Change Management Consultant

Job title: Change Management Consultant

Job description: Company Description

Founded in 1967, ADGA is a privately owned and operated Canadian company. We employ over 700 highly skilled team members who apply their knowledge and expertise in service delivery of advanced technology solutions for clients in the Defence, Security and Professional Services markets across Canada.

Celebrating over 50 years in business, we are proud to be one of Canada’s most trusted professional engineering and consultancy firms. Our clients continue to rely on ADGA to provide subject matter expertise, and quality talent to fulfill their business objectives. We have done so successfully by anticipating and responding to the constant changes in technology, and evolving with agility.

Our culture of commitment, trust, and accountability guides our business, fosters our growth, and is at the core of our relationships with clients, employees and consultants. Whether your projects are complex, large-scale requirements, or dependable, professional resources to execute on time, and on budget, you can count on ADGA to deliver. We are dedicated to your success.

Job Description

Our Municipal Government client is looking for a Change Manager to work with project teams and business stakeholders to actively plan, schedule and deliver change according to the project scope, schedule and approved project deliverables. The role and responsibilities include the following:

• Prepare a Change Management (CM) Plan for each project, while protecting or keeping private any sensitive or confidential information.
• Manage the delivery of each planned change management activity.
• Plan, prepare and lead planned project change management communications.
• In collaboration with the Project Manager, ensure all planned change management activities are included in the overall project schedule.
• Lead and facilitate change management meetings and activities with project team members and business stakeholders related to changing business processes and technologies.
• Throughout the project, develop change strategies involving stakeholder assessments, enable leadership alignment through facilitated change activities and communications, establish business readiness and ensure organizational transition to new products, services, processes, and practices for the proposed changes.
• Support business stakeholders in the adoption changes resulting from the implementation of the products, services, processes, and practices of project(s).
• Drive adoption and proficiency associated with transformation projects, applying structured methodology and industry best practices.
• Develop end-user training needs assessment and provide training material input.
• Develop, monitor and report on short and long-term change management goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and objectives.
• Collaborate with other Change Managers to ensure consistency in change management activities and approaches across the utility.
• Performs such other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

The Change Manager should have the following education, experience and qualifications:

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in the area of Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering or a field related to change management.
• A Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP) credential from the Association for Change Management Professionals (ACMP), or a similar industry-recognized certification.

Hands on experience with the following is preferred:

• 3 years’ Experience leading change initiatives as a Change Manager.
• Experience executing change management activities on project(s).
• Experience working as part of a project team and collaborating with a Project Manager.
• Experience working effectively with all levels in an organization from executive and senior leadership teams to front-line staff to influence adaptation of change management methods and the products of programs and projects.
• Experience engaging a diverse stakeholder group, conducting assessments and delivering Change Management Plans along with recommended change activities and target KPI’s to measure change performance and effectiveness.
• Experience developing and conducting interviews, focus groups, stakeholder engagements, and presentations.
• Experience with Halifax Water or a similar public utility would be a considered an asset.

Additional Information

Contract Duration:

12 months plus 12 month extension

Start Date:

January 19, 2022

ADGA commits to putting diversity into action to build a stronger, more representative team and help our customers and communities thrive. We are a proudly Canadian and woman-led company, striving to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and provide every individual with the opportunities and resources to help them reach their full potential.

ADGA s’engage à mettre la diversité en action pour bâtir une équipe plus forte et plus représentative et aider nos clients et nos communautés à prospérer. Nous sommes une entreprise fièrement canadienne, dirigée par une femme. Nous nous engageons pour promouvoir la diversité, l’équité et l’inclusion dans le milieu de travail et d’offrir à chaque personne les possibilités et les ressources qui lui permettront de réaliser son plein potentiel.

Company: ADGA

Expected salary:

Location: Halifax, NS

Job date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:09:53 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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