Change Consultant – ADKAR & Capability Building

Project overview

Change Consultant – ADKAR & Capability Building

The energy transition requires continuous changes in processes, systems, and working methods. Within Strategic Resource Management (SRM) Planning at Alliander, it is essential that these changes are not only implemented but also effectively adopted and sustainably embedded within the organization. For this assignment, we are looking for an experienced Change Consultant with demonstrable expertise in the Prosci ADKAR model. You will be responsible for shaping and realizing change management within one or more change initiatives.

Additionally, you will collaborate with two internal colleagues to professionalize the change management capability within SRM Planning. The assignment thus combines the execution of change management with knowledge transfer, coaching, and the development of a practically applicable methodology that can be continued independently after the assignment.

Activities

Result of the Assignment

By the end of the assignment, the following results will have been achieved:

Context of the Assignment

You will work within the Change Team of SRM Planning. This team consists of thirteen change professionals and is responsible for guiding change projects and managing multiple IT development teams. SRM ensures that sufficient personnel, material, and services are available to carry out the work on the energy network, both in the short term and with a view to the future energy transition. Within this context, multiple changes are taking place simultaneously, and it is important that new processes, systems, and working methods are actually applied and embedded.

Requirements for the Candidate

Competencies

The ideal candidate combines in-depth knowledge of change management with a practical approach. You know how to actually realize changes while simultaneously strengthening internal colleagues, so that the organization can continue to build on professional change management independently after the assignment.

Assignment Details

• Change Management within Change Initiatives
• Develop and execute a suitable change approach for one or more change initiatives within SRM Planning.
• Analyze the change impact on employees, processes, roles, and working methods.
• Apply the ADKAR model to gain insight into change readiness, adoption, and potential barriers.
• Develop and execute interventions focused on stakeholder engagement, communication, leadership, learning, and adoption.
• Advise and guide project managers, product owners, managers, and other stakeholders in their role in the change.
• Monitor the progress and results of change interventions and adjust as necessary.
• Ensure coherence between change management, project management, and implementation.
• Developing the Change Management Capability
• Together with two internal colleagues, develop and professionalize change management within SRM Planning.
• Establish a recognizable, consistent, and practically applicable basic approach for change management.
• Translate ADKAR into concrete tools, methods, and guidelines that fit the organizational context.
• Determine which activities and results are minimally required for different types and sizes of change initiatives.
• Coach internal colleagues and other change professionals in applying the approach.
• Promote a shared methodology and unambiguous language regarding change management.
• Translate experiences from ongoing change initiatives into improvements in the approach.
• Embed and transfer knowledge, tools, and methodologies so that SRM Planning can further develop the capability independently.
• Within the change initiatives in scope, a suitable change approach will have been established and applied.
• The ADKAR model will be practically used to make adoption, change readiness, and barriers understandable and discussable.
• Usable interventions and tools will be available for realizing and embedding changes.
• Within SRM Planning, a reusable basic approach for change management will have been developed and implemented.
• The two internal colleagues will possess the knowledge, skills, and tools to further develop the capability independently.
• The acquired knowledge, experiences, and methodologies will be transferable and applicable to future change initiatives.
• Extensive demonstrable experience as a change consultant, change manager, or in a similar role within complex organizations.
• Prosci Certified Change Practitioner, with demonstrable experience in applying the ADKAR model within concrete change processes.
• Demonstrable experience with developing and executing change strategies and change plans.
• Experience with change impact analyses, stakeholder management, adoption, and dealing with resistance.
• Experience with advising and guiding managers, project managers, and other change leaders.
• Experience with coaching, knowledge transfer, and developing or professionalizing change management within an organization.
• Analytical and organizationally sensitive.
• Pragmatic and results-oriented.
• Strong in stakeholder management and communication.
• Able to provide strategic advice and achieve implementation.
• Coaching and connecting, with attention to different interests.
• Independent and proactive, with a clear focus on knowledge transfer and sustainable embedding.

Project details

By January 1, 2027, at the latest; earlier start possible from mid-November or December 2026.

Until December 31, 2027.

Hours: 36–40 hours per week, no less.

Arnhem Bellevue, once every two weeks on Monday. Other deployment hybrid and dependent on project locations.

€70 - €90 per hour

Construction: Secondment

• Start: 2026-11-01T23:00:00
• Location: Arnhem Gelderland, NL
• Languages: Dutch