Change Management Specialist - (CONTRACT)

Core Responsibilities:

General change management:

• Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results and present findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner
• Identify potential people impacts, risks and develop specific plans to mitigate or address the concerns
• Develop a set of actionable and targeted change management plans - including stakeholder and communication plan, impact management plan, training plan and resistance management plan when required
• Development of communication utilizing various mediums

Coaching and Training:

• Coaching experience to develop management teams
• Have experience in developing training strategies on project driven initiatives
• Development and delivery of training material and training in conjunction with the Learning and development department where required
• Assisting with training and monitoring adoption

Employee engagement and culture:

• Assess the change impact and readiness for change initiative, identifying key barriers
• Engage with stakeholders to obtain buy-in to the change initiative
• Facilitate group sessions and discussions in workshops
• Analyse data and drafting of reports
• Proactively identify opportunities for culture and engagement interventions
• Promote the need for and benefits of change management as part of the change initiative

Measure and Monitor:

• Create and manage measurement systems to track adoption and proficiency of individual changes
• Identify anticipated points of resistance and manage this to acceptance and adoption, or implement corrective action

What would be required of Position to do:

• Culture actions to improve survey results
• Conduct as is analysis
• Change impact assessments
• Conduct employee engagement and culture workshops
• Analysis of data and provide recommendations
• Craft desired culture
• Leadership behaviors to support culture
• Draft road map
• Metrics to measure and imbed
• Development and delivery of training materials
• Implement communication strategy

Requirements:

• Have NQF 7 (Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma) in Change Management, Psychology, Human Resources or related field

Experience required:

• Have at least 6 years’ experience as dedicated Change Management specialist on project driven initiatives (Business and IT programmes) in large organisational multi-cultural contexts.
• Have experience in development and implementation of communication and training strategies on project driven initiatives is required.
• Excellent computer skills (MS Office and other relevant change tools used)
• Have in-depth knowledge and understanding of Change Management models and theories.
• Have an understanding of Change Management principles and the impact on the organisation.
• Have ability to co-design, coordinate and implement Change Management strategies
• Have in-depth knowledge of individual and team dynamics

Skills:

Specific focus for the role will be:

• Coaching
• Training development and implementation
• Employee engagement and culture initiatives

Personal traits:

• Collaborative and open minded
• Good communicator, listener, and presenter of idea’s verbally and visually
• The ability to plan, multi-task and manage time effectively
• Servant Leader, willing to cross-skill across roles to prioritise Business Delivery
• Committed to and a passion for change and culture
• Excited about delivering and training on new ways of work
• Inquisitive and self-motivated to continues learning and personal development

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