Change Management Consultant - Senior

LanceSoft Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Toronto is seeking a Change Management Specialist for a contract role. The ideal candidate will have expertise in organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, and strong project management skills. This position requires a strategic thinker capable of developing and implementing effective change management strategies to ensure successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of change management best practices and methodologies.
• Experience in strategy development for communication and training.
• Ability to engage and work effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement change management strategies and plans.
• Engage with stakeholders, including senior leaders and project managers.
• Facilitate conflict resolution and ensure effective communication.

Skills

Organizational Change management expertise

Strategy development

Stakeholder engagement

Conflict management

Project management

Active listening

Analytical abilities

Presentation skills

Job description

Position: Change Management Specialist
Location: Toronto, ON
Duration: 188 + 160 Days Contract

General Skills:

• Organizational Change management expertise: Experience and knowledge of change management industry standards, best practices, methodologies, and tools.
• Strategy development: Experience in the development of training, communication, and change management strategies and plans.
• Stakeholder engagement: Ability to work effectively and engage with a diverse group of stakeholders, such as senior management and leaders, project managers, etc.
• Conflict management: Strong conflict management, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Project management: Experience with project management fundamentals and understanding of the lifecycle of a project.
• Active listening: Excellent active listening skills.
• Analytical abilities: Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.
• Presentation skills: Strong presentation and group facilitation skills.

Desirable Skills:

• Change impact assessment: Experience identifying and assessing change impacts to the organization’s business processes and technology solutions to drive business and people adoption.
• Transformational projects: Experience leading medium to large transformational change projects.
• Structured approach: Experience working with project leads to apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the people side change across assigned initiatives.
• Stakeholder analysis: Experience understanding the program/project and related change management issues by identifying key stakeholders and how they will be impacted by the change.
• Actionable plans: Experience developing actionable and targeted change management plans that include communications, coaching, training, sponsorship, and/or other resistance management activities.
• Success metrics: Experience defining and measuring success metrics and monitoring change progress to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency related to changes.
• Process management: Experience managing the change management process, and applying change management principles. Experience coordinating efforts with other subject matter experts, including communications specialists, training specialists, and human resource consultants during implementation.
• Ability to influence others, at all levels within the organization, and move towards a common goal.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

• Change Management: 25%
• Interpersonal, Influencing and Communications Skills: 25%
• Project Management Skills: 20%
• Analyzing/Problem-Solving Skills: 20%
• Technical Skills: 10%

Must Have Requirements:

• Organizational Change management expertise:
• Experience and knowledge of change management industry standards, best practices, methodologies, and tools.
• Experience in the development of training, communication, and change management strategies and plans.
• Stakeholder engagement:
• Ability to work effectively and engage with a diverse group of stakeholders, such as senior management and leaders, project managers, etc.