Change Programme Manager - 12-month Fixed-Term Contract

Arachas Corporate Brokers Ltd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Arachas Corporate Brokers Ltd seeks a Change & Project Manager to drive organisational change across a portfolio of initiatives. This fixed-term role sits in a busy Change team and operates from Dublin or Waterford.

The role reports to the Head of Change Management and interacts with the Arachas Business Lead. You will lead structured projects, manage risks, and deliver benefits through process improvements and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of project management experience.
• Proven knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Experience implementing changes to business processes, technologies and systems.
• Expert use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Work with sponsors and cross-functional teams to define scope, deliverables and timelines.
• Plan and design programme plans to ensure ROI and benefit realisation.
• Apply structured project management to deliver on time and within budget.
• Monitor progress, identify risks and mitigate issues for the programme.
• Lead stakeholder meetings to communicate status and resolve issues.
• Assist with transition to business as usual activities.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to confirm benefit realisation.
• Provide Change Management support to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Identify, plan and implement actions to engage stakeholders.
• Develop change management methods to support adoption.
• Identify impacts and communicate changes to ensure business readiness.
• Lead change workshops with stakeholders.
• Develop proposals and solutions to support organisational change.
• Review and create business processes to meet goals.
• Model and standardise processes; facilitate workshops.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The purpose of this role is to drive organizational change via managing a portfolio of projects and process efficiency activity. This is a fixed-term role in a busy Change team.

Geographical Location: Dublin or Waterford

Reports To: Head of Change Management

Key Internal Relationships: Arachas Business Lead

Role Accountabilities and Core Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Work closely with the project sponsor, cross functional teams to develop the scope, deliverables, activities, required resources and timelines for new initiatives.
• Plan and design the programme/project plan to ensure return on investment & benefit realisation
• Apply a structured project management methodology to ensure delivery of assigned projects on time and within budget
• Monitor progress and oversee activities to ensure goals and timelines are met · Identify and manage risks and issues to the programme/project, identifying mitigation actions relevant to the plan
• Organise and lead meetings with stakeholders to communicate programme/project status and remedy issues
• Work with the relevant business owners to ensure a smooth transition to business as usual activity
• Perform post implementation reviews to ensure benefit realisation.

Change Management:

• Provide Change Management Support to the project sponsor and relevant business stakeholders
• Identify, plan and implement actions designed to engage with Stakeholders
• Develop and apply Change Management methods and tools to create a plan to support the adoption of the required change
• Identify impacts of the change and develop plans to communicate changes to impacted individuals and ensure business readiness
• Lead change workshops with stakeholders impacted by the change

Solution Focus

• Develop proposals and solutions to support change in the organisation
• Identify, review, and create business processes to support accomplishing business goals specific for the organization.
• Conduct business process modeling and apply knowledge to ensure processes are streamlined and standardised
• Facilitate workshops with users to review processes and document process requirements

Requirements:

• At least 3-5 years project management experience
• Proven experience and knowledge of change management principals, methodologies and tools
• Experience implementing changes to business processes, technologies and systems
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word & Excel

Person Specification:

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the organization
• Ability to influence without authority and work in a collaborative manner
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Be able to communicate and explain clearly, concisely and effectively with all stakeholders · Flexible and able to adapt to ambiguous situations
• Problem solving and root cause analysis skills with strong solution focus
• Highly organized with strong work ethic
• Team player with strong focus on collaboration

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