Specialist, Organizational Development and Learning - Mississauga, Canada - Regional Municipality of Peel

Regional Municipality of Peel

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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Description:

Specialist, Organizational Development and Learning

Corporate Services - Human Resources

Status:
(1) Regular Full-Time position

Salary Range:
$89,469 to $111,834 per annum (plus comprehensive benefits)**
Work Mode: Hybrid - you will be required work on-site as needed, depending on operational needs

Hours of Work:35 hours per week

The Region of Peel's Human Resources division is seeking an Organizational Development and Learning Specialist who shares our passion for supporting an engaged, resilient, inclusive and skilled workforce.

The Role:

Reporting to the Advisor, Organizational Development & Learning, the Organizational Development and Learning Specialist will actively support the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of both synchronous and asynchronous learning programs and services to drive capacity and skill-building for corporate organizational development and learning initiatives.

You will assume responsibility for a variety of programs and initiatives, work in partnership with vendors and internal clients, and use the learning management system to publish learning modules, monitor and report on usage and return on investment.

What you will do in this role:

Assist the Organizational Development and Learning Advisors in the design, development, scheduling, implementation, delivery and evaluation of large-scale organizational leadership and/or core competency programs and services.
Provide expertise in the prioritization of leadership and core competency development and contribute to the organization's direction for leadership development using employee input, best practice research and organizational priorities as a guide.
Use curriculum design expertise to expertly guide design and development of, asynchronous and synchronous, learning modules and associated knowledge checks, job aids and supporting documentation.
Analyze content, purpose and learning objectives for diverse corporate projects and use best practice research to recommend curriculum design and delivery methodology and tools (e.g., virtual learning, elearning, job aids, social learning, instructorled training).
Act as a key representative for consultation on corporatewide learning initiatives, prioritizing and maintaining a portfolio of learning projects to support the organization.
Work with the Organizational Development and Learning Advisors to maintain operational leadership and core competency programs and services.
Provide expert interpretation of training requirements, timing and approach for legislated, compliance and mandatory employee training using research of best practices and leveraging organizational development and learning networks.
Review and evaluate external training resources and make decisions regarding vendor choices to ensure the quality and effectiveness of training offered and optimize the spending of budgeted training dollars.
Liaise with external agencies, municipalities and other organizations to identify opportunities for partnership.

What the role requires:

University degree in Adult Education, Human Resources or equivalent education; with at least five (5) years progressive experience in organizational development and learning. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Advanced experience with design, development, implementation and administration of organizational development programs and services.
Demonstrated experience conducting inperson and virtual live facilitation and training for leaders and employees.
Demonstrated experience with curriculum design for instructorled, virtual and asynchronous elearning.
Demonstrated experience using elearning authoring software (e.g., Articulate 360, Articulate Rise).
Experience in project management, communications plan creation, client consultation, facilitation and evaluation.
Experience with a variety of asynchronous learning content platforms preferred, e.g. LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, Skillsoft.
Travel to Regional worksites based on operational needs.

Skills/Abilities:

Demonstrated needs assessment and organizational development consultation experience.
Demonstrated curriculum design experience.
Vendor management acumen.
Demonstrated confidentiality, tact and diplomacy.
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.

Nice to have:

Experience collaborating on large projects with multiple stakeholders (internal or external).
Experience in project management, change management, and communications planning.
Knowledge of program evaluation methods to develop performance measures and report on program outcomes.
Experience with Learning Management Systems.
Experience creating and facilitating team effectiveness programming.
Strong analytical and problemsolving