Position Description: Workday Change Analyst

Role Title

Workday Change Analyst

Contract Type

Fixed-Term Contract (24 Months)

Work Arrangement

Hybrid | Macquarie Park with regular onsite presence at Grosvenor Place

Role Purpose

The Workday Change Analyst plays a key role in supporting the delivery of organisational change across a major Workday HCM implementation and broader HR transformation program.

This role is ideal for a hands-on change professional who enjoys working across the full change lifecycle, from impact assessments and stakeholder engagement through to readiness, communications, training, adoption and go-live support.

The focus is on helping employees, leaders and stakeholders understand upcoming changes, prepare for new ways of working, and successfully adopt new HR processes and systems.

Key Responsibilities

- Support the development and delivery of change plans across the Workday HCM implementation and HR transformation program.
- Conduct and maintain change impact assessments, stakeholder analysis and business readiness activities.
- Translate identified impacts into practical change, communication, engagement, training and adoption activities.
- Partner with business stakeholders, HR leaders, SMEs and project teams to support successful change outcomes.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement activities, workshops and change network initiatives.
- Track readiness actions, risks, issues and dependencies through to completion.
- Develop and contribute to:
- Change communications
- Stakeholder updates
- Key messaging
- Presentations and briefing packs
- FAQs and support materials

- Support training needs analysis, training coordination and end-user adoption activities.
- Assist with go-live planning, readiness assessments and transition into business-as-usual.
- Capture feedback and adoption insights to continuously improve change activities.




- Participate in program planning, retrospectives and lessons learned activities.

Skills & Experience Required Essential

- Experience supporting a Workday HCM implementation or large-scale HR transformation program.
- Strong organisational change management experience across:
- Change impacts
- Stakeholder engagement
- Readiness
- Communications
- Training
- Adoption
- Go-live support

- Experience conducting change impact assessments and stakeholder analysis.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and business partnering skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to simplify complex process and system changes into practical and user-friendly messaging.
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and delivery focus.
- Experience working within fast-paced transformation or program environments.

Desirable

- Direct Workday HCM implementation experience.
- Experience within healthcare or other highly regulated industries.
- Prosci or equivalent change management certification.
- Exposure to Agile, PRINCE2 or similar project delivery methodologies.

Personal Attributes

- People-focused and confident relationship builder.
- Practical and hands-on change professional.
- Comfortable moving between analysis, engagement, training and communication activities.
- Delivery-focused with a proactive approach to problem solving.
- Strong organisational and follow-through skills.
- Calm, adaptable and effective in complex environments.
- Collaborative, curious and committed to helping people navigate change successfully.

Why This Role Exists

This role has been created to support a significant Workday HCM and HR transformation initiative. The Change Analyst will help ensure employees and leaders are prepared, supported and ready to adopt current systems, processes and ways of working, enabling a successful transition and sustainable business outcomes.

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