Organization Change Management Consultant - Temporary position

Responsibilities

• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities
• Apply a change management process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative
• Lead and support communication and learning efforts
• Support the design, development, delivery, and management of communications to create awareness, proactively manage resistance to change, and drive end user readiness
• Ensure consistency within the messaging across the transformation efforts
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve alignment of change scope, as well as develop and execute change, communication, and training strategy and plans
• Audit and communicate change impacts
• Create and implement change management strategies and tactics that maximize adoption and minimize resistance for specific initiatives
• Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders
• Create and implement change management strategies and tactics that maximize adoption and minimize resistance for specific initiatives
• Measure change effectiveness and monitor progress
• Consultation and coaching of project teams and leaders
• Navigate cross-functional teams
• Measure and monitor change: status reporting, providing visibility on status against milestones, and transparency of risks and issues

Qualifications

• Recognized Change Management accreditation (i.e. APMG, Prosci) strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree from four-year college/university or extensive specialized training in related field
• 5 or more years of Operational Change Management experience
• 3-5 years of prior experience in technology and healthcare entities strongly preferred
• Experience Leading teams
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a matrixed environment
• Demonstrated ability to create and facilitate executive-level presentations
• Strong leadership skills and team player mentality
• Excellent large and small group facilitation skills
• Proactive self-starter with a dynamic and resilient nature, high degree of adaptability and flexibility to excel in a dynamic fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks and solve problems
• Proactive identification and communication of issues that may impede an initiative and the ability to use critical thinking skills to determine alternative solutions
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment department
• Strong risk assessment, problem resolution, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
• Understanding of change management principles, methodologies, and leading practices, with an eye towards execution
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite and experience leveraging tools to develop work plans, articulate complex issues, analyze data, and structure information
• Develop and execute strategic communication plans, socialize and deploy them, including executive-level communications (PowerPoints, email, etc.)
• Proactive individual, able to operate efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written/oral communication & interpersonal skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to work across the organization to break down silos and help the business -think like- and -communicate like- a cohesive entity
• Able to quickly forge effective working relationships with a variety of personalities
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle