2021_80 Senior Change Manager

Recruiter:

Data Centrix

Job Ref:

JHB005624/esti

Date posted:

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:

Our client is recruiting for a Senior Change Manager for a 3 month contract, renewable depending on performance. Position based in Johannesburg Northern suburbs.

POSITION INFO:
Purpose:

The Senior Change Management Practitioner will play a key role in ensuring projects (change management initiatives) meet objectives on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage. This candidate will focus on the people side of change – including changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles and organization structures.

The candidate will work to identify, engage with and record key stakeholders and other stakeholder groups within each Business Unit / Site to encourage transfer of ownership, drive faster adoption, higher ultimate utilization and greater proficiency of the changes that impact / involve employees in the Business Units, thus increasing benefit realization, value creation, ROI.

Primary responsibilities:

Current Mining industry experience beneficial
Creating and implementing a Master Change Management strategy (includes input from the Project Change Managers) and Change Plans that is aimed toward maximizing employee sensitization, awareness, adoption, usage including preparing plans to minimize resistance.
Work with organization to define & communicate the vision for change, in line with the strategic vision, operating model and benefits case.
Ensure best practice change management techniques are followed and methodology is suitable for the organization.
Ensure alignment with company overall change management methodology and approach, as well as other projects.
Work with People Alignment, Communication and Change Enablement team leads and Training Managers / HRD to ensure delivery of a strategic and integrated change programme.
Identifying Senior and Key Stakeholders and Stakeholder groups
Identifying additional impacted User Stakeholders and Stakeholder groups
Conducting regular interviews with individuals / groups to analyze expectations and concerns
Managing requirements

Communication:

Newsletters distributed via email to sensitize specific key audiences

Multiple communication vehicles are required to create awareness, buy-in and provide information

Face to face communication is necessary for individuals and groups

Communication must be tailored to specific target groups

Work with the solution design and deployment leads to determine which messages to communicate and when.

Define a Communications Plan to effectively disseminate key messages.

Continually align key messages with the changing business context.

Adhere to the company branding standards and guidelines.

End User engagement:

User Readiness assessments

Training Needs Analysis

Observation and monitoring of progress

Tracking and measuring utilization

Providing recognition and rewards

Informational Workshops

User support

Team support:

Team effectiveness

Team operating guidelines

Conflict management

Roles and responsibilities definition

Resistance management:

Identify, analyze, prepare risk mitigation tactics

Identify and manage anticipated resistance through the development of a Resistance Management Plan

Transition management, ensuring that business as usual is maintained during the transition and the changes are effectively integrated into the business

Training support:

Training support is vital in ensuring the effectiveness of the training, training material and learning outcomes

Willingness to travel to various client sites, if required

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