Manager Talent Development

Salary: $98,800 - $138,400

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The City of Greeley is proud to offer a robust benefits package in addition to your wages.  This package includes health and wellness, retirement savings, discounted access to Greeley facilities and more. 

Benefits: This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guide here.

JOB SUMMARY: 
The Manager of Talent Development will report to the Director of HR and focus on designing and implementing programs to support career growth, skills improvement, employee engagement and overall employee satisfaction at the City of Greeley.  This includes succession planning, learning and development, employee engagement survey and process/performance improvements to enhance talent development.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in business administration, education, adult learning or similar
• 5 or more years of experience in a talent development, career growth or learning and development role in a large, complex organization
• Evidence of success designing and implementing new learning and development programs

OR 

• Any combination of related education, experience, certifications and licenses that will result in a candidate successfully performing the essential functions of the job,

AND

Possession of a valid driver’s license.

Preferred
•    More than 10 years of experience managing complex succession planning and learning and development programs including design and implementation
•    Content certifications such as Crucial Conversations, Emergenetics, Situational Leadership, Enneagram, or similar
•    Experience managing Employee Resource Groups and/or Diversity initiatives
      Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
•    Proven success managing complex, enterprise-wide projects including concept/design through implementation, designing key success measures, tracking and reporting          on data, and managing collaborators to complete tasks on time and accurately
•    Demonstratable comfort and ease with technology including Learning Management Systems (LMS), Microsoft products, course registration and tracking software, audio           visual equipment, internet browsers and other research tools, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and more. Ability to use these tools in advanced ways without assistance
•    Organizational skills to include managing multiple projects at one time, collaborating with others, working to meet deadlines, following up on deliverables and ability to           anticipate needs and plan ahead
•    Proactive approach to completing work
•    Ability to operate under deadline pressure and with a sense of urgency to complete tasks
•    Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment where priorities change frequently
•    Experience developing highly engaging and interactive content for classroom and remote training. Includes proven success with stand-alone short courses (one or two            hours), as well as development and implementation of learning pathways to include multiple courses
•    Ability to evaluate content from other providers for effectiveness and curate content into learning groups to leverage existing technology/content
•    Understanding of Kirkpatrick's model for evaluating success of learning programs (or similar evaluation methods that measure immediate engagement and learning as            well as long-term behavior changes)
•    Knowledge of diversity programs, employee resource groups and/or similar initiatives
•    Facility with data gathering and telling stories with data, proficient use of MS Excel or similar tools to increase insights from data gathered

TRAVEL:
 Approximately 25% flexible, local travel with occasional regional or out-of-state travel.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
•    Manage and implement learning and development programs ranging from regular short courses available to the entire organization to learning pathways for emerging          leaders, new employees, new supervisors and other interest / affinity groups
•    Attend and organize meetings including agenda development and ability to facilitate and manage an effective meeting
•    Collaboration within the Human Resources department as well as with managers and senior leaders throughout the organization to ensure that learning and development      needs are being met across the organization
•    Partner with communication team(s) to market course offerings, gather interest, evaluate courses that are offered, and maximize impact of learning and development              programs
•    Present content in an engaging and organized way aimed at maximizing long-term learning outcomes
•    Partner with Business Insights team to develop L&D dashboard and evaluate the success of programs that have been implemented. Track short- and long-term impact of        Talent Development programs and use data to inform improvements
•    Provide feedback, constructive and positive, to presenters to encourage their growth as presenters and ensure high quality, engaging sessions
•    Build and implement enterprise-wide succession planning tool
•    Manage existing and new talent development programs such as Crucial Conversations, Emergenetics, Situational Leadership, and more
•    Anticipate organizational needs, ideate, invent, and propose new talent development concepts
•    Design and implement an employee-led diversity initiative
•    Implement and manage ongoing employee resource group initiative
•    Present, "pitch", persuade peers, constituents and senior leaders to advance talent development and organizational growth and effectiveness initiatives
•    Exercise outstanding attention to detail across the management of multiple programs and events throughout all departments of the city of Greeley, including
 

Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities
N/A

WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Work Environment
•    Normal office environment with minimal risk
•    Some remote work is available upon request

Physical Requirements
•    Ability to transport oneself from one building to another throughout the City of Greeley
•    Ability to conduct training virtually and in person without assistance
•    Ability to transport items up to 20lbs from one location to another (may include moving items from one building to another)
 

EOE Statement: The City of Greeley provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

ADA Statement: We are committed to an inclusive and barrier-free search process, and will provide accommodation, as needed, to those who request assistance through the ADA Coordinator at HR@Greeleygov.com.

Conditions of Employment: The City of Greeley is an at-will employer. Employees and the City may terminate employment at any time for any or no reason. Candidates must successfully complete all pre-employment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Pre-employment screenings include a drug test, a background and national sex offender search, a motor vehicle record search, and for some positions, a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process, including but not limited to EOE, Reasonable Accommodation, and pre-employment screenings, please visit our career page HERE. 

Salary : $98,800 - $138,400