World Vision Canada Looking for Manager, Talent Transformation at Toronto, ON Full Time

Are you looking for more than a job? At World Vision Canada we offer challenging careers that change the lives of children all over the world and it will change yours too. Come and be part of a team of 400 Canadians with a vision for the world: Life in all its fullness for every child.

You will experience Christian faith in action helping to make real and lasting change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Join the World Vision Canada team and be part of a powerful and effective force for good:

For Children. For Change. For Life.

Position: Manager, Talent Transformation

Reports to: Chief People Officer

Position Term: Full Time Permanent

Primary Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Workplace Type: Flexible Hybrid

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Job Description

The Manager, Talent Transformation develops and delivers strategic initiatives and programming to build a learning culture, critical capabilities, and competencies in alignment with organizational strategy, with a focus on the areas of talent management, career development, performance management, learning, and leadership development. The Manager, Talent Transformation helps to create and enables the achievement of the People & Culture (P&C) plan and vision.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Diagnose current organizational climate and culture, champion organizational learning and develop needs analysis (using a variety of metrics and tools including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and or/consultation with leaders, strategic partners, and staff at all levels), and articulate recommendations for achieving strategic results and stakeholder needs considering best practices and research.
• Own the design, delivery, and ongoing oversight of talent management programming, career development, performance management, learning, and leadership development. Partner with P&C team and leadership to execute programs. Routinely ensure that programs meet the needs of organizational objectives and cultural aspirations.
• Champion of the ongoing performance management process, methodology, and tools. Setting timelines, coordinating communications, and continuously improving utilization and functionality of performance management tool.
• Develop project plans and timelines to support organizational development efforts and assist in the smooth and thorough execution of projects. Deliver work in alignment with plans.
• Develop communications and change strategy for owned initiatives and partner with key stakeholders on implementation where needed.
• Coordinate with and champion external vendor relationships as required.
• Provide insight, recommendations, and oversight of the organization’s learning and development budget.
• Provide consultation and guidance to key stakeholders and subject matter experts in designing and delivering internal training programming.
• Design and develop training materials such as: training handouts, workbooks, facilitator guides, and other materials as needed.
• Provide leadership, coaching and development support for Talent Transformation Coordinator.
• Look outward for best practices and stay informed on relevant technological and organizational development innovations and their relevance to the organization’s work.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Business, HR Management and/or Adult Learning.
• Professional Organization Development and Trainer with certifications in key development tools (such as TKI, MBTI, Kolbe, EQ); Leadership Development tools (such as SSLI, Multipliers, 360) and Change Management (such as Prosci), or other renowned products and tools.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• 5-7 years of experience in a Learning and Development or similar role and 3-5 years of leadership experience.
• Proven understanding and application of adult learning principles, strong training/presentation/facilitation skills, with experience in the design and delivery of interactive training session and experiential learning programs.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodology and principles.
• Strong understanding of diversity & inclusion principles including accommodation of learning methods and delivery.
• Strong understanding of change management principles and the ability to support stakeholders in effective application.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to build trusted relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work through ambiguity and challenges with resilience and clarity.
• Critical thinking skills, ability to diagnose organizational climate, analyze data and come up with applicable recommendations to address needs.
• Solid project management skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities while balancing quality with on-time delivery.
• Self-starter, self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong in MS Office and eLearning software such as Adobe Captivate.

Why consider us?

• World Vision Canada has consistently been awarded Canada’s and the GTA’s top employers. Other awards granted are for financial transparency, marketing, customer service and for the work we do in the field.
• We are Canada’s largest development, relief and advocacy non-profit.
• We embody an agile mindset here.
• You get competitive pay and benefits. Our benefits start at day 1.
• You get extra time off for restoration. We close for an additional day on long weekends, 6 times a year.

We bring life-saving support in times of disaster. We help poor communities to take charge of their futures. We provide small loans and training that boost family livelihoods. We work with policy makers to change the way the world is run. Our Christian faith teaches us that every child, regardless of gender, faith or race, is a precious gift to the entire world – and that their wellbeing concerns us all. We shall never rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed.

GTA’s Top 100

Our Core Values: We are committed to the Poor. We are Christian. We are Stewards. We value People. We are Partners. We are Responsive.

Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to the core values and mission of the World Vision partnership.

World Vision Canada takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.

World Vision Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.