Are you looking for a rewarding career where your skills make a real difference? This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced professional to join a leading legal organisation dedicated to supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged Queenslanders. Take the next step in your career as a valued change manager and contribute to meaningful work that has real impact across the community.

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About Legal Aid Queensland
Legal Aid Queensland's vision is to be a leader in a fair justice system where people are able to understand and protect their legal rights. Our purpose is to provide quality, cost effective legal services to financially disadvantaged people throughout Queensland. We embrace diversity, flexibility, learning and continuous improvement to deliver quality legal services. The work is challenging but rewarding - and that is why staff wellbeing and work/life balance are a top priority for us.

About the Role
As the Change Manager (ePMO) within the new Project Management Office (ePMO) team, you will work with internal and external Project Management specialists and project teams to enhance the quality and consistency of change management across LAQ.  From time to time, this role will also be required to lead and deliver project organisational change activities.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Build a comprehensive, tailorable, organisational change management (OCM) toolkit for use across LAQ.
• Provide advice and guidance on application of OCM principals, processes and tools.
• Provide coaching and training to enhance the level of OCM awareness and skill across LAQ.
• Develop and deliver structured training sessions for change management skill uplift.
• Review the quality of change management documentation submitted on projects and provide feedback on quality.
• Review and assure OCM activities undertaken by other Change Managers within project teams.
• Support the recruitment and allocation of Change Managers/Advisors for projects.
• Directly undertake OCM project activities and planning.

Additional responsibilities: 

• Actively participate in team planning and ensure all work complies with corporate responsibilities.
• Model the values of respect, quality and accountability.
• Maintain a high standard of practice through governance and risk management.
• Foster an inclusive workplace where inclusion, diversity and wellbeing are promoted and prioritised.

How You Will be Assessed
The ideal applicant will be someone who has the following capabilities:

• You understand the role of organisational change management in projects and have in-depth knowledge of differing tactics and approaches that can be deployed to facilitate change acceptance and adoption.
• You are skilled in applying OCM principles, process and tools, and in coaching others to do the same. Your experience is multi-disciplinary and spans a wide range of project type and size with stakeholders across all organisational levels, internally and externally.
• You communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, you offer convincing rationale, negotiate persuasively and influence behaviour change.

Other desirable requirements

• Change Management Practitioner certificate (or equivalent) will be highly regarded. 

What We Offer
As a member of the Legal Aid Queensland Community, you will receive:

•  36.25 hrs per week (full time hours)
• 12.75% employer super contributions
• Flexible working hours
• Generous salary packaging available (Click here to calculate)
• Study leave for approved work-related courses.

Further Information
Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• LAQ Employee Benefits (PDF, 277KB)
  Application Kit
  
  LAQ Information Kit for Applicants (PDF, 448KB)
  Application Kit
  
  AO8 Change Manager (ePMO) Position Description (PDF, 142KB)
  Role Description