Management Specialist Change and Solution Design

tendersglobal.net

Job Description

We are a small team of experienced organisation development, change and transformation professionals, who can manage initiatives and change at all levels. Our team brings experience, energy and partnership to a full range of change management and transformation services including: organization design, organizational development, solution design facilitation, transformation management, as well as facilitation of behavioural change towards new ways of working.
The Management Specialist is supervised by one of the Senior Advisors but works on an assignment basis, across the transformation portfolio, driving and supporting solution design and/or change management activities for the specific initiatives.
We are looking to fill a minimum of two positions in our team, one ongoing and one for a time bound period, subject to the transformation work plan and funding.
We are looking for self-driven and experienced professionals who can think holistically and are capable of delivering solutions in a complex and multicultural environment. The role will suit a critical thinker who excels in identifying root causes of organizational problems and who can work with degrees of ambiguity.
This is a global role and will involve a combination of responsibilities ranging from advisory services to hands-on solution design and implementation, often as part of multidisciplinary project teams. The incumbent will be delivering assignments which require a mixture of competency areas, e.g.
identifying and shaping new opportunities in organizational practices, systems and structures
managing the development and implementation of specific project deliverables
adopting change management techniques and people-centred approaches to embedding change; facilitating change readiness and change enablement for global and often cross cutting transformational initiatives.
The role has a strong focus on (internal) client relationship building and navigating complex stakeholder dynamics – at all levels.
Functional Responsibilities:

Internal Consulting (e.g. organizational design engagement)
Change Management
Project management
Team Management
Knowledge Management
Functional Responsibilities
Internal Consulting (e.g. organizational design engagement) Undertake hy…

Education/Experience/Language requirements:
Education Requirements:

An advanced degree preferably in Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Political Science, International Relations, or other related fields.
A combination of Bachelor’s degree with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.
Professional Change Management certification (i.e. PROSCI, APMG or similar) is an asset.
Project Management certification (i.e. PRINCE2, MSP, MoP, PMI) is an asset.

Experience Requirements:

A minimum of 5 years years of experience managing the delivery of change management activities in at least one of the following contexts: technology implementation, business process re-engineering, culture change or operating model change.
Within these 5 years minimum 2 years of experience managing change in a global context.
Proven experience in managing senior stakeholders and cross-team collaboration in the context of large scale and interconnected changes.
Experience in the insights-driven solution design, including e.g. applying research and problem solving.
Experience in workshop design and facilitation.
Experience creating compelling written and visual consulting outputs (PowerPoint materials)
Desired Experience:
Preferred experience in leading activities as part of an organisation design project, potentially including development of design principles, detailed design deliverables, transition planning and implementation.
Management consulting experience, within a consulting firm or in an internal corporate strategy / change / transformation team
Project management experience (e.g. project planning, stakeholder management, risk analysis, monitoring and reporting)
Ability to clearly articulate the difference between organisation design and structure, why alignment between strategy and capabilities is vital to delivering target operating model change, and understanding how both the formal and informal organisation influence successful transformation.

Language Requirements:

Full working knowledge of English is essential.
Knowledge of another official UNOPS language is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=27636#3

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