projects.

• Structured approach:

• Experience working with project leads to apply a structured Organizational change management approach and methodology for the people side change across assigned initiatives.

• Stakeholder analysis:

• Experience understanding the program/project and related Organizational change management issues by identifying key stakeholders and how they will be impacted by the change.

• Actionable plans:

• Experience developing actionable and targeted change management plans that include communications, coaching, training, sponsorship, and/or other resistance management activities.

• Success metrics:

• Experience defining and measuring success metrics and monitoring change progress to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency related to changes.

• Process management:

• Experience managing the change management process, and applying change management principles.

• 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.

• AI Disclaimer: Source Code may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in certain aspects of its recruiting and business operations.

• Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

• INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $87.09/hr - $104.51/hr Inc.

• T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $69.67/hr - $83.61/hr T4