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CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation .

Role highlights

- Lead change management across CSIRO’s enterprise-wide Data Modernisation Program
- Drive engagement, readiness and adoption of new data capabilities and ways of working
- Partner with leaders and teams across CSIRO to deliver and embed sustainable change

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The opportunity

CSIRO is seeking a Senior Change Management Specialist to support the mobilisation and delivery of the Data Modernisation Program, helping our people and leaders prepare for, adopt and embed current data capabilities and ways of working.

The Data Modernisation Program is transforming how data is governed, managed, accessed and used across CSIRO. In this role, you will establish a fit-for-purpose approach to change management, assessing people and organisational impacts and delivering coordinated engagement, communication,



readiness and learning activities.

Working closely with program and project teams, senior leaders, business and service owners, and delivery partners, you will ensure the voice of impacted people informs program planning and solution design, while helping align change activities across the broader Digital Portfolio.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in embedding data-driven ways of working across Australia’s national science agency.

Your high-level duties will include:

- Developing and implementing organisational change management plans for enterprise-wide initiatives, including engagement, communication, readiness and development activities.
- Assessing and communicating the people and organisational impacts of change across the AI program and related Digital Portfolio initiatives.
- Partnering with the AI Program Manager, Chief Digital Officer, business and service owners, project managers and other leaders to plan and deliver change activities.
- Building strong stakeholder relationships and working with organisational networks to ensure the voice of impacted teams is represented in the design and implementation of change.
- Identifying dependencies and cumulative change impacts across programs and helping coordinate the sequencing of engagement and readiness activities.




- Supporting project teams to deliver change activities within agreed timeframes and monitoring progress through appropriate governance and reporting.

Role particulars

Location : Any CSIRO site considered – Flexible/hybrid working options

Salary: AU$135k - AU$158k pa + 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term until June 2028, Full-time

Reference: 104422

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or similar experience in a science or technology environment.
- Extensive change management experience in an organisation of comparable size and complexity, ideally in digital transformation programs, and the capacity to deliver high-quality outcomes and meet deadlines.
- Relevant Change Management training/accreditation (e.g. PROSCI) and a demonstrated understanding of the challenges and methodologies to ensure change management can be effectively delivered in an organisation.
- High level of analytical and influencing skills to appeal to the interests of different teams and research units to deliver the change management messaging (including communications and learning & development).
- Excellent written and oral communications skills to effectively communicate and influence staff at all levels within CSIRO and externally, with the ability to produce quality presentations, reporting, change and process documentation for end users.

Desirable

- Experience working with government agencies of comparable size to CSIRO, or experience working with research organisations.
- Experience delivering data modernisation programs in large-scale organisations.
- Experience embedding digita

📌 Senior Change Management Specialist (Melbourne)
🏢 CSIRO
📍 Melbourne