Strategic Change Leader for Public Sector Reform

Department of Communities; Fremantle; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Carers + Employers program

Flexible work options

Employer super contributions 12%

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Job summary

Department of Communities in Western Australia is seeking a Strategic Change Manager to lead large-scale reform and organisational transformation initiatives. This role focuses on developing change management frameworks, assessing readiness, and guiding governance across multiple workstreams.

You will build strong stakeholder partnerships with government agencies and external organisations, drive adoption, and embed reforms into everyday operations for sustained outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development and delivery of strategic change management frameworks, plans, and initiatives that support large-scale reform and organisational transformation outcomes.
• Assessing organisational impacts, risks, readiness, and stakeholder needs, implementing strategies to drive change adoption, manage resistance, and ensure successful transitions.
• Providing expert change leadership, advice, and governance support across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment with program objectives, priorities, and performance measures.
• Building and maintaining strong stakeholder partnerships, influencing and engaging leaders, teams, government agencies, and external organisations to achieve reform outcomes.
• Driving benefits realisation and continuous improvement by monitoring change effectiveness, measuring outcomes, embedding reforms into business-as-usual operations, and capturing lessons learned for future initiatives.

Job description

Department of Communities in Western Australia is seeking a Strategic Change Manager to lead large-scale reform and organisational transformation initiatives. This role focuses on developing change management frameworks, assessing readiness, and guiding governance across multiple workstreams.

You will build strong stakeholder partnerships with government agencies and external organisations, drive adoption, and embed reforms into everyday operations for sustained outcomes.