Title
Organizational Change Management Consultant
Location
Saint Paul MN (Hybrid Locals Only)
Duration
6 Months
Job Type
C2CW2
Job Description
Narrative Description of Position :
- We are seeking an experienced Organizational Change Management (OCM) consultant to drive an enterprisewide program and strategic project change initiatives to ensure smooth transitions within our organization.
- This role will be responsible for designing and executing change management strategies that maximize employee adoption and minimize resistance ultimately improving business performance and operational effectiveness.
- This resource will receive direction from the IS PMO Manager to ensure alignment with overall program and project priorities.
Requirements of the role :
Drive planning execution and tracking related to program and project level change strategies that support the organizations vision and goals for the PMO.Ability to conduct stakeholder analysis to include a report identifying key stakeholders their level of awareness and strategies to engage and communicate with them working with program and project manager Steering Committees.Skilled at identifying change impacts by role and stakeholder groups through current state assessments that will include identification and evaluation of what is going to change and the success factors for the changes.Skilled at creating and executing change strategies enterprise wide and ensuring minimized resistance and positive individual behavior change.Identifying potential sources of resistance developing strategies to mitigate resistance and identifying resources to address resistance.Grounded in resultsbased approaches and utilizing stakeholder readiness assessment data to engage impacted audiences (leadership to frontline) related to both processes and technical systems involved in the PMO.Effective at building sponsorship coalitions which result in shaping and sustaining stakeholder behavior.Collaborate with the internal Communication department to create a detailed communication plan that will deliver a unified communication approach to inform stakeholders across the Council to include messaging audiences channels and schedule.Strong communicator across organizational levels utilizing a variety of communication to develop and deliver multimode communications that concisely convey a clear understanding of the message to different audiences.Establish and manage a network of change champions / advocates who can help build desire for change by providing support answering questions and promoting enthusiasm to extend the reaches of the project into stakeholder environments.Identify metrics to measure the success of the change and create a plan to track progress.Establishment of metrics and to track the effectiveness of the change and its longterm sustainability.Develop gettogreen plans to bring readiness back on track when needed conducting readiness checks throughout life cycle.Consulting on training design development and delivery to ensure the employees acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.Develop and execute a sustainability plan to ensure that the changes are embedded and sustained over time ensuring that they become part of the organizations culture.Conduct a postimplementation review to assess the success of the change initiative gather feedback and identify lessons learned.Additional Skills :
Skilled in Prosci Change Management model using the ADKAR framework or a comparable process. Certification preferred.Experienced with very complex change situations in a matrixed environment with multiple workstreams.Demonstrated experience working with small and large multimilliondollar enterprise initiatives.Ability to :
Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.Lead teams providing direction delegation and removing obstacles to get work done. Build consensus and motivate people to act and participate.Build strong customer relationships and delivery of customercentric solutions. Anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.Develop and deliver multimode communications that concisely convey a clear understanding of the message to different audiences.Ability to handle conflict situations effectively with a minimum of noise.Skilled in :
Demonstrated experience leading teams embracing change with a people first approach. Demonstrated ability to lead complex organizations through change.Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop positive working relationships with all levels of the enterprise.Demonstrated ability to prioritize human outcomes including development of soft skills instilling organizational values / norms and building safe space for a healthy challenge culture to develop.Skill to be selfaware accept act on and provide constructive feedback.Demonstrated skill in developing and maintaining project documentation including writing change strategies communication plans training plans risk assessments status reports and all other required program / project documentation.Specifications of Position :
Specifications
Descriptions of Specifications
MINIMUM SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS : Must have to be accepted for consideration for this position.
Level of Education
B.S. or B.A. Degree
Years of experience in Position Title
Minimum of five years of experience in a Lead Change Management role
Certification(s)
Certification in Change Management methodology such as Prosci using the ADKAR framework or comparable process.
DESIRED SPECIFICATIONS AND SKILLS : Not required but desire experience in these specifications for this position.
Project Size
Demonstrated experience working with largescope Enterprise projects and / or programs
Project Types(s)
Demonstrated experience working on PeopleSoft or other Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) system projects and / or programs
OCM Documentation
Demonstrated skill in developing and maintaining project documentation including writing change strategies communication plans training plans risk assessments status reports and all other required program / project documentation
Communication Skills and Abilities
Ability to develop and deliver multimode communications that concisely convey a clear understanding of the message to different audiences
Work Environment
Should be able to work independently and / or in a team environment.
Key Skills
Project Management Methodology,Project / Program Management,Change Management,Order Management System,Business Analysis,Visio,Data Management,Project Management,Metadata,Management Consulting,Data Analysis Skills,Taxonomy
Employment Type : Full Time
Vacancy : 1
