Business Consultant - Senior

About the Role

Our public sector client is seeking a Senior Business Consultant for a 10 month, full time contract, with the possibility of up to a 12-month extension. The Business Consultant(s) will be required on a full time basis (7.25 hour work day, 36.25 hours/week) and this role will develop a holistic strategy and approach for implementing changes related to planning and budgeting in alignment with the organization’s policies, procedures, cultures, and norms. They will develop a change impact assessment, at both the project and individual process levels, to understand and document the scope/scale of changes. In conjunction with the clients Change Analyst, they will develop, lead, and implement a change management and communications strategy and plan. They will coordinate engagements and build alliances across the organization ensuring consistency of communication methods and messaging to provide maximum value.

Responsibilities will include:

Reporting to the Manager, Business Excellence, the Business Consultant is responsible for providing change management support to the Planning and Budgeting project. The focus of the project is the implementation of the OneStream application into the solution and full adoption by stakeholders across the clients enterprise.

The ideal candidate requires good client relations, communications, and organizational skills to provide effective partnership with project team. The position must be able to work independently, possess strong analytical skills, and have a passion for delivering exceptional customer service in order to meet set timelines.

The ideal candidate will also have extensive experience in change management initiatives for large public sector bodies such as provincial governments. They will have a solid understanding of government processes. It will be considered an asset if the candidate has experience with budgeting, planning and/or financial processes within a government setting.

Duties:
• Work directly with Planning and Budgeting project team, clients staff and key partners to develop and implement a change management strategy
• Develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy for the Planning and Budgeting project
• Collaborate with the clients training team to ensure that the training strategy is aligned with the change management strategy
• Participate in various project activities such as design sessions, test script reviews, User Acceptance Testing to gain additional knowledge on potential areas of change resistance or identify areas of additional focus for change activities
• Develop, implement and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in order to understand adoption rates and make recommendations on adjustments to the change management activities that may be required
• Develop and present engaging presentations for a variety of stakeholders across all levels of government with wide-ranging knowledge of the budgeting process

Knowledge/Skillsets:
• Creating change management methodologies and principles
• Change management lifecycle (business and system)
• Extensive knowledge of government operations
• Consultation, facilitation, interpersonal, and relationship management skills.
• Negotiation, conflict resolution, and influencing skills.
• Written, verbal, and listening skills, including ability to communicate effectively with individuals having varying degrees of change management expertise and present information to a variety of audiences, including key decision makers.
• Conceptual, analytical, and critical thinking skills, including ability to analyze information and risks to develop recommendations and solutions, conceptualize complex problems, and integrate conceptual and practical experiences to solve problems.
• Business Analysis/Process analysis
• Project Management
• Development of survey tools

Job-specific experience, technical competencies, certification and/or training:
• Certified in change management – PROSCI or Change Management
• Ability to reference legislation, recognize how it impacts systems & platforms & provide detailed advice/consultation to related business areas.
• Ability to make and influence decisions that impact the client and its ministry partners.
• Good negotiation and communication skills with political acumen.
• Demonstrated presentation skills with a focus on being able to communicate diverse, complex technical financial scenarios to both finance and non-finance audiences.
• Ability to communicate effectively to staff with a varying degree of systems understanding (none to expert).
• The ability to see opportunities for transformation and establish communicate visions, benefits, and outcome of transformation.
• Good knowledge of the business plans, mandates, strategic priorities, objectives, and programs of 1GX.
• Able to work effectively on a team as well as independently and handle high stress situations.

Equipment requirements:

Equipment requirements:
• Client will provide laptop for the duration of the project
• Client will provide access to personal Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Working Hours

Standard Hours of work are 08:15 – 16:30 Alberta time, Monday through Friday excluding holidays observed by the Province.

• Edmonton-area based resource due to need for ongoing onsite meetings for team member/content owner consultations.

Remote work must be done from within Canada, due to network and data security issues.

Hybrid work: Number of days required in office will vary week-to-week throughout the term of the project - determined by the direct supervisor assigned to supervise this contingent resource.