Organisational Change Management Principal

Title: Organisational Change Management Principal

Location: Leederville Australia

Job Description:

Category: Finance Strategy, Services & Performance

• Join the Strategy and Transformation Group
• Shape decisions that will direct & sustain WA’s water services
• Permanent opportunity in Leederville with flexible work arrangements – from $155,648 + 12% super

We’re entering an exciting new chapter at Water Corporation as we continue to grow our Strategy and Transformation Group. It represents a step forward in how we plan and deliver services – strengthening our ability to align today’s decisions with the needs of our future business, to benefit our customers and communities, and help Western Australia thrive. As part of this expansion, we’re increasing our capability and recruiting for multiple new positions. This is a rare opportunity to join us at a pivotal moment and help turn strategy into action - setting clear priorities, coordinated action, and driving real change across the business. We’re seeking talented people to support this strategic shift by bringing long-term direction, enterprise planning, operating model design, organisational change management and portfolio management into one connected, enterprise-wide system focused on delivering our Corporate Plan priorities. If you’re motivated by purposeful work, transformation and making a genuine impact across the state, there’s never been a better time to join us. 

About the role: 

We’re seeking an experienced Principal – Organisational Change Management to lead and coordinate change management at the portfolio level — ensuring transformation change is sequenced, aligned and successfully adopted.

Reporting to the Manager – Organisational Change Management, you will play a critical role in designing, building and maintaining the enterprise view of change and translating it into practical insights to inform decision making. You’ll provide expert guidance on identifying change impacts, assessing organisational readiness and capacity, and guiding how initiatives should be prioritised and sequenced to maximise adoption. You will work across multiple programs and business areas to ensure change is not delivered in isolation. Instead, you will connect initiatives, highlight interdependencies, and ensure leaders understand what change means for their people and when it is happening.

The role is both strategic and hands-on requiring you to analyse data, facilitate conversations with senior leaders, and provide clear, actionable advice to support a coordinated and people centred approach to change.  

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home or negotiate flexible work hours
• An additional 2 well-being days each year
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes an 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What the role will involve: 

Enterprise change leadership & governance  

• Develop and maintain the portfolio view of organisational change across strategic initiatives 
• Provide reporting and insights on change impacts, complexity, risks, capacity and sequencing 
• Apply and enhance the organisation’s change management framework, tools and practices 
• Influence prioritisation and sequencing of initiatives through governance forums to support decision making on change 

Integrated change design & delivery  

• Develop integrated change approaches across the portfolio of strategic initiatives 
• Anticipate enterprise-wide impacts of transformation activity and identify interdependencies across initiatives 
• Support change planning and delivery for Strategy and Transformation Group-led initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities 
• Partner with project teams to ensure consistent application of change practices and to improve acceptance and adoption of change 

 Communication & engagement  

• Partner with Internal Communications to develop integrated change narratives and messaging 
• Support the creation of the case for change, desired outcomes and transformation stories 
• Ensure consistent, clear and engaging communication across all change initiatives 
• Strengthen employee understanding, engagement and adoption of change 

Stakeholder influence & collaboration  

• Work closely with Executives, senior leaders and project owners to shape change outcomes 
• Provide guidance to leaders on change impacts and what it means for their teams 
• Build strong relationships across Strategy, People & Safety, and Internal
• Communications Collaborate across the organisation to ensure change is understood, aligned and embedded 

Key skills and experience: 

• Degree‑level qualification in change management or a related discipline, with substantial experience leading and implementing organisation‑wide change initiatives within a large, multidisciplinary organisation 
• Extensive experience and deep knowledge in the technical design and implementation of change management processes, practices, tools and techniques 
• Substantial experience designing and facilitating workshops aligned to recognised change management frameworks 
• Excellent knowledge of change frameworks, methodologies and tools, supported by a strong understanding of organisational project and program management approaches, methodologies and lifecycle planning 
• Proven capability in developing effective communications strategies and plans to support change initiatives 
• Advanced skills in business analysis, data analysis and reporting to inform change decisions and measure adoption 
• Highly developed interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate with and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation 
• Strong facilitation, communication and presentation skills, combined with strong analytical, problem‑solving and decision‑making capability 
• Ability to think strategically while delivering practical change outcomes, and demonstrated values and behaviours that contribute to a constructive, high‑performance culture 

As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check. 

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community. 

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.