ROLE DESCRIPTION
- A change management consultant will play a key role in ensuring projects or change initiatives meet objectives on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage
- Focus on the people side of change, including changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles and organization structures
- The primary responsibility will be creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance
- The change manager will work to drive faster adoption, higher ultimate utilization of and proficiency with the changes that impact employees
- These improvements will increase benefit realization, value creation, ROI and the achievement of results and outcomes
- While the change manager may or may not have supervisory responsibility, this person will have to work through many others in the organization to succeed
- CM Consultant will act as a coach for senior leaders and executives in helping them fulfill the role of change sponsor
- CM Consultant may also provide direct support and coaching to all levels of managers and supervisors as they help their direct reports through transitions
- Support project teams in integrating change management activities into their project plans
- 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
- Support communication efforts
- Support the design, development, delivery, and management of communications
- Assess the change impact
- Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders
- Support training efforts
- Provide input, document requirements, and support the design and delivery of training programs
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE
- Complete change management assessments
- Identify, analy