*Position: Project Change Manager* *Location: Minnesota/Iowa*
*Duration: 6-12 Months* *Needs to be local to Minnesota/Iowa.* *NEEDS 3 REFERENCES and 1 page summary of experience in order to submit.* *The City of Minneapolis seeks a Project Change Manager to play a key role in helping the Enterprise Land Management project meet its organizational objectives. * *The contents of this document are considered representative of the Scope of Services as a whole, but are by no means conclusive. * *Primary Responsibilities:* *• Apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the people side of change caused by projects and change efforts* *• Develop a change management strategy based on change impact assessments and a situational awareness of the details of the change and the groups being impacted by the change* *• Identify potential people-side risks and anticipated points of resistance, and develop specific plans to mitigate or address the concerns* *• Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results and present findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner* *• Develop and implement a set of actionable and targeted change management plans – stakeholder analysis, impact assessments, gap analysis, resistance management plans and readiness surveys* *• Support the execution of plans by employee-facing managers and business leaders* *• Be an active and visible coach to leaders who are change sponsors (situational)* *• Create and manage measurement systems to track adoption, utilization and proficiency of individual changes* *• Create and enable reinforcement mechanisms and celebrations of success* *• Work with project teams to integrate change management activities into the overall project plan* *• Work with communication, training, HR, IT and City Departments in the formulation of particular plans and activities to support project implementation.* *Required Knowledge:* *• A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process* *• Experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies (Example: Prosci certification) and willing and able to work within the IT PMO SDLC methodology* *• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle* *• Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal* *• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization* *• Excellent active listening skills* *• Problem solving and root cause identification skills* *• Strong analytic and decision making abilities* *• Must be a team player and able to work with and through others* *• Ability to understand other’s perspectives and influence others and move toward a common vision or goal* *• Ability to apply the change tools in the face of opposition in order to find a way forward* *• Proficient in formal and informal analysis to identify needs and adapt change approaches as needed* *• Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts* *• Proficient with Microsoft tools* *• Education: BS/BA required; MBA/MEd or other advanced degree preferred* *Work Environment:* *Start on-site in office.* *Move to off-site if applicable.* *Up to 40 hours per work for the duration of the services. * *Regards* *Arvind Nagar* *Email- [email protected] <[email protected]>* *Direct-408-457-9381 Ext-4008 * *Hangout- arvindnagar.777* *Yahoo- arvindnagar951* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/us_itgroups. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
