Senior Change Management Specialist

CSIRO; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 135,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO is seeking a Senior Change Management Specialist to support mobilising and delivering the Data Modernisation Program. You will help our people and leaders prepare for, adopt and embed new data capabilities and ways of working across CSIRO.

You will partner with AI Program Manager, Chief Digital Officer and business owners to plan, deliver change activities, ensuring voice of impacted teams informs program planning and solution design across the Digital Portfolio.

Qualifications

• Extensive change management experience in large, complex digital transformation programs.
• Ability to plan, coordinate and deliver engagement, readiness and learning activities.
• Strong stakeholder management across senior leaders, project teams and end users.
• Proven communications skills to inform and influence across diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise change management plans including engagement and readiness activities.
• Assess impacts of change on people and organisation within AI and Digital Portfolio.
• Collaborate with program managers and senior leaders to plan and deliver change actions.
• Build stakeholder networks and ensure voice of teams informs design and deployment.
• Identify dependencies and sequence engagement and readiness activities.
• Support project teams to deliver change within agreed timeframes and governance.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communications

Learning & development

Analytical skills

Education

Tertiary qualifications in science/technology

PROSCI certification

Job description

Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation .

Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation .

Role highlights

• Lead change management across CSIRO’s enterprise-wide Data Modernisation Program
• Drive engagement, readiness and adoption of new data capabilities and ways of working
• Partner with leaders and teams across CSIRO to deliver and embed sustainable change

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

The opportunity

CSIRO is seeking a Senior Change Management Specialist to support the mobilisation and delivery of the Data Modernisation Program, helping our people and leaders prepare for, adopt and embed new data capabilities and ways of working.

The Data Modernisation Program is transforming how data is governed, managed, accessed and used across CSIRO. In this role, you will establish a fit-for-purpose approach to change management, assessing people and organisational impacts and delivering coordinated engagement, communication, readiness and learning activities.

Working closely with program and project teams, senior leaders, business and service owners, and delivery partners, you will ensure the voice of impacted people informs program planning and solution design, while helping align change activities across the broader Digital Portfolio.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in embedding data-driven ways of working across Australia’s national science agency.

Your high-level duties will include:

• Developing and implementing organisational change management plans for enterprise-wide initiatives, including engagement, communication, readiness and development activities.
• Assessing and communicating the people and organisational impacts of change across the AI program and related Digital Portfolio initiatives.
• Partnering with the AI Program Manager, Chief Digital Officer, business and service owners, project managers and other leaders to plan and deliver change activities.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships and working with organisational networks to ensure the voice of impacted teams is represented in the design and implementation of change.
• Identifying dependencies and cumulative change impacts across programs and helping coordinate the sequencing of engagement and readiness activities.
• Supporting project teams to deliver change activities within agreed timeframes and monitoring progress through appropriate governance and reporting.

Role particulars

Location : Any CSIRO site considered – Flexible/hybrid working options

Salary: AU$135k - AU$158k pa + 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term until June 2028, Full-time

Reference: 104422

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or similar experience in a science or technology environment.
• Extensive change management experience in an organisation of comparable size and complexity, ideally in digital transformation programs, and the capacity to deliver high-quality outcomes and meet deadlines.
• Relevant Change Management training/accreditation (e.g. PROSCI) and a demonstrated understanding of the challenges and methodologies to ensure change management can be effectively delivered in an organisation.
• High level of analytical and influencing skills to appeal to the interests of different teams and research units to deliver the change management messaging (including communications and learning & development).
• Excellent written and oral communications skills to effectively communicate and influence staff at all levels within CSIRO and externally, with the ability to produce quality presentations, reporting, change and process documentation for end users.

Desirable

• Experience working with government agencies of comparable size to CSIRO, or experience working with research organisations.
• Experience delivering data modernisation programs in large-scale organisations.
• Experience embedding digital culture change programs.

For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description .

Support and workplace adjustments

We offer a range of reasonable supports and workplace adjustments. Please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description if we can help you to equitably participate in our recruitment process or the role itself.

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please reach out to the contact on page 1 of the position description, to let us know how we can support you.

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

W e work flexibly at CSIRO , offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO .

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Child safety

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy .

Applications close

3rd November 2026, 11pm (AEDT)