Change Management Implementation Planning Consultant

Change Management & Implementation Planning Consultant

Number of Positions: 1 Location: Jackson, MS Work Mode: Hybrid acceptable; onsite preferred Duration: 3 months

The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) is seeking a Change Management & Implementation Planning Consultant to develop a phased implementation roadmap for proposed MIS organizational changes. The consultant will support stakeholder engagement, communication planning, organizational change management, and implementation sequencing to facilitate a structured transition to the future-state operating model.

• 3+ years of experience in organizational change management, transformation planning, stakeholder engagement, or implementation planning.

• Experience developing change management approaches and implementation roadmaps.

• Strong stakeholder communication and coordination skills.

• Experience supporting organizational transformation initiatives.

• Organizational Change Management (OCM)

• Change impact assessment

• Stakeholder engagement

• Communication planning

• Implementation roadmap development

• Milestone planning

• Dependency management

• Organizational transformation planning

• Leadership presentations and reporting

• Develop a phased implementation roadmap for proposed MIS organizational changes.

• Assess the impact of proposed organizational changes on stakeholders.

• Identify key stakeholders and develop engagement approaches.

• Prepare stakeholder communication materials and change management artifacts.

• Recommend organizational change management strategies.

• Define the sequence of organizational changes and implementation milestones.

• Identify dependencies between organizational changes and implementation activities.

• Support leadership reviews and presentations.

• Coordinate implementation planning discussions with project stakeholders.

• Prepare handover materials to support the transition to the future-state organizational structure.