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Position Title: Change Management Practitioner (Re-advertisement)

Job Summary Statement/Purpose:
The Change Management Practitioner uses excellent knowledge of established Change Management processes and systems to support the people side of change and ensure the successful implementation of approved interventions across the business. The incumbent provides implementation support to the OD and Change function.

Current Status: Closed

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: May 17, 2022

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Qualifying Criteria

Key Performance Areas (Duties & Responsibilities):

1. Change Management
• Apply a structured methodology (Prosci) to support change management initiatives.
• Implement change management principles to maximize stakeholder adoption and minimize change resistance.
• Assess change impacts and readiness and identify key stakeholders for assigned projects.
• Provide input, document requirements, and support the design and delivery of stakeholder training and coaching programs.
• Identify potential points of resistance and performance gaps, and work with the stakeholders to develop and implement appropriate mitigation plans.

2. Organisational Development
• Support the design, development and implementation of initiatives aimed enhancing organisational culture and employee engagement.
• Contribute to the crafting and implementation of project-related communique’ to enhance stakeholder engagement.
• Coordinate team effectiveness interventions.

3. Culture
• Coordinate the design and implementation of climate surveys to measure employee engagement levels and identify areas of improvement.
• Collaborate with the People Management team to plan, organize and facilitate employee appreciation and EVP related activities to strengthen culture alignment and employer brand perceptions.

4. Policies and Procedures
• Coordinate the compilation of compliance reports.
• Conduct desk research as requested from time to time.
• Provide input to operational reports.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Management or similar.
• Prosci Change Management Certification preferable.
• 3 years’ experience in organisational development and change management.
• 2 years in change / OD coordination role.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of insurance business.
• Change management methodology (PROSCI).
• Organisational effectiveness analysis techniques.
• Project management principles, approaches and tools.

Technical Skills:

• Strategic appreciation.
• Communication.
• Report Writing skills.
• Data and trend analysis.
• Facilitation skills.
• Stakeholder engagement.
• Research and benchmarking.
• Problem solving and root cause identification.

Attributes and Values:

• Ability to work under pressure / Stress tolerance.
• Assertiveness.
• Business acumen.
• Flexibility.
• Effective communicator.
• Results driven.
• Persuasiveness.

Demographics:

  • A South African citizen of any gender, preference will be given to an EE candidate.

Location of the role:

  • The role will be in Illovo, Johannesburg.