Change Management Consultant - Senior

Ian Martin Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ian Martin Group is seeking a Senior Change Management Consultant to guide organizations through large-scale change initiatives in Toronto. The role emphasizes developing and executing change strategies, communication plans, and stakeholder engagement to ensure smooth adoption across multiple levels of the organization.

The consultant will also lead readiness assessments and track adoption to sustain benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with change management industry standards, best practices, methodologies and tools.
• Experience developing training, communication, and change management strategies and plans.
• Ability to engage with a diverse group of stakeholders including senior management and leaders.
• Strong conflict management, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience with project management fundamentals and understanding the project lifecycle.
• Excellent active listening skills and ability to present and facilitate groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise, guidance and coaching to build knowledge of change management principles and tools.
• Help leaders enhance capabilities to understand change impacts and resistance, acting as a change champion coach.
• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, and leaders to integrate change practices across the organization.
• Develop and implement change management strategies, plans, sponsorship, communication, training, and resistance management.
• Lead stakeholder management and develop engagement strategies to ensure adoption and minimize barriers.
• Design and conduct readiness assessments and establish metrics to track adoption and proficiency.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Facilitation

PM fundamentals

Analytical thinking

Active listening

Presentation skills

Job description

Change Management Consultant - Senior

• Pay Rate: Flexible- Onsite
• Location: Toronto, Ontario
• Contract Length: 6 Months

Responsibilities

• Work with organizations, by providing expertise, consultative advice, guidance and coaching, to build knowledge and expertise of change management principles, methodologies, and tools
• Help leaders and teams enhance their capabilities to understand how change impacts people, the reasons why people resist change and how to support people as they transition through change Be an active and visible coach to support leaders, partners and stakeholders in their role as change champions
• Partner and work collaboratively with key roles such as project managers, business analysts, process improvement specialists, change consultants and leadership to integrate change practices at all levels of the organization
• Develop and implement change management strategies, plans and framework Lead, develop, implement and/or provide input in the development of communication plans, sponsor roadmaps, stakeholder assessments, training plan, and resistance management throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Leads stakeholder management, including identification and analysis of key stakeholders, and the development of stakeholder engagement strategies
• Ensure the alignment of change management activities with participating stakeholders to remove change barriers, smooth the adoption process and contribute to problem solving resulting in successful implementation
• Ensure that clients/partners and stakeholders are actively engaged in the change, consulted with and communicated to Be able to articulate the purpose of change in a manner that makes sense to impacted stakeholders and provides a compelling picture of the new organization
• Build consensus among clients/partners and stakeholders on specific changes designed to better meet their needs
• Identify potential people side risks and anticipated points of resistance and develop plans to mitigate or address concerns
• Design and conduct change readiness assessments, evaluate results, and present findings to stakeholders to plan and carry out a change management strategy Administer measurement systems to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency of individual changes
• Develops an approach to embed/institutionalize the change to sustain the benefits achieved, including knowledge transfer, performance management, continuous improvement and other related practices

General Skills

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

Desirable Skills

• Experience identifying and assessing change impacts to the organization’s business processes and technology solutions to drive business and people adoption
• Experience leading medium to large transformational change projects
• Experience working with project leads to apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the people side change across for assigned initiatives Experience understanding the program/project and related change management issues by identifying key stakeholders and how they will be impacted by the change Experience developing actionable and targeted change management plans that include communications, coaching, training, sponsorship and/or other resistance management activities
• Experience defining and measuring success metrics and monitor change progress to track adoption, utilization and proficiency related to changes
• Experience managing the change management process, and applying change management best practices to support the project or initiative
• 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

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Change Management Strategy & Execution (50%)

• Demonstrated experience in leading large-scale enterprise-level (multi-ministry) change initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement change management strategies supporting digital transformation, e.g., enterprise platform onboarding projects.
• Experience conducting stakeholder impact assessments and readiness evaluations
• Proven success in driving adoption and minimizing resistance in complex environments
• Ability to create and execute multi-year change roadmaps

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication (30%)

• Strong facilitation and interpersonal skills
• Experience developing communication plans and materials for diverse audiences
• Ability to build trust and consensus across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience conducting workshops, briefings, and training sessions
• Experience in developing and maintaining effective partnerships with leaders and stakeholders, gather organizational information, and provide strategic advice and co-ordination.

Governance, Performance Measures and OPS Context (20%)

• Experience supporting complex multi-organizational governance processes and executive approvals
• Ability to align change initiatives with enterprise architecture and strategic priorities.
• Experience developing KPIs and metrics to assess change effectiveness
• Ability to conduct post-implementation reviews and lessons learned for continuous improvement
• Familiarity with Ontario Public Service (OPS) or similar government environments, including understanding of regulatory compliance service delivery contexts.

Must Haves

• Demonstrated experience in leading large scale enterprise-level (multi-ministry) change initiatives.
• Ability to develop and implement change strategies in multi-stakeholder environments, aligned with enterprise IT goals.
• Ability to create and execute multi-year change roadmaps for the business stakeholders
• Experience developing communication plans and craft clear, compelling materials (e.g., decks, newsletters, FAQs) for diverse audience, including executive-level communications, able to present complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

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