Organizational Change Management Consultant - Senior 7+ years of experience
About the role
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.
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
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.
Evaluation criteria
Organizational Change Management: 50%
Interpersonal, Influencing and Communications Skills: 20% Project Management Skills: 10% Analyzing/Problem-Solving Skills: 10% Technical Skills: 10%
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.
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About Maarut Inc
Maarut Inc is a Canadian company helping organizations fulfill staffing solutions based on current, future and ongoing needs of market.
Check out the new job openings https://careers.maarutinc.com/jobs/Careers
Register with us : https://careers.maarutinc.com/candidateportal?register=true
Finding IT talent is a significant challenge in today’s business landscape. Maarut Inc has the unique methodology for identifying, acquiring and retaining top IT resources across various areas of expertise. We help companies hire better candidate, and make meaningful relationships between the job seeker and the employers.
Engaging the right people with the right skills and experience can make or break your company. As an employment agency representing many talented skilled professionals who can pinch in immediate on projects, fill team gaps and support growth, we quickly deliver the exact talent you require for your needs. Our goal is to craft flexible, targeted solutions as per your staffing needs by matching the right people, to the right job, at the right time. Our recruiters are savvy insiders, having worked in the industries for which they recruit. They’ve walked in your shoes, so they understand the exciting, satisfying and challenging aspects of each job. They understand what makes IT placement unique, team dynamics and how each company and candidate are special. Our recruitment team is specialized in identifying the top technical consultants with skill sets such as: Application Development Big Data Business Intelligence/Reporting Business Systems Analysis Data Warehousing Database Devops Engineers ERP/SCM/CRM Guidewire consultants Incident management Professionals Infrastructure Mainframe Project Management Quality Assurance Salesforce consultants Web Development/Design
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Organizational Change Management Consultant - Senior 7+ years of experience
About the role
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.
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
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.
Evaluation criteria
Organizational Change Management: 50%
Interpersonal, Influencing and Communications Skills: 20% Project Management Skills: 10% Analyzing/Problem-Solving Skills: 10% Technical Skills: 10%
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.
Not the right fit? Search for Organizational Change Management Consultant jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Maarut Inc
Maarut Inc is a Canadian company helping organizations fulfill staffing solutions based on current, future and ongoing needs of market.
Check out the new job openings https://careers.maarutinc.com/jobs/Careers
Register with us : https://careers.maarutinc.com/candidateportal?register=true
Finding IT talent is a significant challenge in today’s business landscape. Maarut Inc has the unique methodology for identifying, acquiring and retaining top IT resources across various areas of expertise. We help companies hire better candidate, and make meaningful relationships between the job seeker and the employers.
Engaging the right people with the right skills and experience can make or break your company. As an employment agency representing many talented skilled professionals who can pinch in immediate on projects, fill team gaps and support growth, we quickly deliver the exact talent you require for your needs. Our goal is to craft flexible, targeted solutions as per your staffing needs by matching the right people, to the right job, at the right time. Our recruiters are savvy insiders, having worked in the industries for which they recruit. They’ve walked in your shoes, so they understand the exciting, satisfying and challenging aspects of each job. They understand what makes IT placement unique, team dynamics and how each company and candidate are special. Our recruitment team is specialized in identifying the top technical consultants with skill sets such as: Application Development Big Data Business Intelligence/Reporting Business Systems Analysis Data Warehousing Database Devops Engineers ERP/SCM/CRM Guidewire consultants Incident management Professionals Infrastructure Mainframe Project Management Quality Assurance Salesforce consultants Web Development/Design
Apply for jobs now or Register yourself now https://www.maarutinc.com/applyjobs