Change Manager

Do you thrive in fast-paced environments & excel at turning challenges into opportunities?
- Permanent full-time
- Wellington location

**Our vision: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Turoa**

**The Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) serves to protect and restore nature across Aotearoa. When nature thrives, we all thrive.**

**He angitutanga | About the role**

We are looking for an experienced Change Manager with a knack for guiding organisations through transformation and the ability to manage change initiatives effectively.

This is not your typical Change Manager role; this is an opportunity for you to engage & influence across a large and complex organisation and make a significant impact. Reporting to the Director Change Management Office, you will have a people-centric approach to ensure that change management practice is a positive experience for DOC people, where the emphasis is placed on empowerment and an engaging working environment.

Your focus will be on our 'Better for Nature' programme which brings together all our key change and improvement work into a single, coordinated and sequenced programme. It is all about making our work easier and better for us, and better for nature. There is a pipeline of other work that will need your change expertise and a supportive change practitioner group to enable peer to peer sharing.

The position will be focussed on:

- Develop and implement change management strategies and plans
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and address change impacts
- Lead communication efforts to ensure transparency and engagement
- Monitor and report on the progress of change initiatives
- Provide support and training to employees throughout the change process
- Evaluate and refine change management processes for continuous improvement

**Nga pukenga me nga wheako | Skills and experience**

It is essential that you have proven change management experience in a large-scale, complex setting. It goes without saying that this is a people centric role; it interacts with a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels, so it is important you're able to build and manage relationships.

If you have some of following, we are keen to hear from you:

- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate teams
- A relevant change management qualification such as Prosci or equivalent
- Excellent internal and external communication and interpersonal skills
- A strategic mindset to envision the long-term impact of change initiatives and outcomes including supporting the realisation of commercial outcomes resulting from change
- Excellent technical skills, with proficiency in change management tools, methodologies and best practices
- Analytical mindset with problem-solving abilities in complexity and ambiguity
- Deep understanding of human elements involved in the change process, along with empathy for the needs and concerns of professionals and communities

**Mo te tima | About the team**

The Change Management Office (CMO) sits within the Organisation Support Group, the aim of this small but mighty team is to improve DOC's change capability and to shift the dial from people feeling like change 'happens' to them to a future where people feel they're helping to lead change. The CMO is the steward of DOCs change methodology, tools and materials utilised to deliver effective change management approaches across all change activity. It also has accountability to the investment governance groups for ensuring good change outcomes.

**Nga ahuatanga kei a matou | What's in it for you?**

DOC places importance on developing a culture where everyone can participate, thrive, and grow. We're working towards being an organisation that is diverse, equitable and inclusive by default.

You can learn more about what we offer here.

If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please do let us know.
- Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory - this includes holding a valid work visa that covers the whole period of employment._

Please note we are not engaging with recruitment agencies for this role.

**Ra katinga | Applications close** at 11:59 pm on Sunday, 16 March 2025

**Taupanga | Job reference**:3000/81000