Change Management Associate Jobs in Toronto, ON (NOW HIRING)

Russell Tobin & Associates is hiring on behalf of one of its esteemed clients.

Job ID: 26-25649

Job Title: Change Management Consultant - Senior

Location: Toronto, ON (On-site)

Duration: 7 months (with Possible extension)

Client: Public Sector

Pay Rate: $90/hr-100/hr [CAD]

Certification:

• Certification in Prosci, CCMP (ACMP), or equivalent change management methodology.

Must have Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading change management initiatives supporting enterprise-wide business changes, CRM solutions, and/or digital platforms.
• Proven experience assessing user adoption challenges, identifying barriers to adoption, and developing targeted strategies to improve user uptake, engagement, and business outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience using recognized change management methodologies such as Prosci ADKAR, ACMP, Kotter, or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience building consensus, driving adoption, and fostering stakeholder alignment across business, operational, technical, and executive stakeholder groups.
• Minimum 10 years of organizational change management experience.
• Minimum 5 years supporting enterprise business changes and/or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience working within public sector organizations, as per client requirements, or comparable organizations with complex governance and accountability structures.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Work with organizations, by providing expertise, consultative advice, guidance and coaching, to build knowledge and expertise of change management principles, methodologies, and tools
• Help leaders and teams enhance their capabilities to understand how change impacts people, the reasons why people resist change and how to support people as they transition through change
• Be an active and visible coach to support leaders, partners and stakeholders in their role as change champions
• Partner and work collaboratively with key roles such as project managers, business analysts, process improvement specialists, change consultants and leadership to integrate change practices at all levels of the organization
• Develop and implement change management strategies, plans and framework Lead, develop, implement and/or provide input in the development of communication plans, sponsor roadmaps, stakeholder assessments, training plan, and resistance management throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Leads stakeholder management, including identification and analysis of key stakeholders, and the development of stakeholder engagement strategies
• Ensure the alignment of change management activities with participating stakeholders to remove change barriers, smooth the adoption process and contribute to problem solving resulting in successful implementation
• Ensure that clients/partners and stakeholders are actively engaged in the change, consulted with and communicated to
• Be able to articulate the purpose of change in a manner that makes sense to impacted stakeholders and provides a compelling picture of the new organization
• Build consensus among clients/partners and stakeholders on specific changes designed to better meet their needs
• Identify potential people side risks and anticipated points of resistance and develop plans to mitigate or address concerns
• Design and conduct change readiness assessments, evaluate results, and present findings to stakeholders to plan and carry out a change management strategy
• Administer measurement systems to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency of individual changes
• Develops an approach to embed/institutionalize the change to sustain the benefits achieved, including knowledge transfer, performance management, continuous improvement and other related practices

If this opportunity matches your experience and career goals, please share your most updated resume for consideration.

About Us

Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization. We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies. We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.