Organizational Development Specialist at Sharp Decisions

One of our clients is looking to bring on an Organizational Development Associate in Jersey City, NJ 07310. This is a hybrid position (3 days onsite).

NOTE - This is not a traditional learning, instructional design, or LMS admin role.  they will be working on organizational development (OD) processes - managing our performance management and career development processes, and maybe supporting some others on smaller tasks.
No e-learning or course development

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with other PD teams and Human Resources (HR) departments to ensure clients benefit from a holistic approach to talent development.
• Conduct research on PD best practices and collaborate with the team to make recommendations.
• Mitigate risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors, and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• Facilitate in-person and virtual people development sessions.
• Source, evaluate and recommend vendors to deliver best-in-class talent development solutions.
• Coordinate with vendor partners and ensure product/service delivery maintains the appropriate quality standards; work to resolve any escalated issues timely.
• Proactively serve as an internal and strategic consultant on PD services with a focus on developing future skills and capabilities.
• Contribute to the development of new talent development strategies that maximize work effectiveness.
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously, delivering consistently high quality solutions on time.
• Prioritize multiple project plans, making decisions about priorities, timing, and resources.
• Follow & deliver on high level milestones for projects or programs.
• This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
• Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

Sound Like You?

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Additional Qualifications

• Manages larger projects, multiple projects simultaneously, or a program consisting of similar projects which may span over a longer period; projects may span multiple clients within a business unit.
• Proactively serve as an internal consultant on PD processes, programs, and initiatives related to organizational development to engage and support stakeholders' business strategies, within area(s) of expertise.
• Knowledge of methods and techniques for defining learning and behavioral outcome statements, including how to develop strong stakeholder relationships and influence conversations to gain buy in. Skill in managing systems to assess needs, design processes, develop materials, and evaluates effectiveness. Skill in eliciting and using knowledge and information from subject matter experts to support and/or enhance learning. Awareness of industry trends and implications for how to maximize the learning experience.
• Contributes to the development of new strategies that maximize work effectiveness.
• Persuades others by making a strong case