Job Description
Senior Change Manager – Permanent Full Time – Perth CBD
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Join our Engineering & Design team, where you'll help leaders and employees navigate a period of transformation across our capabilities, ways of working and strategic priorities.
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As Senior Change Manager, you'll work closely with senior leaders, project managers and key stakeholders to shape and deliver transformation initiatives. You'll create structure in a complex and evolving environment, build alignment, assess stakeholder impacts and readiness, and translate change into practical actions that strengthen engagement and adoption.
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This is a hands-on, highly consultative role for someone who can move confidently between strategy and delivery. You'll facilitate workshops and leadership conversations, prepare clear and decision-ready advice, coach stakeholders, and intervene constructively when risks or resistance emerge. You'll manage multiple workstreams in parallel while maintaining the detail, pace and discipline needed to keep transformation moving.
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Your Role in Action
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Partner with senior leaders, project managers and stakeholders to shape the change approach for Engineering & Design's broader transformation priorities and evolving ways of working.
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Undertake rigorous stakeholder analysis and develop practical engagement, communication, readiness and adoption plans tailored to impacted groups.
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Facilitate workshops and executive-level conversations that build alignment, test thinking and help leaders bring their teams on the journey.
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Translate complex transformation activity into clear actions, decision papers, communications and practical interventions that move work forward.
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Identify emerging change risks, resistance and interdependencies early, and provide constructive coaching and timely intervention.
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Manage and sequence multiple change activities in parallel, maintaining robust project discipline, detailed tracking and clear priorities.
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Design and deliver education, training and ongoing support that embeds new behaviours, capabilities and ways of working.
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Support benefits realisation by identifying, documenting and tracking intended outcomes and adoption measures.
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Provide coaching and change management guidance to project teams and change practitioners, supporting a consistent enterprise approach.
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What Makes You a Great Fit
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Professional qualifications in Change Management (e.g. PROSCI accreditation) or other relevant qualification (e.g. Strategic Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, etc).
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Extensive knowledge and expertise with demonstrated experience in a change management position.
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Advanced working knowledge of Change Management approaches, principles, methodologies, and tools (e.g. PROSCI).
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Demonstrated success in delivering agreed outcomes in program-based change management including design, development & implementation of change plans and application of interventions for complex change issues within a dynamic environment.
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Conceptual and practical understanding of best practice change management strategies, methodologies and techniques and their application.
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Proven analytical, conceptual, and innovative problem-solving skills.
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Exceptional verbal and written communication, facilitation, and organisational skills.
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Strong focus on meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.
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Experience working directly with key business stakeholders, including management at all levels.
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By joining Western Power,



you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:
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Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
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Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
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The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
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Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
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An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
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An innovative team culture that's enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
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In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
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Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.
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22 weeks paid parental leaveand 5 days of First Nations cultural leaveto support family and cultural connections.
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Applications close on 1 October ****
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We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180 -endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.
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Join our Engineering & Design team, where you'll help leaders and employees navigate a period of transformation across our capabilities, ways of working and strategic priorities.
n
As Senior Change Manager, you'll work closely with senior leaders, project managers and key stakeholders to shape and deliver transformation initiatives. You'll create structure in a complex and evolving environment, build alignment, assess stakeholder impacts and readiness, and translate change into practical actions that strengthen engagement and adoption.
n
This is a hands-on, highly consultative role for someone who can move confidently between strategy and delivery. You'll facilitate workshops and leadership conversations, prepare clear and decision-ready advice, coach stakeholders, and intervene constructively when risks or resistance emerge. You'll manage multiple workstreams in parallel while maintaining the detail, pace and discipline needed to keep transformation moving.
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Your Role in Action
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Partner with senior leaders, project managers and stakeholders to shape the change approach for Engineering & Design's broader transformation priorities and evolving ways of working.
n
Undertake rigorous stakeholder analysis and develop practical engagement, communication, readiness and adoption plans tailored to impacted groups.
n
Facilitate workshops and executive-level conversations that build alignment, test thinking and help leaders bring their teams on the journey.
n
Translate complex transformation activity into clear actions, decision papers,



communications and practical interventions that move work forward.
n
Identify emerging change risks, resistance and interdependencies early, and provide constructive coaching and timely intervention.
n
Manage and sequence multiple change activities in parallel, maintaining robust project discipline, detailed tracking and clear priorities.
n
Design and deliver education, training and ongoing support that embeds new behaviours, capabilities and ways of working.
n
Support benefits realisation by identifying, documenting and tracking intended outcomes and adoption measures.
n
Provide coaching and change management guidance to project teams and change practitioners, supporting a consistent enterprise approach.
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What Makes You a Great Fit
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Professional qualifications in Change Management (e.g. PROSCI accreditation) or other relevant qualification (e.g. Strategic Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, etc)
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Extensive knowledge and expertise with demonstrated experience in a change management position
n
Advanced working knowledge of Change Management approaches, principles, methodologies and tools (e.g. PROSCI)
n
Demonstrated success in delivering agreed outcomes in program-based change management including design, development & implementation of change plans and application of interventions for complex change issues within a dynamic environment.
n
Conceptual and practical understanding of best practice change management strategies, methodologies and techniques and their application.
n
Proven analytical, conceptual, and innovative problem-solving skills
n
Exceptional verbal and written communication, facilitation, and organisational skills
n
Strong focus on meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
n
Experience working directly with key business stakeholders, including management at all levels
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By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:
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Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
n
Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
n
The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
n
Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
n
An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
n
An innovative team culture that's enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
n
In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
n
Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.
n
22 weeks paid parental leaveand 5 days of First Nations cultural leaveto support family and cultural connections.
n
Applications close on 1 October ****
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We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180 -endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and inclusion plan.

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