Change Lead

**Change Lead**:
**Job no**: 498892

**Work type**: Temporary Full Time

**Classification**: Band 8 ($115,035 - $127,911 pa)

**Categories**: Business Strategy & Improvement

**About the role**
In this role, you will develop and deliver change management strategies, lead change activities, partner with leaders across the city to implement changes, and build the organization's capability to handle change.

**Work type: Temporary, full-time (24-month contract)**
**Classification: Band 8 ($115,035 - $127,911)**

Key responsibilities include:

- Managing key change training deliverables including training needs analysis, training planning and the design and development of training activities in line with adult learning principles and in partnership with the internal Learning & Development team to enable the successful implementation of change initiatives.
- Managing all change and communications activities including implementation of change and communication runways and identifying and responding to any issues or risks that may impact a change.
- Recommending professional change management advice or solutions with various stakeholders according to the Business Plan, the City’s interests, legislation, policy, and statutory requirements.
- Researching and analysing in change with confidence, delivering impactful solutions for key stakeholders.
- Providing progress reports to Manager Change, other relevant senior leaders, and any relevant project governance bodies.
- Engaging with and support leaders and teams to achieve successful adoption of change initiatives.
- Facilitating and coaching leaders to lead change, in the planning of conversations, delivery of information sessions, presentations and other project change and communication activities.
- Developing and implementing Change & Communications Management Strategies and Plans for planned activities within the transformation pipeline of work.
- Planning and delivering stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective project working relationships and to ensure that stakeholder needs, and concerns are identified and met.
- Preparing reports, briefings and presentations to support and influence stakeholders to achieve change activity objectives and provide successful transition for teams and individuals.

**About you**
To be successful in this role you will have substantial demonstrated experience with leading and implementing large scale, transformational change projects within a complex environment, delivering on organisational objectives and building employee engagement through the process.

Essential Experience:

- Postgraduate qualifications in Human Resources, Commerce/Business, Organisation Psychology or a similar field, plus substantial experience, or an equivalent combination of formal qualifications and experience in a senior change management position.
- Certified Change Management Practitioner (Prosci, Change First or similar).
- Highly experienced in the development and implementation of change and communication strategies and plans.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a complex change environment and experience in influencing and driving change across all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated experience in effectively engaging with multiple stakeholders and responding to the stakeholder in a well-balanced manner.
- Experienced in providing advice, coaching and support to Leaders in leading change.
- Demonstrated ability to create a positive change climate to motivate stakeholders to help the organisation achieve its change objectives.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills (including development of communication collateral) to engage, influence and gain commitment with people from all levels of an organisation.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting training needs analysis and designing training material with a diverse group of stakeholders.

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** -