Attain Partners is searching for a Change Management Consultant who can effectively lead and manage change activities surrounding technology implementations for a higher education institutions.
- Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities by leveraging Prosci processes, tools, and templates that creates a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by projects/initiatives.
- Develop, support and execute communication efforts by enabling the design, development, delivery and management of key communications.
- Identify and assess change impacts by conducting impact analyses, assessing change readiness, and identifying key stakeholders.
- Develop, support, and execute training efforts by providing input, documenting requirements, and supporting the design and delivery of training programs.
- Prepare stakeholder engagement and training plans that align with technology implementation and is comprehensive of all stakeholders
- Manage all change activities throughout all stages of implementation
- Demonstrate change management expertise related to technology implementations in a higher education setting is ideal
- Perform stakeholder and change impact assessments
- Demonstrate experience in effectively managing change at an organization
Job Responsibilities:
- Complete change management assessments
- Identify, analyze and prepare risk mitigation tactics
- Identify and manage anticipated and persistent resistance
- Consult and coach project teams
- Create actionable deliverables for the core change management plans: Sponsor Plan, People Manager Plan, Communications Plan, and Training Plan
- Create actionable deliverables for any required Extend plans, such as the Resistance Management Plan
- Support and engage senior leaders
- Coach people managers and supervisors
- Support organizational design and definition of roles and responsibilities
- Coordinate efforts with other specialists
- Integrate change management activities into the project plan
- Evaluate and ensure user readiness
- Manage stakeholders
- Track and report issues
- Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress
- Support change management at the organizational level
- Manage the change portfolio
Required Skills:
- Prosci Change Management certification (preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in leading change management workstreams for ERP technology implementations
- Experience with leading change for Oracle Cloud implementations
- Experience in education environments required, K-12 specifically highly preferred
- Demonstrate high quality analytical and problem solving skills within time and organizational boundaries
- Ability to work collaboratively in a project team
- Ability to travel nationwide, if needed
- Demonstrates ability to stay current in certifications, training and industry trends and practices
- Effective written and verbal communications a must, with presentation experience
- Experience with managing and leading times
Minimum Education Required:
- Bachelor s Degree
- Master's Degree preferred