Change Management Consultant
Apply NowCompany: Jms Technical Solutions
Location: Bethesda, MD 20817
Description:
11th June, 2024
Our client is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Change Management Consultant to join their team on a long-term contract basis.
This is a hybrid/ full-time/long-term contract position in either East Rutherford, NJ or Bethesda, MD
Hourly based on experience: $85-$100/hr
Purpose: Supports the creation of the North American change management strategy across the business and ensures alignment and cohesiveness to achieve adoption and transformation. Develops processes and tools and partners with various stakeholders to accomplish positive adoption, improve post-delivery effectiveness, and realize expected improvements and efficiencies.
Essential Functions:
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.
Our client is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Change Management Consultant to join their team on a long-term contract basis.
This is a hybrid/ full-time/long-term contract position in either East Rutherford, NJ or Bethesda, MD
Hourly based on experience: $85-$100/hr
Purpose: Supports the creation of the North American change management strategy across the business and ensures alignment and cohesiveness to achieve adoption and transformation. Develops processes and tools and partners with various stakeholders to accomplish positive adoption, improve post-delivery effectiveness, and realize expected improvements and efficiencies.
Essential Functions:
- Supports the development and implementation of a comprehensive change management strategy that is aligned with the organization's goals
- Participates in early-stage ideation and development discussions of business improvement initiatives to create frameworks for analysis, participation, business criteria, success criteria, and monitoring standards
- Partners with the People & Culture Change Empowerment team to coordinate, align, and maximize change management impact across the business
- Develops change management activities across multiple business functional areas with a focus on implementing and delivering long-term strategies, solutions, and process advancements with minimum disruption
- Manages the change delivery process to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, on budget and with quality to achieve desired outcomes
- Leads business readiness processes to ensure those impacted across the business are prepared for the change to generate sustainable outcomes
- Partners with Operations, HR, Learning and Development, and Project Management Office to identify and diagnose organizational effectiveness challenges and opportunities to develop solutions that meet company, leadership, and workforce needs
- Creates internal and external advisory groups to provide input and feedback into strategic initiatives and major change events
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:
- The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 8 years:
- In a leadership role: Requires 3 years of experience leading a team of project management or change management professionals engaged in developing and executing project and change management activities
- In a technical role: Requires 8 years of project or change management experience engaged in developing and delivering programs
- A bachelor's degree in a program related to the functional area can count for 3 of the eight-year requirement
- An MBA or a master's level degree in a program related to the functional area can count for an additional 2 years of the eight-year requirement
- In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience
- Specialized Training:
- Training that leads to an in-depth understanding of change management
- Specialized Skillset/Competencies/Traits
- Business acumen and also has the strategic mindset required to understand the long-term implications of change management planning and to advance the organization's goals
- Demonstrated a history of anticipating and balancing the needs of the business with the needs of complex stakeholders, the employee population, and individual circumstances
- Demonstrated a history of creating and maintaining positive work environments through coaching, developing, and leading teams to achieve common goals
- Strategic thinking - ability to align change initiatives with the broader organizational strategies
- Adaptability - comfortable navigating uncertainty and ambiguity
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.