What are the responsibilities and job description for the Organizational Development Specialist position at Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center?
The Organizational Development Specialist’s primary focus is designing, delivering, and evaluating learning and talent development solutions to support the implementation of Tamarack Health business objectives and support workforce engagement and retention. The role collaborates with stakeholders and develops learning solutions that align business needs with learning objectives. Identify and analyze the skills, performance, and knowledge gaps to create effective learning programs for corporate-wide initiatives in the areas of on-boarding, core competency development, succession planning and career management.
Responsibilities/Duties:
- Designs, implements, and facilitates leadership, organizational development, and talent/performance lifecycle initiatives and programs based on strategic objectives and/or department needs.
- Develop the infrastructure for L&D programs by establishing standardized methods, tools and templates for assessment, design, development, implementation, evaluation and reporting for a range of delivery platforms (e.g., workshops, self-paced web, synchronous online, and blended learning). Provide L&D consulting to the business in order to assess, design, develop and implement effective training in alignment with the strategy and learning standards.
- Lead the continuous improvement and engagement of the organization’s LMS learning modules, ensuring that the system continues to address business needs.
- For training programs and interventions, develop reports to track interactivity and completion, and utilize criteria and metrics to evaluate efficacy.
- Provide follow-up coaching, ongoing support and refresher training as required.
- Develop effective project plans to facilitate the building of learning programs and curriculum to close gaps identified.
- Provides advice and guidance to business groups on design challenges, assesses performance gaps and recommends solutions on principles, programs, approaches, and mediums.
- Create instructional media that transform technical information into professionally written, engaging instruction.
- Partners with HR department to ensure programs and practices are aligned with organizational strategies and customer needs.
- Supports growth & change initiatives.
- Provides input on process improvement opportunities.
- Serves on organizational committees.
- Other duties as assigned
Education/Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in organizational development, leadership development, training, facilitation, instructional design, or human resources required.
- Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, organizational behavior, or human resources or business administration, or a related field required.
- Master’s degree in industrial psychology, organizational development, human resources, business administration or related field preferred.
- Certification in instructional design, behavioral assessment, or coaching preferred.
- LMS administrator preferred.
Professional Skills & Expectations:
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective planning, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Able to manage multiple concurrent tasks in a fast-paced environment, effectively prioritize work, and deliver quality results.
- Collaborative in nature with strong team building skills and willing to learn from and accept guidance from others.
