Change Manager

Change Manager, Australian Unity

About us

Established in 1840, we are Australia’s first wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services for our members and the community.

As a social enterprise, we’re motivated by our purpose to positively impact the wellbeing of millions. We reinvest profits to deliver products and services sustainably that matter most to our members, customers and the Australian community.

For us, Real Wellbeing encompasses the whole experience of life. It’s about feeling supported in your health, connected with your community and empowered to live life on your terms.

Your New Role Looks Like This:

The Change Manager will be fundamental to assisting Australian Unity reach its strategic goals and growth objectives that will transform its Home Health business. The Change Manager will work on various strategic initiatives within Australian Unity’s Home Health business that support its vision to be Australia’s leading provider of integrated health care solutions for those who choose to live and age well at home, and that help it scale to meet growing demand.

Working on a large program of work, the Change Manager will champion and be familiar with contemporary and innovative approaches to change and transformation. Specifically, they will partner with change initiators and business leaders to enable sustained change that maximises benefits realisation and supports our ways of working.

The role will involve providing strategic, tactical and operational change management support, taking a transformation view of change, providing actionable insights as well as optimal sequencing and integration of change activities. Additionally, application of a change receiver lens to ensure customer and employee focused change (rather than initiative focused change) as part of the way we deliver change will be integral to the success of this role.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Partner with initiative owners and business leaders to shape change management efforts and develop approached and plans aligned to the size and complexity of the associated project/initiative/implementation ensuring:
• Change risk is assessed
• Change readiness assessments are conducted
• Actionable and targeted change management plans are developed
• Customer and employee impacts are identified
• Change is measured and embedded
• Work with various stakeholders within the business such as; HR, Home Health, IT System Owners, Group Technology and Learning & Development Specialists to formulate particular plans and activities to support a people centered implementation
• Support the Head of Change Management in further enhancing change reporting, enabling use in strategic and tactical decision making
• Implementation of human centered design and agile principles and practices
• Coach and support less experienced employees in delivering best practice change management interventions

Please note that this is a 6 month fixed term contract. 

About You:

• Experience working in change for Aged Care, Health Care or related industry and/or implementation of a core technical system such as Salesforce into a large organisation is highly desirable
• Extensive experience in the application of Change Management methodology – CMI, Prosci or Lean Change
• Qualification in Change Management, Project Management, Business, HR or other business related discipline desirable
• Experience working with human centred design, lean change and agile principles and practices
• Demonstrated ability and experience in the design of change programs and interventions
• Demonstrated experience in project management principles and practice
• Demonstrated experience of managing change in complex environments
• Strong senior stakeholder engagement and management
• Empathetic, energetic, creative and passionate about taking people on their change journey

Applications Close: January 31st, 2026

What’s on Offer:

You will enjoy a range of great employee benefits and rewards including:

• Competitive salary + bonus program
• Enjoy additional yearly Well-Being and Community leave days
• 14-week paid parental leave, with equal benefit for both parents
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program – support and assistance for you and your partner at those times in life when you need it most
• Maxxia Rewards - a great range of discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, department stores, attractions, travel, cinemas, restaurants.
• Discounts across the Australian Unity business including Private Health Insurance, General Insurance + more!
• Available access to LinkedIn Learning courses through our great Learning platform

For further benefits visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/careers/culture

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.