Change Specialist

Permanent, full-time role
- Opportunity to play a key role in the change management activities
- Use your skills to take the lead on less complex initiatives by developing, planning, and delivering change management interventions geared to deliver sustainable change and enable equitable, measurable outcomes.
- Wellington
- based

Help shape the future of Education
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga
We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes
At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whānau.
We help shape the policies, settings and performance of the education system for early learning, schooling and tertiary. We do this by building relationships and understanding the needs of those who receive our services.
We are making significant changes to how we deliver our mahi by
- Taking practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Giving priority to regional and local voice.
- Delivering greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support.
- Improving feedback loops and information flows.

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people across Aotearoa from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for every child, young person and adult student in our education system.
Mātau rōpū ake - About our ministry, group, and team
Te Pou Rangatōpū | Corporate supports the wider organisation. We are responsible for delivering essential Ministry-wide statutory and corporate functions. We provide essential services such as governance, organisational strategy, communications, facilities, legal, finance, procurement, ministerial reporting and people capability to the organisation.
The Change team within Te Pou Rangatōpū helps leaders and their teams to manage change well. We focus on the people side of change and provide change management support for significant programmes and projects that impact across the Ministry.
For additional information on the changes we are embarking on, please visit here.
Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role
As a Change Specialist you'll play a key role in the change management activities, leading on less complex initiatives by developing, planning, and delivering change management interventions geared to deliver sustainable change and enable equitable, measurable outcomes. The Change Specialist role is a great opportunity to deepen your change management experience and skills across the end-to-end change process in a supportive environment.

**Our change team offers**:

- Access to practical change tools and methodologies
- Coaching and support to develop your change management practice
- Investment in your development path
- A flexible, friendly working environment.

Please note there is further information in the attached Job Description.
Mōhou ake - About you
You are a change champion with a passion for finding new ways to do things better. You are excited by the opportunities that can be realised through putting people first, new technologies, and building a collaborative and supportive work culture. You know how to instil excitement in others, and you have the strong communication skills and empathy needed to guide people through challenging transitions.
- Either a change management practitioner with experience leading or supporting business change initiatives and with an interest in developing your change skills further
- Or a capable operational or people leader interested in becoming a change management professional

**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- Experience leading and managing change effectively
- A clear focus on people and providing people-centred services
- A working knowledge of change techniques and approaches
- Demonstrable experience working successfully with a range of stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience of working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Bring your change knowledge and experience to a team of dedicated professionals focused on supporting people to do their best work every day.
You'll work with senior leaders and their teams on varied projects and programmes, supporting design, development and implementation of change management interventions.
If you know how to implement and measure change activities, and have a demonstrated ability to deliver high quality, change related work, we want to hear from you. You'll need to tell us about your experience of working in change environments and putting people at the centre of change approaches and interventions.
Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi? | Are you ready to make a difference?
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