Strategic Change Leader in Higher Education

Capital H Staffing and Advisory Solutions; Stellenbosch; In loco; ZAR 700.000 - 1.000.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ISRA invites applications for a Strategic Change Manager to drive the human side of strategic change across our initiatives. You will develop change and transition strategies, assess readiness and manage resistance while coordinating communication, training and reinforcement.

Sitting in the Institutional Strategy Enablement area, the role partners with project managers to enable strategy delivery, supports benefit realisation and post-implementation reviews, and ensures new ways of working are

Competenze

• Relevant tertiary qualification in organisational development, industrial or organisational psychology, HR management, business or related field.
• Master's degree (NQF 9) with at least three years' relevant experience
• Honours degree or postgraduate diploma (NQF 8) with at least five years' relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree or advanced diploma (NQF 7) with at least seven years' relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience leading change and transition across complex, multi-stakeholder, strategic initiatives.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement, building sponsorship and resistance management.
• Demonstrated experience in change impact, readiness and risk assessment.
• Strong facilitation and workshop design capability.
• Working knowledge of project and programme delivery frameworks.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with colleagues and teams.

Mansioni

• Developing and implementing sustainable change and transition strategies and plans for strategic initiatives, using recognised frameworks (e.g. Prosci/ADKAR, Kotter, Bridges).
• Facilitating process-mapping workshops to define current and future processes and the transition gap required.
• Assessing change impact, readiness and risk; building sponsorship and change-agent networks; establishing user representation; managing resistance; and guiding people through transition.
• Coordinating communication, training and reinforcement so that new ways of working are adopted and sustained, and creating supportive internal environments.
• Operating within the University's project and programme delivery governance and partnering with project managers and developing a fit-for-growth change methodology across all project phases.
• Supporting benefit realisation, conducting post-implementation reviews, identifying the competence and skills each initiative needs, and liaising with Human Resources on implications for roles and capability.

Conoscenze

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Communication skills

Independent working

Project/delivery knowledge

Formazione

Master's degree (NQF 9) with 3+ years experience

Honours degree or PD (NQF 8) with 5+ years experience

Bachelor's degree or advanced diploma (NQF 7) with 7+ years experience

Tertiary qualification in organisational development / psychology / HR / business

Descrizione del lavoro

ISRA invites applications for a Strategic Change Manager to drive the human side of strategic change across our initiatives. You will develop change and transition strategies, assess readiness and manage resistance while coordinating communication, training and reinforcement.

Sitting in the Institutional Strategy Enablement area, the role partners with project managers to enable strategy delivery, supports benefit realisation and post-implementation reviews, and ensures new ways of working are