Change Manager

• Full time, Permanent role
• One PTO (Personal Time Off) per month
• Location: Fawkner 

The opportunity

The Change Manager will work collaboratively with project teams and peers focusing on preparing the organisation for change, ensuring change adoption, realising maximum benefits, and mitigating any negative impacts to both internal staff and external customers. 

Key responsibilities 

The Change Manager will implement and continuously improve our change management strategy, framework and toolkit and organisation-wide approach for managing change and building change readiness, embedding the structured approach to change management into the organisation. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

• Assessing change readiness and identifying key stakeholders.
• Creating change management plans for projects or change initiatives acknowledging all aspects of change - analysis, plan, implementation, communication and other associated change considerations.
• Developing change management processes and tools to support the integration and engagement with change management principles.
• Preparing impact analyses and evaluation of the actual impact of changes
• Analysing and preparing risk mitigation tactics and processes
• Close collaboration with the Projects Managers to integrate change management activities into project

To be successful in this position you will require:

• Appropriate change management certification.
• Degree qualified (business, human resource, organisational psychology or related field). Post graduate qualifications (desirable).
• Demonstrated experience in successfully leading complex change management process and strategy at an enterprise level in relation to digital system implementations
• Extensive experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal), and the ability to adapt communications to suit a variety of audiences ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Acute business acumen and understanding of organisational issues and challenges.
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle, including Scrum and Agile Ways of Working.

A career with us:

Our people are our most valued asset – we understand the importance of providing a rewarding, inclusive and supportive work environment where all people are empowered to bring their best selves.

We offer:

How to apply:

Please ensure you include a cover letter as part of your application. We would like to know why you are interested in the role, and how your skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications are applicable to the role.

Applications close 5pm Thursday 8 May 2025

For a confidential discussion, please contact Olivia Watson 0461 336 ***

Please apply via our careers site by following the link below:

https://gmct.elmotalent.com.au/careers/gmct/jobs

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This position requires the successful candidate to undergo a pre-employment medical, police check and values testing. You may be asked to provide proof of vaccination.

GMCT is a Supportive Employer of Australian Defence Force Reservists. GMCT is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability. We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs - so reach out to us at ****@gmct.com.au

What we do

The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) is a not-for-profit, purpose driven organisation - and we give effect to that purpose through our staff. We take pride in the quality of our team. We are committed to the development of our team and foster a dynamic and people centred work culture that is dedicated to fulfilling our vision.

We are a business that truly live and breathe our values of integrity, compassion, respect and sustainability, and our team genuinely cares for and supports one another.