Change Lead Contract

Posted 21 November 2023
LocationAuckland
Job type Temporary
DisciplineProject & Programme Management
Reference807553

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

A market leading enterprise going through an exciting period of transformation, having recently acquired one of their competitors. This organisation offers a first-class working environment and a hybrid work from home and office model.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This is great opportunity to come in the Change Manager to a leading organisation and be responsible for leading and facilitating change management activities to ensure the successful delivery of business change initiatives and strategic outcomes.

The role is responsible for analysing, planning, implementing and evaluating change strategies, facilitating a collaborative approach to change across the organisation and building ownership and capability in change leadership.

There are some complex IT projects as part of this transformation so experience with IT / software facilitation would be a great asset to the company. 

Key responsibilities:
  • Assess the scope and scale of change of projects to determine the most appropriate change approach to achieve outcomes.
  • Ensure the change approach of projects is aligned with the organisations change strategy and is maximising synergies and integrating change with other change projects.
  • Identify the change impact and size of the gap between the current state and future state, and ensure the right interventions are designed, developed and implemented to address these and equip those impacted for success.
  • Ensure there is effective monitoring in place of change, including the speed of adoption, extent of uptake and proficiency, and that the change has been well embedded to ensure sustained results and benefits realisation.
  • Manage the day-to-day change related activities and resources, and chair change management project meetings.
  • Provide status reporting relating to change activity milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, and providing communications on project activity as required.
  • Proactively anticipate and manage change risks, providing timely feedback 
ABOUT YOU:
  • Good knowledge of change management techniques with proven experience. 
  • Experience leading and facilitating large scale complex change management programmes. 
  • Experience working alongside executive leadership teams. 
  • Demonstrated ability to see the "big picture" and understand the strategic context of projects and change.
  • Proven decision-making experience and leadership demonstrated in coordinating and integrating change.
  • Encourages participation and opinion so the project can benefit from a variety of input, suggestions and concerns. Perceives intrinsic qualities in other people and seeks to understand their point of view.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
WHAT'S NEXT?
If this sounds like you apply on seek today, or if you have role specific questions please email Sarah on smalcolm@brightspark.io