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UNS Energy Corporation Change Process Leader I or Senior in Tucson, Arizona
Change Process Leader I or Senior
Company Tucson Electric Power
Location Tucson, AZ
Requisition ID 5689
About Us
UNS Energy Corporation (http://www.uns.com) , headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, is a subsidiary ofFortis Inc. (https://www.fortisinc.com) , the largest investor-owned electric and gas distribution utility in Canada. Our public utility subsidiaries, Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Inc. and UNS Gas, Inc., power our economy by providing electric and gas service to nearly 700,000 customers in Arizona.
We embrace a spirit of giving, dedicated to improving quality of life in the communities we have served for generations, and in TEP’s case, since the 1890s. We’re building a cleaner, greener grid, with more wind and solar power than ever before, while maintaining safe, reliable, and affordable service.
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Our culture is rooted inshared core values (https://www.tep.com/careers/#values) that define how we work and who we are. Our team of innovative professionals bring their authentic selves to work each day to power our vision and make a difference. Be Part of Our Story.
We create opportunities for employees to thrive through:
Continual growth: In an industry changing faster than ever before, our commitment to professional growth and leadership development means we never stop challenging ourselves to explore new possibilities.
Active Engagement: We support a collaborative environment, with peer-to-peer learning and employee-driven groups that foster an inclusive culture.
Total compensation: UNS Energy Corporation also offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes a 401k plan with a generous company match, a company-sponsored pension plan, affordable individual and family health insurance plans, tuition assistance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance and much more.
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Job Description - Change Process Leader I or Senior
The utility industry is a dynamic environment undergoing incredible and exciting changes. Be a part of developing and implementing the strategy behind those changes.
What you will do:
Provide key internal support for change process and strategy.
Provide coaching and leadership development related to change efforts.
Foster positive and collaborative relationships to help create a change appreciative culture.
What you bring:
An understanding of the human dynamics of change.
Experience in developmental coaching and leadership development.
Ability to make formal presentations to diverse audiences.
Ability to work through ambiguity in a complex environment.
Position Description
Change Leadership is a key enabler of UNS business strategy. The Change Process Leader is responsible for providing internal consulting services to change projects and initiatives, including evaluating, recommending, designing and executing change plans. The Change Process Leader partners with key stakeholders and executive leaders, initiative project managers, and content leaders to provide change methods, processes, and tools to achieve specific change goals.
The Change Process Leader also champions the enterprise change practice by guiding, educating, and coaching employees at all levels on UNS’ adopted change leadership strategies and techniques to deliver comprehensive and sustained change to the organization.
Position-Related Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of Organizational Effectiveness & Change Leadership, the Change Process Leader will be responsible for providing change leadership consulting services to internal clients in support of key change initiatives and projects. Additionally, this position is responsible for advancing UNS’ change leadership strategy to deepen our collective appreciation of change and our change agility.
Assist in the planning, development and execution of change leadership strategy aligned with corporate objectives.
Champion enterprise change practices through guiding, educating, and coaching all levels of employees on change leadership strategy and techniques to raise the awareness and appreciation of effective change planning and execution throughout the organization.
Partner with UNS leadership to implement Change strategies and processes at the enterprise and business unit level ensuring a change strategy integrates to the project plan to produce the desired outcomes.
Plan and ensure the delivery of change activities align with our enterprise change methods and processes.
Participate in conversations addressing the governance and decision-making required to focus UNS on our most critical change initiatives as specified via the company strategic plan and Enterprise Change Agenda.
Align and integrate change leadership with related disciplines like strategy, governance, process improvement, project management, organizational development, operational efficiency, training and communications.
Ensure initiatives are launched with the best governance and conditions for success.
Ensure initiatives have adequate resources, timelines, capacity, and scope to be successful.
Establish and oversee appropriate multiple project integration strategies and process for initiatives that interact with or impact one another.
Ensure leaders provide optimal attention to mindset, behavior, and culture in the change process, including modeling. Raise issues of the need for change in mindsets, behavior, and culture in support of the achievement of change outcomes and the overall quality of the culture and leadership for UNS.
Ensure that the change plan is designed to reduce negative impact on people, including a stakeholder engagement strategy and an adoption strategy.
Assess progress, identify problems, concerns, political and cultural issues that encumber change initiatives and facilitate solutions.
With change sponsors and project leaders, develop metrics for change initiatives, and work with them to evaluate progress and outcomes.
Maintain broad, current knowledge of operations, initiatives, and practices.
Foster positive and collaborative relationships throughout the organization, including the Organizational Effectiveness team, management and operational personnel, other project and change professionals, subject matter experts, and vendors.
Provide services to affiliates of the Company subject to the UNS Energy Code of Conduct and the related Policies and Procedures.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
(Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.)
Change Process Leader I
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree w/5-10 years of experience working with change and/or organizational development projects or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated understanding of change leadership and project management.
Proven organizational change skills, including leadership alignment, stakeholder identification and analysis, impact analysis, engagement and communication strategies, change process planning and execution.
Collaborative and team-oriented style with proven ability to influence effectively at all levels to advance change initiatives and functionality.
Strong orientation to the human side of change and how change processes can address human needs and impacts to ensure successful adoption and sustainment of the change.
Comfortable with ambiguity when navigating in a complex matrix environment.
Consensus-builder who understands how to achieve buy-in from diverse constituencies to design “win-win-win” solutions.
Ability to make formal presentations on a variety of change-related topics, effectively communicating to leaders at all levels and employees across the organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
Change management certification or advanced coursework (e.g., CCMP, Prosci, CMI, Being First).
Comprehensive understanding of the systems, theories, and practices of change leadership, organizational development, and project management, and employee engagement.
Experience in partnering with Senior Executives, business unit leaders and line staff to understand their needs and work collaboratively toward solutions.
Senior Change Process Leader
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree w/minimum 10 years of experience working with complex change requirements in an organizational or consulting environment
Change management certification or advanced coursework (e.g., CCMP, Prosci, CMI, Being First).
Comprehensive understanding of the systems, theories, and practices of change leadership, organizational development, and project management, and employee engagement.
Experience in partnering with Senior Executives, business unit leaders and line staff to understand their needs and work collaboratively toward solutions.
Proven ability to effectively manage vendor resources. This includes strong project management, influencing, negotiation and consulting skills.
Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to establish trust, credibility, and rapport at all levels of the organization.
Strong business orientation with experience in translating business strategy into change projects.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree or MBA.
Pay Rate: Competitive pay based on qualifications and experience
All job offers are contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
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