Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Change Manager to join our team. The Change Manager plays a key role in ensuring that organizational projects and initiatives meet objectives on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage. This person must focus on the people side of change, which involves preparing, supporting and equipping people to adopt and use changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles and organization structures. The primary responsibility of the change manager will be to develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage of required changes. These responsibilities also include plans and efforts to anticipate and minimize resistant behaviours from employees and stakeholders who are impacted by the changes. What youâ€ll do: Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities. Leverage a change management methodology, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by the MRO project.. Support communication efforts: Enable the design, development, delivery and management of key communications. Assess the change impact: Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders. Support training efforts: Provide input, document requirements, and support the design and delivery of training programs. Complete change management assessments. Identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics. Identify and manage anticipated and persistent resistance. Create actionable deliverables for the core change management plans: Sponsor Plan, People Manager Plan, Communications Plan, and Training Plan Create actionable deliverables for any required "Extend" plans, such as the Resistance Management Plan. Support and engage senior leaders. Support organizational design and definition of roles and responsibilities. Integrate change management activities into the project plan. Evaluate and ensure user readiness. Track and report change issues. Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress. Support change management at the organizational level for the MRO project. Other information applicable to the opportunity: Contract Position - 18 to 24 months Location: Johannesburg (Kempton Park) Work environment: Onsite Why work for us? Want to work for an organization that solves complex real-world problems with innovative software solutions? At iOCO, we believe anything is possible with modern technology, software, and development expertise. We are continuously pushing the boundaries of innovative solutions across multiple industries using an array of technologies.  You will be part of a consultancy, working with some of the most knowledgeable minds in the industry on interesting solutions across different business domains.  Our culture of continuous learning will ensure that you will have all the opportunities, tools, and support to hone and grow your craft.  By joining IOCO you will have an open invitation to developer inspiring forums. A place where you will be able to connect and learn from and with your peers by sharing ideas, experiences, practices, and solutions.