Job Description
Details
- Department: Change Enablement & Organizational Readiness
- Schedule: Monday - Friday, Days, flexibility required closer to implementation (evenings/weekends)
- Location: Will support Ascension facilities within the Chicago, Illinois area. Travel will be required to sites in those areas (up to 75%). Opportunity for more remote work prior to go-live.
- Salary: 68,450.00 - 95,416.00 (per year)
- Temporary position with potential to end December 2026
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.
Responsibilities
The Organizational Readiness Specialist serves as the critical liaison between system office strategy and local market execution. The system office defines the Organizational Readiness strategy, the specialist ensures the strategy is understood, adopted, and successfully implemented within each market by translating Ministry-level decisions into market-specific readiness actions. This includes assessing local impacts, preparing stakeholders, coordinating communications and training, and ensuring effective implementation across the market(s).
Leads stakeholder engagement and conducts change impact assessments to understand and address readiness needs in local markets to serve as a connector with Ministry-driven changes.
Reinforces system office communication strategies to ensure clarity, alignment, and awareness across impacted groups.
Converts system office training plans, materials, and delivery to enable successful adoption of new systems or processes.
Provides hypercare and floor support during rollout to guide end users and resolve issues quickly.
Facilitates alignment between system office, change leaders, and local teams to ensure feedback flows both ways and deployment is consistent, effective, and timely.
Requirements
Education:
- High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's
degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
Additional Preferences
- 2-5 years+ of change management experience is strongly preferred.
- 2-5 years of human resources and oracle experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with varying levels of leadership across a large, matrix organization.
- Strong communication skills.
- Knowledge of training and implementations.
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