Agency: Department of Admin Services OAKS
Job Classification: Program Manager 5 PM5 Organization Change Management Consultant (16-24 hrs /week)
Will Close to Submissions on: Friday 12/21 @ 10AM
NFP Rate $89.33
Work Location: 30 W Spring St. Columbus OH
Responsibilities:
• Support OCM workstreams and activities for one or more projects
• Serve as a liaison to stakeholder groups and organizations where appropriate to promote project / program awareness and generate overall support for program activities and achievement of program objectives
• Conduct required change assessments to define and document project-driven change impacts
• Support the design, development, delivery and management of requisite plans, including communication plans, training plans, and engagement plans
• Collaborate with internal and client stakeholders to conduct OCM activities according to plans
• Develop, analyze, and report on change readiness assessments
• Identify and document key stakeholders, conduct regular assessment, and report out of stakeholder status by stakeholder groups
• Identify people-related risks / resistance; propose / execute on approved mitigation approaches
• Collaborate with program / enterprise OCM / Communications teams to support consistent messaging and streamlined distribution of messages
• Partner with project teams to ensure alignment
Skills:
• A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; power-point skills are a plus
• Excellent active listening skills
• Ability to tailor messages to a variety of audiences
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Strong relationship building and collaboration skills
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
• Self-starter, with strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Problem solving and root cause identification skills
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and 2+ years of organizational change management experience
• Familiarity with standard project management approaches, tools and project lifecycle phases
• Experience working with / understanding of nuances of working within federal, state, or public-sector entities is a plus
• Digital program / project experience is a plus
• Change management certification or designation (e.g. Prosci) a plus
