Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist

Talented. Strategic. Responsive. Nimble. Flexible. Dynamic. Data & Technology Driven.

BURNCO Rock Products has a tremendous new opportunity for a driven professional to join our Change Management team as an Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist. Based out of our Calgary headquarters and reporting to the Manager of OCM, the OCM Specialist will enjoy providing support and guidance to the Executive team, to Operations and Functional Managers, and project leads in assessing readiness for proposed changes, and in developing change management strategies to successfully implement changes within the organization. You will become intimately familiar with the various aspects of BURNCO’s business across Canada and the US while working with key stakeholders to build out communications campaigns, engagement strategies, and action plans surrounding upcoming changes. You will be instrumental in identifying and supporting change leads, sponsors, and champions throughout BURNCO. Your contributions will have a definite positive impact in supporting BURNCO’s continued growth plans. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Participate in the development and implementation of change management frameworks and plans to support upcoming changes to drive people-dependent success of organizational IT projects/strategic initiatives. Assess BURNCO’s and individual’s readiness for proposed changes;


• Provide guidance and support to the management team, project sponsors and stakeholders, people managers and project leads to effect change roll outs that follow change management best practices. You will serve as a subject matter expert within the organization for questions regarding change management best practices and methodologies. Assist with or lead staff training and familiarization as required.


• Considering how culture can impact change initiatives, work with key stakeholders to build out communications campaigns, engagement strategies, and action plans surrounding upcoming changes.


• Provide the team with information to increase awareness of change initiatives, and reinforce the adoption of changed systems, tools, and processes.


• Contribute to building organizational capability and capacity for change by building strong relationships across the organization and leverage relationships with internal stakeholders to facilitate organizational understanding of employee change journeys.


• Collaborate with project leads and the Project Management Office to ensure that change management practices are included when planning and executing new projects. Assist in analyzing risks and preparing risk management tactics.


• Identify key change sponsors, champions and advocators throughout the organization. Support and coach these individuals in how to help their teams transition and how to integrate change management strategies in their business activities.


• Define change management related KPIs for the projects involved in; monitor, evaluate, and analyze the KPIs; creates reports on the success of change management strategies as changes are rolled out. Provides insights, lessons learned, and recommendations for improvement.


• Work with the Learning & Development team as necessary to identify and address possible employee job role impacts, and to coordinate associated training.


• Other duties as assigned.

YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS

• Project management capabilities and a solid understanding of how important OCM is to a project’s successful implementation and sustainment


• Ability to work with business stakeholders from diverse departments, understanding the business needs, the risks of poor change adoption and risk mitigation strategies


• Strong business and analytical thinking


• Excellent written and communication skills, perhaps even strong technical writing skills


• Ability to be creative within a professional environment


• Familiarity with using Sharepoint sites as a central repository for training and project materials


• Organizational, time-management and prioritizing competencies


• A track record of good judgment in decision making


• Deal with pressure and change by staying calm to quickly adapt to changes


• Builds relationships easily with clients, seeks feedback to continuously improve.

Work Conditions

• Required documents and capability to legally travel locally as well as to US operations, meeting all national and international government conditions.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

The successful applicant will possess the following:

• Bachelor's degree (preferred)


• PROSCI or equivalent change management certification (preferred)


• 5-7 years progressive relevant experience leading or being involved in change management processes and providing guidance on change management within a growing organization


• Understanding of change management strategies, terminology, and processes


• Ability to build strong relationships across the organization and engage internal stakeholders


• Experience developing and executing change-related communications plans and artifacts


• Experience building, analyzing, and reporting on change related KPIs


• Coaching, training and facilitation skills


• Familiarity with Sharepoint.

COMPETITIVE SALARIES……Absolutely!!

PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES……They rock!!

GREAT BENEFITS......Count on it!!

CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE……Most definitely!!

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES……Constantly!!

CAREER DEVELOPMENT……Sky’s the limit!!!

COMMUNITY SUPPORT……111 years and counting!!