Role Title: Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist
Job ID: 6169
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Job Type: Contract (12 months, with likelihood of extension)
Pay Rate: $80-$100/hr incorporated
Work Authorization: Must be eligible to work in Canada legally without sponsorship.
Job Description:
Our client has an exciting opportunity for an Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist. Reporting to the People Readiness Manager and working with the project delivery team, you will define and execute the change management strategy within the program and for the underlying projects. This includes designing, implementing, and overseeing activities supporting the people’s readiness component of successful, sustainable change that contributes to business results. This opportunity will appeal to an individual passionate about solving complex business challenges in a fast-paced, broad-change environment.
Program or Project Overview: Core Optimization project – SAP MoC module (Management of Change)
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and execute comprehensive change management strategies to support the people’s readiness to deliver program/project objectives.
- Conduct stakeholder analysis, change readiness, and organizational impact assessments to identify change impacts to a broad audience.
- Facilitate discussions to gather and understand the stakeholders and impacts of the change at various organizational levels and across business areas.
- Identify the impact of culture on change initiatives and design an approach and interventions to help achieve desired behaviors and ways of working.
- Facilitate understanding and definition of the skills, competencies, and training required in the future state.
- Collaborate with the project team, organization design, organization effectiveness, learning, and communications teams (as applicable) to recommend and design creative options for optimal results.
- Advise and support sponsors and leaders in their roles as change champions in a model of leader-led change.
- Develop a measurement approach to monitor how effectively the organization progresses through the change and achieves benefits.
Qualifications:
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
- 8+ years of change management experience supporting cross-functional, complex initiatives or technology transformations in a large corporate environment.
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in business or related field.
- Experience within the oil and gas industry would be considered an asset.
- Accreditation/Certification in industry-recognized change methodology (i.e., Prosci, CCMP) or equivalent training and experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interface and facilitate effectively with a diverse group of executives, leaders, subject matter experts, and end-users.
- Sound understanding of Operations and Maintenance business practices (Upstream/Downstream).
- Familiarity with technical MoC in oil and gas environments.
- Working knowledge of MoC applied to processes and assets.
Work Environment: This role is based in our downtown Calgary office, requiring onsite presence 4 days a week, with some remote work possible.
Job Industry: Oil and Gas
Job Category: Change Management, Project Management