Change Manager

Boardroom Appointments; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 500 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in South Africa seeks a Change Manager to lead change initiatives and implement strategies for organizational change. This full-time role involves stakeholder engagement and the development of change management plans. The successful candidate will effectively manage transitions and reduce resistance, while working closely with staff at all levels. Remote working is available.

Qualifications

• Experience in change management within organizations.
• Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the organization for change to maximize benefits.
• Implement change management strategies.
• Engage and analyze stakeholders effectively.
• Lead change management work stream within methodology.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Change impact assessment

Risk management

Communication plan development

Coaching employees

Job description

Global role |Full time, initial 6 month contract | RSA based | Remote working

The change manager will prepare the organisation for change to realise maximum benefits & ROI and to mitigate any negative impacts to both internal staff and external customers. They implement change management strategies to ensure a faster rate of adoption and minimising resistance to change.

Change managers work with people across all levels of an organisation. They may provide support and coaching advice to execs and people managers to help them instil change in their teams, as well as directly supporting project teams during the transition period.

Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder analysis, engagement plan and management.
• Change impact assessment, mitigation tactics and management.
• Develop and execute a change management plan.
• Evaluating the impact of planned organisational change.
• Identifying risks and developing risk mitigation tactics.
• Identifying and managing anticipated resistance to change.
• Lead the change management work stream within the AGA methodology / process.
• Develop and execute communication plan (including content creation) relevant to change initiatives.
• Defining success metrics and measuring performance against these.
• Business readiness assessments and mitigation actions.
• Where required, involvement and management of training related activities.
• Providing coaching to employees at all levels.
• Providing reporting and other updates to management and project teams.