Due to the continued success and growth of Seven Consulting, we built a Change Management Practice to complement our Program Delivery, Program Management Office (PMO) and Consulting services.
We're delighted to grow our Practice in Sydney, Melbourne and Manila.
We specialise in the successful delivery of large-scale, complex IT-enabled business transformation projects ranging from $1M to $1.4Bn with some of Australia's top companies. We have offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Manila.
We are looking for one experienced, talented Change Director, who is at the top of the market, to join our team on a full-time permanent basis. Our Change Director role is a 'hands on' role – meaning that it has a client delivery focus (as opposed to a general management focus).
Your New Role
As a Change Director, you will have responsibilities across our Change Management Practice (internally) and with our clients (externally). The following points provide an overview of expectations for the role, noted that there will be a degree of flexibility in the role based on capacity from billable work.
Change Management Practice responsibilities
Business development – Use your market insight and client relationships to help identify new opportunities. Shape our responses to proposals, EOIs and panel submissions. Grow client accounts through effective Change Management and strategic conversations. Regularly represent the firm at industry and networking events, and contribute thought leadership content to support our brand and marketing efforts. You'll be comfortable taking a client brief, suggesting next steps, and following up with insight.
Recruitment – Support the recruitment process for the Change Management Practice, ensuring our high standard of are maintained.
Quality assurance – Perform QA reviews and ensure action plans are tracked effectively.
Improvement – Identify and deliver improvements to the Change Management Practice.
Client-facing responsibilities
Undertake a discovery process to analyse change drivers and identify enterprise-level or industry themes.
Scope Change Management work and make resourcing and cost estimates.
Understand and lead organisational change at the enterprise level.
Analyse a client's business, operations and structure to understand where there is a potential impact from change and to what level that impact needs to be managed.
Propose solutions to reduce or mitigate the potential impact of organisational changes.
Meet, influence and present to executive stakeholders including preparing business documents and slides.
Undertake advisory services, which typically include a review, analysis and recommendation of an ePMO or Change Management function.
Propose strategic tactics to manage organisational changes at the enterprise level in a way that leads to the desired outcomes.
Execute multi-year plans while reporting on progress, raising risks and issues, maintaining effective relationships, and being a supportive project team member.
Evaluate and measure the success of change interventions across activity, proficiency, usage and adoption.
Apply Project Management principles as well as Agile, Waterfall and hybrid methods.
Provide the needed level of support to the recipients of change as well as business leaders and sponsors during and after the project.
Mentor and motivate Change Management practitioners who are more junior in the team.
Contribute thought leadership (articles, speaking at conferences, webinars) to our Practice and the field.
What You Bring
Coming into the Change Management Practice at the Change Director level means that you will bring past leadership experience, in-depth knowledge of transformation programs and the end-to-end strategy, planning and delivery of organisational change. Typically, Change Directors have:
12+ years of dedicated experience in Change Management.
Experience building and/or leading a Change Management team, practice, centre of excellence or enterprise function.
Experience designing and managing a single view of change.
Experience managing Change Management practitioners who are more junior.
Experience managing end-to-end change across multiple streams of large, complex, multi-million-dollar programs that deliver process, people/culture and technology changes.
Experience providing consulting services and leading proposals/bid preparation.
Experience speaking at conferences (virtual or in person), on podcasts or in other forums on topics in / related to Change Management.
A Bachelor's degree or higher (often in Psychology and Organisational Psychology, Business, Communications / Journalism, Human Resources, Project Management, Applied / Behavioural Science or similar).
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word and PowerPoint, and including Microsoft Project.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with well-honed executive presentation skills.
You will also possess the following essential attributes for managing change at this level:
Strategic thinking
Influencing and negotiating
Business acumen
Networking and connecting
Challenging the status quo
Developing new perspectives on organisational change management and leadership
A strong interest in progressing the field of Change Management
To be eligible for employment you must either be an Australian citizen or permanent resident or have a visa with work rights.
What We Offer
A continuous learning and development environment.
In-house training sessions and external training allowances.
Individual career development plans.
A mentoring / mentee program.
A collaborative and inclusive culture.
Excellent remuneration, regular and well-defined bonuses and profit share.
Paid overtime.
Recognition and rewards for high performance.
Job security and support during personal hardships.
A team charity initiative – Project 7 – to support the community.
Quarterly social and family events.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Seven Consulting embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or on the basis of disability.
Seven Consulting is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members. All applicants are required to complete any necessary employment checks.
This is an excellent opportunity to join Seven and be part of our continued growth and success. If you are looking for an organisation that values your experience and expertise, then apply now to be involved in some of the industry's most significant projects.
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