Leadership Development Consultant - Sacramento, CA
Pending Budget Approval The California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) is committed to transforming the way the State of California develops its workforce. To accomplish this strategic goal, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. The Workforce Development Programs & Special Projects Division’s Statewide Learning and Performance Management (SLPM) program is looking for a Leadership Development Consultant with experience in designing and developing training and performance improvement programs. If you are someone who enjoys leading teams, collaborating with others to create new and innovative training programs, and you want to contribute to the development of California’s state workforce, then we have the perfect job for you!
At CalHR, you will be an integral part of a diverse workforce where your experience, expertise, and opinions are valued. We are a department that values our employees and encourages their professional growth and career mobility within the organization. CalHR is located in the heart of Downtown Sacramento and offer convenient transportation options, including light rail, pre-tax parking, on-site ATM, shopping, a variety of nearby restaurants and a farmers market during spring and summer. This position is excluded from Collective Bargaining and receives enhanced benefits.
Department Website: https://www.calhr.ca.gov
Under the general direction of the Staff Services Manager II, the Leadership Development Consultant (Staff Services Manager I (Specialist)) ensures that state government has a robust employee development program. The incumbent will design, develop and implement and provide best practices for statewide employee development initiatives. The incumbent conducts research and consults with agency and department training program managers, state leadership, and academia to identify California workforce development standards and make available training curriculum and other tools and resources to help agencies and departments evaluate the performance of employees. He/she will also deliver a variety of leadership, analytical and soft skills training such as communications, interpersonal skills training, and firm skills training including business process improvement, and strategic planning training. Duties include, but are not limited to:
• Consults with internal and external stakeholders regarding best practices for curriculum development. Leads a collaborative effort with statewide training and workforce planning partners, the statewide training ad hoc committee (California Network of Learning Professionals or CNLP), agency and department leaders, division colleagues and training partners to design, develop, implement, evaluate and continuously renew the state’s approach to developing employee competencies. This includes creating statewide employee development curriculum standards, tools, resources and other creative classroom and non-classroom solutions for developing employee competencies. Collaborates with others to develop the infrastructure to support cost-effective delivery of employee development training alternatives, including; budgeting, course marketing, participant enrollment processes, and faculty contracting.
• Provides subject matter expertise and delivers statewide employee training from curriculum developed by internal or external sources. This includes creating sustainable instructor support materials (training for trainers and instructor handbooks) to ensure sustainable training.
• Creates and oversees strategies to ensure that all levels of staff in state government are receiving the appropriate training in a timely manner, following applicable rules, regulations and standards. This includes collecting and analyzing data to periodically validate the relevance of leadership and staff development competencies and assessing competency-related training and development needs by leveraging data from training needs assessments, department leadership, training evaluations and other sources. Establishes key performance indicators for measuring the effectiveness of the statewide employee development program.
• Collaborates with CNLP, vendors, partners and stakeholders to build and facilitate an employee development community of practice for state employees to share best practices and experience. Provides expert advice and consultation to help organizations address challenges and achieve their employee development goals and objectives. Prepares and delivers informative and educational employee development presentations and workshops. Keeps up with employee development industry trends in order to propose innovative ideas for maximizing the effectiveness of workforce development initiatives. Works collaboratively division staff to design, produce and review a wide variety of division marketing and communication deliverables.
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Who May Apply
Individuals who are currently in the classification, eligible for lateral transfer, eligible for reinstatement, eligible for a Training and Development assignment, have SROA and/or Surplus eligibility, or have list eligibility (or are in the process of obtaining list eligibility). SROA and Surplus candidates may attach “surplus letters” to their applications. Applications will be screened and only the most qualified applicants will be selected for an interview.
How To Apply
Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.jobs.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included. If you choose to not apply electronically, a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method listed below:
Address for Mailing Application Packages
You may submit your application and any applicable or required documents to:
Department of Human Resources
Attn: MaryLou Pontes
1810 16th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Address for Drop-Off Application Packages
You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:
MaryLou Pontes
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Required Application Documents
Please submit the following items with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Interested individuals MUST submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) along with their application. The SOQ is a narrative discussion of how the candidate’s education, training, experience, and skills meet the desirable qualifications and demonstrate the candidate’s ability to perform the job duties listed in this bulletin. The SOQ serves as a documentation of the candidate’s ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing and should be no longer than two (2) pages in length, single-spaced, 12pt. font.
Referencing the duty statement and desirable qualifications, describe how your education, training, experience, and skills make you the ideal candidate for this position.
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
• Leadership Development Certification and/or applicable training • Certified in one or more of the following: Myers-Briggs (MBTI), Emotional Intelligence, Disc Assessment, True Colors, and team building • Minimum three (3) years of experience developing and implementing leadership development solutions and initiatives • At least one (1) year of experience leading leadership development solutions and initiatives • Experience in group facilitation • Knowledge of principles, methods, tools, and techniques of leadership and management • Possess the ability to consult with teams and leaders on the various aspects and best practices of leadership development • Experience developing and /or delivering formal training programs to adult learners • Knowledge and experience in instructional design • Supervisory and/or leadership experience • Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written • Knowledge of, and ability, to apply the principles, methods, techniques and tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating and managing projects
Please write position #363-920-4800-006 (Leadership Development Consultant) on the application, resume, cover letter, and SOQ. SROA and surplus candidates must submit a copy of their letter with their application. Failure to provide this information may result in automatic disqualification from the hiring process.
We do not accept applications via email and/or fax.
The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position or application process.
Please direct requests for Reasonable Accommodations to the interview scheduler at the time the interview is being scheduled. You may direct any additional questions regarding Reasonable Accommodations or Equal Employment Opportunity for this position(s) to the Department's EEO Office.
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