Change Management Consultant Jobs

Status: 8-Month Contract

Position: Change Management Consultant

Salary: $50-65/hr

Location: Hybrid

About the company:

Their mission: To provide safe, reliable, and affordable energy in an environmentally responsible way to better the lives of the public they serve.

They serve more than 2.5 million people across the Pacific Northwest — customers who are also their neighbors. They participate in environmental programs that support a better future, and always expect new innovations that ensure natural gas remains a safe, reliable, and comfortable choice.

They offer more than rewarding career opportunities and a vibrant work culture; they invite you to join them in making a difference in the biggest challenge the world faces today: climate change.

Today they are working with communities on their climate action plans and demonstrating the important role their system plays in reducing the effects of climate change. They embrace the change that’s needed. Their vision is to champion new technologies and innovative policies that enable a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050. When you come to work, you join a company that's actively working to leave our planet cleaner and healthier for future generations.

Change Management Consultant:

We are looking for a Change Management Consultant to help with Implementation Management and Change Management services for a large-scale cybersecurity compliance program under the PMO.

Responsibilities:

• Align key stakeholders around change management tactics and approaches.
• Conduct analyses needed to prove or disprove hypotheses driving business transformation.
• Provide consulting services to define strategic and operational business transformation initiatives.
• May work on multiple initiatives.
• Facilitate team meetings and cross-functional workshops.
• Work with leaders in multiple business units to provide effective leadership for the initiatives under analysis and definition.
• Understand and analyze various drivers impacting key metrics and outcomes and provide a fact-based recommendation to the stakeholders.
• Define initiatives (projects/programs) to realize the business transformation.
• Proactively anticipate and work towards mitigating risks to project execution or stakeholder engagement
• May lead teams of NWN and external resources.

Required Skills

• Ability to remain calm under pressure, navigate ambiguous situations, and handle multiple, competing priorities
• Solid understanding of Adult Learning Theory
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to build credibility quickly with executives, leaders, and stakeholders
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience developing and delivering executive-level presentations
• Exceptional facilitation skills including the ability to lead large groups, reconcile multiple viewpoints, and manage stakeholder resistance
• Strong core consulting skills with a demonstrated track record of quality delivery
• Ability to drive results independently, but thrives in collaborative environments
• Strong implementation management, change management, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Utility industry experience preferred
• Experience with instructional design and Learning Management Systems (LMS); gamification

Preferred:

• Prosci or similar change management certification
• Significant prior consulting experience with large, national firms preferred
• 8+ years of experience delivering against large, complex programs and projects in a consulting environment
• Master's degree in business, technology, or related field preferred