Principal Advisor - Change

Lime Recruitment; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lime Recruitment is recruiting for a Principal Advisor (Change and Communication) to work with a Queensland Government client in Brisbane. You will lead organisation-wide change management and strategic communications during major IT transformations, ensuring stakeholder alignment and adoption across the business.

In this hybrid role, you will develop change strategies, lead impact assessments, design multi-channel communications, and coach senior leaders through complex transitions to maximise

Qualifications

• 8+ years of change and communications management on large IT projects.
• Experience designing and implementing IT-centric change initiatives.
• Proven ability to conduct change impact assessments and engage leadership.
• Skilled in multi-channel communication plans and training strategies.
• Desirable: Prosci or APMG Change Management certification.
• Leadership aligned with LCQ framework.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end business change activities and artefacts.
• Lead Change Impact Assessments and change responses for IT changes.
• Develop and deliver strategic multi-channel communications.
• Design comprehensive training plans to maximise adoption.
• Coach senior leaders and managers through transitions.
• Represent the project in complex communications with stakeholders.
• Assess change readiness and monitor adoption across releases.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication plans

Training design

Leadership

Education

Prosci/APMG cert

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Tools

SharePoint

Microsoft 365

Job description

Contract to 30/06/2027 plus extensions | Brisbane, QLD | Hybrid working

Lime Recruitment is currently working with a Queensland Government client to recruit an experienced Principal Advisor (Change and Communication). In this role, you will excel across organisational change management and strategic communications within the Digital Strategy and Partnerships unit—creating compelling change narratives, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring seamless employee adoption during major technology and business process transformations.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end business change activities and develop key artefacts, including communication plans, stakeholder maps, detailed impact assessments, training plans, and business readiness assessments.
• Lead the development of Change Impact Assessments and change responses relating to new business processes, system changes, and solution rollouts.
• Develop and deliver broad and targeted strategic communications across multiple channels (SharePoint, social media, electronic media, print) to keep stakeholders fully informed.
• Design and implement comprehensive training plans and support materials to maximise the adoption of new systems and ways of working.
• Engage, support, and coach senior leaders, project executives, and managers to guide teams effectively through organisational transitions.
• Represent the project in complex communications, negotiations, and collaborations with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess change readiness across production releases, support go-live activities, monitor adoption, and evaluate overall change effectiveness to recommend continuous improvements.

About You

• 8+ years of experience in change and communications management on large IT systems projects or programs of work.
• High-level experience designing and implementing change initiatives, particularly for IT-centric modernisation projects.
• Significant track record of conducting change impact assessments and building relationships to engage end-users and leadership through change.
• Demonstrated expertise designing and executing multi-channel communication plans and capability-building training strategies.
• Desirable: Prosci or APMG Change Management certification, relevant tertiary qualifications, and exposure to ICT projects such as Microsoft 365 migrations or enterprise IT systems.
• Leadership capabilities consistent with the Leadership Competencies for Queensland (LCQ) framework.