Change Manager

Do you thrive in fast-paced environments & excel at turning challenges into opportunities?
- Help design and drive high impact operational & transformational objectives.
- Permanent full-time role, Wellington location.

**Our vision**: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tūroa
The Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) serves to protect and restore nature spaces and species across Aotearoa.
Tangata whenua are inextricably linked to the whenua and te taiao, and we desire a future where whānau, hapū and iwi can thrive in their role as rangatira and kaitiaki.
Tō tātou taiāo. Tō tātou hītori. He tāonga tūturu nō Aotearoa. Maioha rawatia. Poipoia rawatia. Tukua.
Our nature. Our history. It's New Zealand's unique legacy. Enjoy it. Enrich it. Pass it on.
He angitūtanga | About the role
We are looking for an amazing Change Manager to join us with experience guiding organisations through transformation and the ability to manage complex interrelated change initiatives; you will be reporting to the Director Change Management Office.
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; 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 skills in overcoming change resistance, navigating uncertainty, and enabling leaders to lead change will be crucial to your success in this position.
Your focus will be on our ‘Better for Nature' programme which brings together our key organisational design and transformation 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.
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Implement an effective change management plan and approach by engaging stakeholders, assessing change readiness.
- Design and oversee the implementation of change activity to support delivery and integration of changes across the programme.
- Lead communications and training change strategy in collaboration with internal comms and Learning and Development teams to ensure transparency, engagement and adoption.
- Monitor and report on the progress of change initiatives including change risk management.
- Provide support and training to employees throughout the change.
- Evaluate and refine change management processes for continuous improvement.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
It is essential that you have proven organisational & transformational 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.
You will also bring the following skills and experience;
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate teams.
- A relevant change management qualification such as Prosci or equivalent.
- Strong experience in establishing Change Management strategies, and Change Management Plans.
- 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.
- 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.

Mō te tīma | 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.
Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | 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 vi