Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong

At 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're building 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 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 - we'd love to meet you!

We particularly welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

About the Role

The Change Lead is a senior member of the Enterprise Change Office and plays a key role in the successful delivery of the organisation's strategic priorities through the delivery of people focused change management. This is a critical hands-on role in leading change activities, at all levels of the organization to support business readiness for change and embedding new ways of working

Key Responsibilities: * Develop and implement change strategies and plans for strategic projects. Conduct change impact analysis and identify readiness, resistance, risks and key stakeholders.

Partner with Project Managers ensuring change is fully integrated into project plans.

Engage and coach people leaders to achieve successful change implementation and adoption.

Prepare reports, briefings and presentations to support and influence stakeholders to achieve project objectives and support successful transition for teams and individuals.

Engage with and support leaders and teams to achieve successful adoption of change initiatives.

Hands on end-to-end management of all change and communications activities including identifying and responding to any issues or risks that may impact the change.

About you

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

Advanced knowledge and experience in experience applying organisational change management principles, methodologies and tools.

Demonstrated success in leading and implementing transformational change within a complex environment, delivering organisational objectives and building employee engagement through the process.

Experienced in coaching and supporting people leaders through change initiatives, knowing how and when to intervene at the individual and team level

Experienced in managing digital change projects involving process re-engineering and system implementation.

A relevant tertiary qualification and extensive experience in a similar position and organisation.

Change Management certification in a methodology such as PROSCI (and ADKAR Change Model), Change First or similar program.

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!

A career with us

With flexible working options, our people have choice in how and where they work. Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond. We're also committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people.

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

All employees who may attend a worksite or any face-to-face work-related activity will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

We offer:

flexible work arrangements

paid parental leave (14 weeks)

a healthy and safe environment

our employee wellbeing program

corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities

career development opportunities.

Applications and Enquiries

Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position.

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Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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Advertised: 21 Feb 2022 11:00 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 09 Mar 2022 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time