Change Management & Communications Consultant
The Role
UST is searching for an experienced Change Management & Communications Consultant to support organizational and business transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience in change management, stakeholder engagement, change impact assessment, and communications development.
What You’ll Do
- Conduct Change Impact Assessments to identify how proposed business, process, technology, or organizational changes may affect stakeholders.
- Perform Stakeholder Analysis to identify key stakeholder groups and understand their communication and change-management needs.
- Develop and execute change communication plans aligned with project objectives.
- Create clear, engaging, and visually effective communications, presentations, announcements, and other change materials.
- Support stakeholder engagement and management throughout the change lifecycle.
- Partner with project teams and business stakeholders to understand upcoming changes and translate complex information into easily understandable communications.
- Help drive awareness, understanding, adoption, and readiness for organizational changes.
- Manage multiple change and communication activities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
- Work effectively within ambiguous or evolving project environments.
- Maintain change-management plans, communication calendars, stakeholder assessments, and related project deliverables.
- Track change-management activities and ensure deliverables are completed according to project timelines.
What You Need
- 2+ years of professional experience in Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Change Communications, or a related role.
- PROSCI certification, CCMP certification, or equivalent Change Management certification.
- Hands‑on experience with:
- Change Impact Assessments
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Communications Development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong ability to develop visual and executive-friendly communications.
- Ability to take direction and subsequently operate independently.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and changing requirements.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced project environment with competing priorities.
- Strong time-management, planning, and organizational skills.
- Preferred Skills:
- Experience supporting large-scale business, technology, or organizational transformation initiatives.
- Experience developing communications for different levels of stakeholders, including leadership and end users.
- Strong PowerPoint and presentation-development skills