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Position Overview
Leadership Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Culture, Engagement are all key areas of knowledge for this role, coupled with exceptional design, facilitation and coaching skills to enable employees to do their best work. If these qualities describe you, join us!
The Talent Management team within Human Resources is currently seeking a Full-time Regular Consultant, Organizational Development.
Reporting to the Director, Talent Management, the OD Consultant (Sr.) provides advice and support aimed at building organizational effectiveness and resilience and is key to fostering a learning environment that promotes an engaged culture of feedback, effective problem solving, innovation and creativity. As a key member of the Talent Management Centre of Expertise, the OD Consultant (Sr.), in coordination with the HR Services, provides organization-wide and faculty/unit support in relation to organizational development/effectiveness initiatives. Responsible for collaborating with the OD Consultant (Learning), HR Partners and other COEs to design and deliver appropriate strategies pertaining to organizational development and HR strategic goals and initiatives.
Key accountabilities include consulting, coaching, and facilitation, in areas such as leadership development, succession, strategic planning, conflict resolution, team development, change and transition management. The OD Consultant (Sr.) may also support design and delivery of leadership and employee development programs, where appropriate.
Position Description
Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):
- In partnership with HR Services, provides consulting and coaching in areas such as strategic planning, succession planning, leadership development, conflict resolution and change management.
- Coaches leaders in expanding and applying leadership competencies and developing their teams and team members.
- Designs, implements and evaluates strategies and interventions to enhance individual, team, and program effectiveness, stimulate employee engagement, promote learning and facilitate change including teambuilding, visioning, strategic planning, and change and transition management.
- Partners with leaders and other organizational stakeholders to analyze and clarify complex program issues and objectives and develop strategies and plans to enhance performance and career development.
- Develop, implement and/or improve upon programs and initiatives that support retention including succession planning, recognition programs, competency identification, learning and development plans and performance management.
- Partners with OD Consultant (Learning), develops, plans and implements strategies to reinforce learning and support application in the workplace; ensures integration and alignment of training and organization development programs and services.
- Monitors trends in organization development and assesses impact, fit and benefit to the organization. Shares knowledge within the People Portfolio and organizational partners.
- Provides expertise and recommendations to various committees and working groups regarding organization development issues.
- Leads and contributes to projects as assigned.
Qualifications / Requirements:
- A Bachelors or graduate Degree in Human Resources Management, Adult Education/Organizational Development/Organizational Psychology or a related discipline combined with seven (7) to ten (10) years’ recent, relevant experience.
- Skills and experience in strategic collaboration, facilitation and coaching.
- Experience in a complex unionized setting is a strong asset.
- Superb leadership, coaching and collaboration abilities.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, systems-thinking and time-management skills. Must be able to work confidently and credibly with senior/executive management
- Practical understanding and application of methodologies and approaches for learning, departmental planning, organization design, leadership development , coaching, diversity work/life balance and conflict management
- Project management expertise
- Computer skills including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
Application Deadline: April 27, 2023
We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.
Additional Information
This position is classified in the Professional Career Band, Level 4 of the Management and Professional Staff Career Framework. Management and Professional Staff (MaPS) Positions are currently under review as part of the Alberta Labour Relations Board exclusion review process. Visit the HR website for more information.
To find out more about management and staff opportunities at the University of Calgary and all we have to offer, view our Management and Staff Careers website.
The University strongly recommends all faculty and staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
About the University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is Canada’s leading next-generation university – a living, growing and youthful institution that embraces change and opportunity with a can-do attitude. Located in the nation’s most enterprising city, the university is making tremendous progress on its Eyes High journey to be recognized as one of Canada’s top five research universities, grounded in innovative learning and teaching and fully integrated with the community it both serves and leads. The University of Calgary inspires and supports discovery, creativity and innovation across all disciplines. For more information, visit ucalgary.ca.
The University of Calgary has launched an institution-wide Indigenous Strategy in line with the foundational goals of Eyes High, committing to creating a rich, vibrant, and culturally competent campus that welcomes and supports Indigenous Peoples, encourages Indigenous community partnerships, is inclusive of Indigenous perspectives in all that we do.
As an equitable and inclusive employer, the University of Calgary recognizes that a diverse staff/faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers that have been historically encountered by some people in our society. We strive to recruit individuals who will further enhance our diversity and will support their academic and professional success while they are here. In particular, we encourage members of the designated groups (women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible/racialized minorities, and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities) to apply. To ensure a fair and equitable assessment, we offer accommodation at any stage during the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. Questions regarding [diversity] EDI at UCalgary can be sent to the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion ([email protected]) and requests for accommodations can be sent to Human Resources ([email protected]).
We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, however preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.
