Job Description

Company Description

We are founded on a culture that is passionate about transforming the way the world acquires talent by delivering client-focused solutions that make a difference for businesses worldwide. From refining how businesses manage their contingent workforce to strengthening employer brands to recruit top talent, our integrated solutions drive business results.

As an industry leader, we draw upon decades of experience to design innovative tools, products and processes. We develop competitive practices that position organizations for growth and we deliver the insight needed to succeed in today\'s global marketplace.



QuantumWork Advisory\'s parent organization is Allegis Group, the world\'s largest privately held human capital firm with over 20,000 employees in over 30 countries. Quantum Work Advisory employees enjoy the culture of a start-up blended with the maturity and security of one of the world\'s most successful human capital companies. Allegis Group has several operating companies (Opco\'s) which operate independently, with Allegis Group providing overarching strategy, governance, and corporate support in areas such as I.T. and Procurement.

Summary

• Successfully lead complex programs of change, with multiple workstreams, managing teams of senior change specialists/consultants.
• Manage change and control /governance boards for clients, driving decisions up through to the C-suite
• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities

Leverage a change management methodology, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.

• Support communication efforts: Enable the design, development, delivery and management of key 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.
• Build a global Change Practice within QWA globally \xe2\x80\x93 responsible for product development, methodologies and develop a playbook and QWA approach to change, including collateral development and ultimately manage a global team of Change consultants.

Responsibilities:

• Complete change management assessments
• Identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics
• Identify and manage anticipated and persistent resistance
• Consult and coach project teams
• Lead client teams and build change capability in QWA across all business lines
• 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
• Influence and engage senior leaders up to C-suite level
• Able to deal with complex programs
• Coach people managers and supervisors, credible with leaders
• Experienced in growing and developing teams
• 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
• Drive change management at the organizational level
• Manage the change portfolio
• Innovative thinker
• Creative /design led thinking

Qualifications

• A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process
• Strong experience of building and managing teams, and developing talent (ideally in consulting)
• Experience with and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Demonstrate a consultative approach
• Excellent active listening skills
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
• Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere
• Forward looking with a holistic approach
• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics
• Problem solving and root-cause identification skills
• Able to work effectively at all levels of an organization
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others
• Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
• Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts
• Change management certification or designation desired

Additional Information

As a workplace, we focus on relationships \xe2\x80\x93 with each other, our clients and our candidates. In fact serving others is one of our core values. We support open communication and recognize that giving constructive criticism can be even harder than receiving it. We appreciate the fearless and the passionate, who force us to be better. Everything we do sits on a pillar of diversity - diverse perspectives, backgrounds and ideas drive innovation and make us successful.

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