Change Management Specialist

Location

Fredericton, NB | Canada

Job description

Change Management Specialist
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
3-year contract
Open Competition
Fredericton

At the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD), we are dedicated to fulfilling New Brunswick's educational mission.

Check out what it is like to work at the Government of New Brunswick, where we are working together as One Team One GNB to improve the lives of New Brunswickers every day!

Who we are:

The work we do has a positive impact on our communities and helps improve the everyday lives of New Brunswickers. Together, we are over 45,000 New Brunswickers who are passionate problem-solvers, who make a difference and are proud to call New Brunswick home.

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development aims to develop programs and offer services that support parents and educators and encourage learners to achieve lasting and transferable skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

The Early Childhood Development Division is responsible for the implementation of the Canada-New Brunswick Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan. In recognizing the importance of a child's early years, EECD is committed to enhancing quality, accessibility, and affordability to support families in our province.

The Early Childhood Development Division is seeking a hard-working and dynamic individual to join the Strategy and Project Management Office Branch as Change Management Specialist in Fredericton.

What you will do:

Reporting to the director of the Strategy and Project Management Office, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing a change management strategy for the Early Childhood Development division.

In this role, you will be required to work in close partnership with multiple internal and external stakeholders, such as departmental teams (EECD executive team, project managers, project teams, policy advisors, marketing and communication specialists), the early childhood sector, and school districts to ensure required changes are clearly identified, planned, communicated, adopted, evaluated, and celebrated.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the development and implementation of the change management strategies and plans for Canada-New Brunswick Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan enabling the transformation to a publicly managed community-based early learning and childcare system.
• Facilitate working sessions and collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop and sequence change management strategies and plans with a focus on critical path.
• Identify interdependencies and align change management activities with established communication, marketing, project plans and standards.
• Implement change management strategies and plans through timely and effective delivery to maximize adoption and ensure outcomes are met.
• Develop a feedback mechanism that measures adoption, outcome benefits and identifies risks, and issues.
• Identify and implement mitigation actions to address risks and issues to ensure adoption and outcome benefits are met.
• Facilitate and support effective and timely initiatives and projects change management activities and communications promoting stakeholder engagement.
• Develop a comprehensive stakeholder analysis and gather input on the readiness of the assigned area of business.
• Develop measures that track change adoption progress and outcomes benefits (feedback mechanism).
• Provide interpretation and other recommended course of action while identifying risks to ensure adoption and business deliverables are met.
• Provide change management guidance to subject matter experts leading initiatives and projects.
• Ensure the above change management support activities are aligned with the Canada-Wide Strategy established communications plan, marketing plan and standards.
• Mentor, coach and develop change management capacity with newly trained change management colleagues, create new ways of working, and provide guidance to subject matter experts leading initiatives and projects.
• Align the development of the Canada-Wide Strategy Portfolio with the Enterprise Change Management strategies and provide direction on initiatives and projects activities across the organization.
• Ensure the Strategy sequencing of initiatives and project change plan implementation are based on the interdependency, adoption critical path while ensuring a staggered approach that balances EECD's capacity to deliver quality work and to allow required change adoption from the Early Learning and Child Care sector to implement changes.

Who you are:

You want to contribute to the mission of the Public Education system of New Brunswick. You are a solution-focused individual who demonstrates initiative and resiliency. You possess strong interpersonal skills, execution capabilities, communication skills, ability to think on your feet and are excited about bringing that expertise to GNB.

Your attitude, skills and interests are just as important as your area of study. We are looking for diverse backgrounds that bring a combination of the following:

Need to have:

• University degree in Business Administration, Communication Studies, Marketing and Design, or a related filed and a minimum of five (5) years of related progressive experience. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.
• Written and spoken competence in English and French is required. Please state your language capability.

Nice to have:

Preference may be given to candidates that demonstrate:

• Certification in Change Management Methodology (Prosci).
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma Methodology (Yellow Belt or Green Belt).
• Experience in leading change for transformational projects.
• Experience coaching or leading teams.
• Experience or skills in facilitation.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate the essential qualifications to be given further consideration. Please ensure that preferred language for assessment is identified on your resume.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking/Judgement
• Change Leadership
• Client Service Orientation
• Effective Interactive Communication
• Impact and Influence
• Relationship / Network Building
• Results Orientation

Technical Competencies:

• Presentation Skills
• Project Management
• Specialized Subject Matter Expertise and Knowledge
• Written Communication

Wage:
Pay Band 6: $72,540 - $96,512 annually.

Work environment:

• Office location: 250 King Street, Fredericton. Remote work can be negotiated.
• Standard hours of work: Monday - Friday, 8:15-4:30.
• We promotea scent-reduced environment.

What can GNB offer you?

• Comprehensive benefits package and the Public Service Shared Risk Pension Plan.
• Opportunities for career growth, professional development and training.
• Free access to Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and services.
• 1 paid Volunteer Day per year to give back to your community.
• 1.25 days/month of paid vacation.
• 1.25 days/month of paid sick leave.

Providing a safe workplace for all. Your health & safety are important to us. GNB has implemented preventative measures across the organization to ensure your health & Safety.

How to apply:

We encourage applicants to apply online at , by mail at the following address, or by email at [email protected] by February 25, 2024 , indicating competition number 23-2000-C50 . This competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same level.

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Human Resource Services
Place 2000, 250 King Street
Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H1
Telephone: 1-506-259-1908

We thank all those who apply, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Candidates registered with the Equal Employment Opportunity Program and veterans, who demonstrate they are among the most qualified, shall be given preference at the time of appointment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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