Change & Engagement Partner

Surgeons; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) in Australia is seeking a Change & Engagement Partner to ensure organisational change is delivered, understood, adopted and sustained. You will lead change management across enterprise projects and strategic initiatives, working with leaders, project teams and stakeholders to build readiness and manage people impacts.

The role involves developing engagement, communication and training plans, coaching executives and sponsors, and embedding change

Qualifications

• Experience leading organisational change across complex projects, programs or large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of change management approaches and experience applying them in practice, such as Prosci, ADKAR or Kotter.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including the ability to advise and coach executives, sponsors and project leaders.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to tailor your approach to different audiences and build commitment to change.
• Experience integrating change management into project and program delivery, together with a collaborative and empathetic approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead change management strategies for enterprise projects and strategic initiatives.
• Conduct change impact and readiness assessments to understand how change will affect our people, processes and systems.
• Develop stakeholder engagement, communication and training plans to support adoption.
• Provide practical change advice and coaching to executives, sponsors and project leaders.
• Identify and respond to resistance to change through proactive engagement and targeted support.
• Embed change management practices into project and program delivery.
• Monitor change impacts, risks, readiness and adoption, and provide insights on progress and benefits realisation.
• Work closely with People & Culture and Marketing & Communications to align workforce and engagement activities.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Executive coaching

Communication facilitation

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a Change & Engagement Partner to help ensure organisational change is not only delivered, but understood, adopted and sustained. Working across enterprise projects and strategic initiatives, you will lead change management activities that help our people transition to new ways of working. You will work closely with leaders, project teams and key stakeholders to build readiness, support adoption and identify and manage the people impacts of change.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead change management strategies for enterprise projects and strategic initiatives.
• Conduct change impact and readiness assessments to understand how change will affect our people, processes and systems.
• Develop stakeholder engagement, communication and training plans to support adoption.
• Provide practical change advice and coaching to executives, sponsors and project leaders.
• Identify and respond to resistance to change through proactive engagement and targeted support.
• Embed change management practices into project and program delivery.
• Monitor change impacts, risks, readiness and adoption, and provide insights on progress and benefits realisation.
• Work closely with People & Culture and Marketing & Communications to align workforce and engagement activities.

This role is Full Time on a 2-year maximum-term contract.

About the team

You will join the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO), a newly established team responsible for overseeing and supporting RACS' portfolio of projects and strategic initiatives. The EPMO provides governance, reporting, project standards and delivery support, helping ensure projects are aligned with organisational priorities and deliver the intended outcomes. This is a great opportunity to help shape how change management is approached across RACS and to work across a range of strategic programs that are helping shape our future. You will report to the EPMO Lead and work closely with the EPMO team, Executive Sponsors and Steering Committees, People & Culture, RACS managers and staff, and external partners.

About you

You will bring a practical and collaborative approach to organisational change, with the ability to work confidently with people at all levels.

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience leading organisational change across complex projects, programs or large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of change management approaches and experience applying them in practice, such as Prosci, ADKAR or Kotter.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including the ability to advise and coach executives, sponsors and project leaders.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to tailor your approach to different audiences and build commitment to change.
• Experience integrating change management into project and program delivery, together with a collaborative and empathetic approach.

A relevant tertiary qualification and/or change management certification would be well regarded.