Local Peoples is taking expressions of interest for Organisational Change Managers in the ACT who are interested in working as an embedded team member with our Government clients in both contract and ongoing roles. Contribute to a wide range of projects that aim to achieve strategic objectives, modernise business processes and provide reliable information to help decision-makers.

Required Skills And Experience.

• Change management experience, including communications, engagement and behavioural and cultural change
• Experience with formalised methods, approaches, and industry best practices (i.e. PROSCI, CMI, CMBoK) or a demonstrated understanding of mature change management approaches in government at a local level.
• Expertise in developing and delivering effective and successful communications campaigns, and engagement programs
• Ability to conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders and identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics.
• Experience organising and overseeing change programmes and plans and contribute to document requirements, and support the design and delivery of training programs.
• Ability to undertake complex stakeholder engagement including end user, with ability to manage policy requirements with end user experience
• Experience fostering organisation change through employee development and behavioural and culture change
• Ability to provide strategic advice and operational assistance to executives particularly to support the achievement of key project and program milestones.
• Relevant change management and/or communications qualifications or industry certification.

Residency and Clearance

• Hold a current ASGVA Baseline clearance or be able to obtain one.
• Australian Citizen

This role is open to Canberra based applicants.

Who are Local Peoples?

Local Peoples is a strategic research and design studio based in Melbourne and Canberra.

Our mission is to design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities. We are proud to be a certified B-Corporation with a strong focus on our social, environmental and economic impact.

We work across brand and digital design, place and experience design,, content and community engagement. Our key partners include state and local government, social enterprises, universities and large commercial organisations. All are experiencing complex challenges right now and we believe that design research, thinking and delivery can help to solve these challenges and make positive change for people and the planet.

We produce www.mattersjournal.com, a publication and community of 100K+, which focuses on design-led social innovation and impact.

Benefits of working with Local Peoples:

• We are experts in team design and augmentation - supporting with the right skills and experience at the right time.
• We are leaders in the human centred design space with diverse design skills across brand design, service design, User interface (UI) and User experience (UX) design, design research, communications and place design.
• We are a certified B-Corporation and prioritise the social, environmental and economic impact of our work.
• We are top tier talent who are experienced and incredibly passionate about supporting the impact of your agency and the public sector.
• Our people always have the full support of the studio to call upon for design thinking, tools and tips, so you are not just getting access to one bright mind, but a collective of many with diverse and deep experiences.