Organizational Change Management Consultant

RKCS is a prime government contractor providing IT and related Services to various state, local and federal agencies since 1998.

One of these agencies is in the process of implementing a new ERP (Workday) and in need of a Change Manager ideally with prior ERP experience (PeopleSoft, SAP, Workday, Oracle, etc.)

Our ideal candidate is a Certified Organizational Change Management consultant with 10 years of experience developing communication plans, change strategies and training for Workday or similar ERP implementations for small government customers.

40 hours/week, contract through January 2028, with some onsite work in St. Paul, MN ( 1 to 2 days onsite/week).

Responsibilities:

• Identify potential points of stakeholder resistance to requisite changes.
• Develop and implement strategies to reduce resistance and enable stakeholders to rapidly adopt and sustain defined changes.
• Build a Change Management, Communication and Education Plan for the engagement.
• Facilitate collaboration across departments and functions to enable successful and efficient organizational change.
• Conduct stakeholder analyses, organizational and departmental readiness assessments; evaluate and present findings with action plans in a logical and easy-to-understand format to key stakeholders.
• Perform a detailed change impact assessment to identify how and to what degree the project assigned to, will impact people and processes.
• Develop a set of actionable and targeted change management plans including (but not limited to) leadership alignment and sponsorship engagement, communication and stakeholder (residents, employees, and community partners) engagement.
• Consult on training content, delivery and assessments.
• Establish metrics, key performance indicators, and measurements to report, monitor and reinforce change-related progress, track and report issues, ensure quality of change related activities and deliverables along with end-user compliance over time.
• Be an active and visible advisor to project sponsor, leadership and key stakeholders.
• Identify, onboard and coach change agents (if applicable).
• Facilitate sessions to support stakeholder engagement; build internal change competency and aptitude.
• Plan and integrate change management activities into the overall project plan to support a successful implementation.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer to customer staff as appropriate.

Position is located in St. Paul, MN,

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing through organizational change on a service delivery transformation that substantially changes the work of all employees and overall organization culture.
• 5 years of previous experience using Kotter Change Model, Prosci or Kubler-Ross based approach;
• Experience as an OCM Practitioner in state, county, or city governments or non-profit sector
• Familiarity with Workday Financial and/or Human Capital Management modules
• Ability to contribute to the development and delivery of Workday-related training to multiple stakeholder groups
• A listener, with excellent people skills, ability to identify people dynamics and approach accordingly
• Keen sense of business acumen, understanding issues and offer resolution

Equal Employment Opportunity

RKCS is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. All RKCS staff must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the United States. RKCS is an E-Verify employer.

About RK Consultancy Services, Inc.:

RK Consultancy Services, Inc. a Minnesota based IT Services Provider is a preeminent federal/state and local government IT Solutions specialist that offers best practice methodologies, industry leading technology and knowledgeable, experienced staff. We provide, customer friendly, government compliant services that reflect RKCS own mission, which emphasizes a high level of integrity, professionalism and customer service. RKCS has a significant footprint as an IT service provider to the public sector clients in Minnesota and nationwide. We are proud to be the only Minnesota based federal 8a certified company currently in the program, and with more certifications including GSA Sch. 70, TAPS IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity)!

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $74.75 - $90.00 per hour

Ability to Commute:

• Saint Paul, MN 55101 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Saint Paul, MN 55101: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Saint Paul, MN 55101

Salary : $75 - $90