12-month fixed term contract as a Change Lead

Your new company

Hays have partnered exclusively with the City of Gold Coast Council on recruiting multiple crucial roles for an exciting program of work. This is a rare opportunity to join the second largest council in Australia for a 12-month fixed term contract as a Change Lead or Senior Change Lead.

Your new role

As the Change Lead you will:

• Demonstrate the ability to independently deliver Organisational Change Management outcomes while effectively leading and guiding others in the execution of delegated tasks.
• Review and quality-assure all work related to the OCM stream, offering prompt and constructive feedback to team members.
• Be capable of integrating various project change plans into cohesive and strategic OCM interventions.
• Bring experience from diverse change initiatives, particularly those involving process transformation and workforce transition.
• Oversee and manage the capacity and workload of the OCM project team.
• Lead cross-stream collaboration and ensure OCM efforts are meaningfully aligned with broader project and stream-level activities.
• Manage dependencies between various project OCM plans, as well as across other project streams. Adapt and customise change activities as needed to reflect project realities and achieve desired outcomes.
• Prioritise effectively in environments with limited resources and shifting timelines, focusing on high-impact activities and stakeholder groups.
• Communicate upward with clarity, providing specific questions, requests, and actions-often of a tactical nature-to support delivery and decision-making.
• Confidently facilitate OCM-related discussions with sponsors and leaders, sharing plans, co-designing interventions, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring follow-through on key actions.

What you'll need to succeed

• Extensive experience in leading and delivering organisational change initiatives within complex environments, ideally in government, large enterprise, or transformation-focused sectors.
• Proven track record of managing a team to deliver multiple concurrent change projects or large-scale change initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, impact assessment, and change intervention design.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with Program/Project Managers, Change Partners, and senior business leaders to align change strategies with organisational goals.
• Expertise in change management methodologies, frameworks, and tools, with the ability to apply and adapt these to diverse project contexts.

What you'll get in return

As a fixed-term employee of the City of Gold Coast you will have access to several employment benefits including up to 4 weeks paid annual leave per annum, up to 15 days paid personal leave per annum, leave loading, paid public holidays and training opportunities for ongoing professional development.
This position has a salary range of $150k - $170k + super (depending on suitability for the role).

9 and 10 day fortnights available.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, please send me a copy of your most up-to-date CV to review.
Please send to: [email protected]
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