PwC SATIC - Change Management Change, Comms and Culture

PwC South Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Associate for its NextGen Change capability in the Consulting Workforce Transformation team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in change management and communication, with at least 3-4 years of experience. Responsibilities include designing and delivering strategies for client transformations using PwC’s methodologies. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with global teams and contribute to impactful client solutions.

Qualifications

• At least 3-4 years' experience within consulting or industry change management.
• Industry recognised change management qualification preferred (e.g., CCMP, Prosci).

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver change management and communication strategies.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver client solutions.
• Engage in business development activities.
• Reflect on personal growth and development needs.

Skills

Change Management

Communication

Workforce Transformation

Team Leadership

Education

NQF Level 7 and above

Tools

Excel

Digital Collaboration Tools

Job description

As organisations evolve rapidly, the need for an agile, highly productive, and tech-enabled workforce is critical to deliver and sustain transformation. PwC’s Workforce Transformation business helps clients transform the size, shape, skills, and culture of their workforce to meet business needs. South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest part of PwC, a global brand delivering services for the biggest clients in the world. PwC leads the way in human led, technology enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make it fit for the future.

We are looking for candidates to join PwC’s NextGen Change capability (client-facing) in the Consulting Workforce Transformation team, sitting in SATIC, where we deliver Change Management, Communications, and Culture support for single-function or cross-enterprise, large-scale transformations involving technology, operating models, or complex organisational change.

Our interventions are critical in ensuring projects deliver lasting business value by embedding new ways of working, shifting behaviours, and accurately measuring the impact and value of technology, people, and cultural change.

Qualifications/Experience required

• NQF Level 7 and above (ZA)
• At least 3-4 years' experience within consulting, or an industry change management, workforce transformation, communication and culture role.
• Ideally an industry recognised change management qualification will be beneficial (e.g., CCMP, Prosci, AMPG) etc.

ROLE SUMMARY

At PwC, our NextGen Change experts drive transformational success through seamless Change Management, Communications, and Culture initiatives for large-scale client projects. We're expanding our capabilities in South Africa, and as a Senior Associate, your role will be pivotal.

You’ll leverage your broad experience in designing and delivering change management, communication and culture strategies and be trained in our leading NextGen Change methodology to tackle complex client projects alongside UK and global teams.

As an integrated member of our team, you’ll build meaningful client relationships, lead teams, and strengthen your personal brand, all while thriving amidst ambiguity and using challenges as growth opportunities.

Responsibilities of the role at this level include but are not limited to:

• Design and deliver high-quality strategic change management, communication, and culture initiatives for workforce transformations, aligning with client strategies using PwC’s NextGen Change methodology and AI enabled digital tools.
• Collaborate with the UK NextGen Change team to deliver impactful client solutions.
• Build relationships with internal and client stakeholders, delivering high-quality outputs and meeting deadlines.
• Design impactful and engaging communications, presentations and assets (such as videos) using creative communication tools and digital collaboration platforms like Teams.
• Use Excel and other tools to interpret data, producing insights (such as change impact and training needs assessments) that inform plans.
• Support responses to client proposals, showcasing PwC’s methodologies.
• Engage in business development activities, such as developing propositions and thought leadership.
• Reflect on personal growth, leveraging strengths to address development areas while adhering to the firm's code of ethics.