ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

The OD specialist is responsible for supporting the mission of the organization as it relates to organizational development and change management with key focus areas: performance management, talent management, and overall employee experience. This role will partner with key leaders, functional groups, and individuals, to drive strategy; lending support and thought partnership, to provide effective recommendations that will positively impact the business. This role will apply industry methodologies (trending and best practices) that will continue to advance the business, and serve as the subject matter expert in data analytics as it relates to organizational development and change management.

Responsibilities

The Organization Development (OD) Specialist will be assisting with strategic, organization-wide efforts to maintain both efficiency and effectiveness. The Organization Development Specialist will collaborate heavily with line of business leaders across the organization, educating and providing optimization recommendations for performance improvement, talent development and structural design.

 

• Regularly partner directly with key internal stakeholders, all leadership levels across the enterprise
• Identify organizational development needs and provide recommendations based on data analytics & insights
• Partner with internal team to lead design, development, and execution of talent and performance management initiatives aligned to business needs and organizational strategy
• Design, develop, implement, and evaluate organizational development programs and processes
• Serve as the subject matter expert on organizational development evaluation and measurement strategy (i.e., conducting gap analyses, designing survey tools and collection methods, analyzing and synthesizing data, reporting out on metrics and recommendations for moving forward)
• Continue to leverage, support, and advance organizational development best practices across the enterprise by staying informed on industry research and trending

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development or Human Resources
• Preferred: Masters Degree in HR, OD, or business-related field
• One to two years of experience with demonstrated success in organization development
• Strong understanding of Organization Development Specialist principles
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to interact with employees on all levels of the organization
• Customer service and people-focused mentality
• Ability to work on multiple high priority initiatives, simultaneously
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Leadership - be a servant leader: lead with integrity, honesty, and trust in all professional and personal settings
• Environment - people-focused environment: collaborate with employees at all levels of the organization with professionalism and courtesy; recognize your peers for the great work they are doing
• Get Going - know your business: possess strong knowledge of Organization Development principles, processes and best practices, as well and organizational knowledge