ATD Sacramento - Director, Learning and Organizational Development - County of Santa Clara

Director, Learning and Organizational Development - County of Santa Clara - Santa Clara, CA

02 Sep 2017 3:45 PM | Anonymous

Director, Learning and Organizational Development - Santa Clara, CA

$132,598 - $170,095 a year

The Director of Learning and Organization Development is an executive leadership position responsible for organizing, supervising, and monitoring Countywide leadership and organization development activities and programs; and in collaboration with Executive Leadership, provides strategic leadership, designs, plans, directs, and evaluates the programs and functions related to the Countywide learning organization program.

The County of Santa Clara is seeking a proven executive who will be a positive, progressive, energetic, responsive, politically astute and confident leader who is flexible, a good problem solver and customer-service oriented. He/She should be a team player and possess the creative vision to advance the Department's services. Additionally, he/she will thrive in a high pressure, fast-paced, dynamic environment. Interpersonal skills and the ability to easily relate and adjust to a variety of situations and personalities, and to communicate with staff at all levels of the organization is a must.

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FILING PERIOD and APPLICATION PROCEDURE

This recruitment will remain open until position is filled and may be extended or closed as early as 10 days after issue date. Therefore, it is critical to submit your application as soon as possible.

To apply for this exceptional opportunity, applicants must complete the online application and is advised to provide the following:
1. Résumé
2. Letter of interest explaining why you are the ideal candidate, including specific examples from your experience. No more than 3 pages.
3. Answers to the online supplemental questions. This information is REQUIRED, as it will be used to initially determine minimum qualifications and will be critical in the subsequent competitive assessment to identify those candidates to be invited to the oral examination.

Applications submitted without these information will be considered incomplete.

No paper applications will be accepted . Applicants who are viewing this job announcement outside of our Santa Clara County website should go to www.sccjobs.org to apply. Computers are available at the County Government Center, 70 West Hedding Street, 8th Floor, East Wing, San Jose, CA 95110, during normal business hours, for applicants to apply online.

Questions regarding this recruitment may be directed to Patricia Carrillo, Executive Services at (408) 299-5897.

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Typical Tasks

Plans, implements, manages and administers all learning and organizational development efforts;
Partners Executive Leaders to help set strategy, manage change, improve processes, redesign organizational structures, clarify roles and accountabilities, and realign/shift cultures as relevant;
Recommends and develops organization development goals, objectives, policies, and priorities and implements these objectives;
Coordinates closely with Agency/Department Head and internal stakeholders working on organizational improvements to ensure Countywide program consistency, continuity, and alignment to help the organization accomplish strategic priorities;
Develop and implement Countywide leadership assessment program;
Conducts organizational needs assessments to identify opportunities and drive desired changes and outcomes;
Organize, supervise, and monitor Countywide leadership and organization development activities and programs;
Supports change management efforts through impact analysis, key stakeholder identification, and communications planning;
Designs and facilitates executive off sites and team development sessions;
Exercise indirect supervision over professional, technical and clerical staff, including consultants and contract service providers; and perform other related duties as required;
Collaborates with executive leaders and employees to identify areas of greatest opportunity for system improvement and approaches to spread successful improvement initiatives across the organization;
Acts as a resource on behalf of the County Executive to assist operating Departments with wide range of change management and improvement initiatives, at the Department, team, and individual level;
Initiates and coordinates activities and programs to promote Executive Leader Development, in conjunction with cross-departmental partners;
Fosters employee growth and learning, engages stakeholders at all levels in the organizational transformation process;
Prepares, reviews, interprets, and analyzes a variety of information, data, and reports;
Prepares annual goals and objectives, with involvement from subordinate employees, for areas of responsibility;
Prepares cost estimates and justifications for budget recommendations; monitor and control expenditures to ensure the accomplishment of objectives within an approved budget
Negotiates contracts with outside vendors, consultants, or organizations; administer, monitor, and evaluate contracts;
Develops internal executive coaching strategies and manages external executive coaching engagements; including facilitation of 360 feedback, assessments and related activities;
Develops practices to collect metrics in order to analyze, guide, and monitor trends, risks, and opportunities in the transformational process;
Supervises and participates in the design, preparation and distribution of program publicity and internal communications, including announcements, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, and digital media;
Communicates, collaborates, and meets with bargaining unit representatives to ensure success of process improvement, quality improvement, team facilitation activities, and projects;
Keeps abreast of new trends and developments related to the program's activities.
Selects, trains, supervises, coordinates, and evaluates the work of subordinate managers and employees;
Performs research, benchmarking, and develops tools, graphics and presentations to assist the organization in understanding different methods and processes;
May be assigned Disaster Service Worker duties as required; and
Performs related duties as required.

Employment Standards

Considerable education and experience, which demonstrates the ability to perform the stated management responsibilities and the possession of the knowledge and abilities listed below.

Note : A qualified candidate would typically acquire the necessary knowledge and abilities through education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in organizational development, behavioral science, sociology, psychology or a closely related field, and four (4) years recent management experience overseeing leadership and organization development functions that includes responsibility for program planning, program evaluation, training within a large, complex organization, at least one year recent supervisory experience.

Knowledge of:

Principles and practices of leadership and organization development and program management, including planning, implementation, and evaluation;
Principles and practices of the leadership and organization development area, including current trends in research, education, and related services;
Principles of budget preparation and monitoring;
Principles of personnel training, supervision, and evaluation;
Principles, methods and practices of contracting, sourcing within a large public or private organization;
Principles of organization, administration and management;
Establishing partnership, leadership development strategy for specific client group
Principles and practices of supervision and performance evaluation;

Ability to:

Plan, organize, and direct the operations of a comprehensive learning and organizational development program;
Consult with executive leaders within the organization to assess, trend and analyze the leadership development needs of leaders across the organization based on current and emerging organizational needs and strategic plans;
Provide expert organizational development and system analysis;
Provide organizational advice and feedback to executive leaders;
Identify strategies for organizational improvement and implement changes;
Maintain an effective working relationship with a variety of public and private organizations, including staff in other County departments and agencies;
Organize, direct and coordinate program services;
Work cooperatively with other County departments and public and private organizations;
Select, supervise, train, motivate, assign, evaluate, counsel, and discipline staff;
Analyze problems accurately, develop recommendations, and take appropriate action to resolve them;
Prepare complex and detailed written reports, procedures, and contracts; and
Speak effectively to diverse audiences, including professional, clinical, and citizen groups; assess training needs, train staff, and coordinate activities of contractors, and staff.

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