Senior Organizational Development Specialist - UC Davis 

Requisition Number:

03017784  

Recruitment Open To:

UCD/UCDHS Employees and General Public  

Final Filing Date

11-06-2016  

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled  

Position:

Senior Organization Development Specialist  

Payroll Title

ORGANIZATIONAL CNSLT 4  

Number of Positions:

1  

Salary:

$6,375.00 - $14,025.00/MO  

Appointment Type:

Contract  

Appointment Description:

100%; 2 years from the date of hire, possibility of extension or conversion to career; M-F; 8 a.m. till 5 p.m.  

Overtime Eligible:
(FLSA)

Exempt  

Union/HEERA Representation:

This position is not represented by a collective bargaining unit  

Department:

OFFICE OF THE PROVOST - 063000  

Department Description:

The administrative infrastructure of UC Davis supports the education of over 31,000 students through more than 100 academic majors and 87 graduate programs. In addition, this infrastructure supports a $750 million extramural research enterprise. There are approximately 9,000 staff employees at the Davis campus who support the UC Davis mission of teaching, research and service.

This position serves as a member of the Organizational Excellence (OE) team, assigned to the Office of Information and Educational Technology (Direct reporting line to Director, Organizational Excellence, with dotted reporting line to vice provost, Information and Educational Technology). The incumbent is responsible for supporting the achievement of the Chancellor's Vision of Excellence and the University for the 21st Century and requires a broad understanding of the university's mission and strategic priorities. OE is a unit focused on creating a culture of organizational efficiency, effectiveness and stewardship on the UC Davis campus. The OE team reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources and has campus-wide scope, authority and responsibility for providing leadership and support in reaching the goals associated with the Chancellor's Vision of Excellence and the UC Working Smarter Initiative.  

Location:

Davis  

 

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Position Details

 

Job Summary:

As a member of the UC Davis Organizational Excellence team with a direct reporting line to the director, Organizational Excellence, and a dotted reporting line to the Vice Provost, Information and Educational Technology (IET), the incumbent is responsible for supporting the achievement of the Chancellor's Vision of Excellence by providing organization development consultation services to IET. With a high degree of autonomy, serves as a member of IET's leadership team to identify and address large and small scale organizational change needs by addressing the root causes of organizational effectiveness issues using a systematic approach, developing appropriate interventions to address them. Consulting with leaders, departments and committees, analyzes current organizational purpose, strategy, structure, relationships, policies, processes, systems and data. Conducts action research to enable the development, proposal and implementation of solutions related to leadership and employee development, team building, culture change, conflict resolution, change readiness, communication and agreements on issues such as roles, goals and working methods. Other responsibilities include setting a pace for change that is achievable and sustainable, identifying and mitigating risks and developing strategies to promote buy-in from stakeholders. Develops and integrates dynamic communication strategies that reflect and support the goals and objectives of IET, Organizational Excellence and the university. Consults with senior management, managers, supervisors and staff to identify opportunities for organizational improvement across functional areas. Recommends, facilitates and implements improvements that align with organizational strategy.
As a member of the UC Davis Organizational Excellence team with a direct reporting line to the director, Organizational Excellence, and a dotted reporting line to the Vice Provost, Information and Educational Technology (IET), the incumbent is responsible for supporting the achievement of the Chancellor's Vision of Excellence by providing organization development consultation services to IET. With a high degree of autonomy, serves as a member of IET's leadership team to identify and address large and small scale organizational change needs by addressing the root causes of organizational effectiveness issues using a systematic approach, developing appropriate interventions to address them. Consulting with leaders, departments and committees, analyzes current organizational purpose, strategy, structure, relationships, policies, processes, systems and data. Conducts action research to enable the development, proposal and implementation of solutions related to leadership and employee development, team building, culture change, conflict resolution, change readiness, communication and agreements on issues such as roles, goals and working methods. Other responsibilities include setting a pace for change that is achievable and sustainable, identifying and mitigating risks and developing strategies to promote buy-in from stakeholders. Develops and integrates dynamic communication strategies that reflect and support the goals and objectives of IET, Organizational Excellence and the university. Consults with senior management, managers, supervisors and staff to identify opportunities for organizational improvement across functional areas. Recommends, facilitates and implements improvements that align with organizational strategy.  

 

Physical Demands: 

Work Environment:

Employee is personally responsible for following health and safety guidelines/instructions.

UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco free campus effective January 1, 2014.
Smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes) will be strictly prohibited on any UC Davis owned or leased property, indoors and outdoors, including parking lots and residential space.  

Background Check Required:

This position is a critical position and subject to a background check. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background investigation including criminal history and identity checks.

Yes  

 

Qualifications

 

Minimum Qualifications:

-Advanced experience in information technology management with an understanding of operational and customer requirements for an academic institution or other environment of similar complexity
-Advanced experience of progressively responsible relevant work experience involving organization development diagnosis, design and interventions, multiple projects, and consultation
-Experience exercising wide judgment selecting and developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining appropriate results and resolution of organizational effectiveness issues
-Proficient in using proven methodologies to develop and implement comprehensive change management plans
-Experience developing and recommending strategies that require understanding of work culture issues and job related behaviors
-Experience analyzing complex situations and implementing change to organizational systems, both technical and non-technical to support business needs
-Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative research using a variety of methodologies and sources, includes application of survey design principles
-Experience in data analysis and evaluation to define and recommend options and alternatives
-Experience managing communication programs in an institution of significant complexity and breadth
-Demonstrated written communication skills to draft and edit a wide range of professional and complex written documentation including briefs, articles, newsletters, executive summaries, etc.
-Demonstrated experience training and motivating diverse audiences, applying adult learning theory and instructional design methodologies
-Team-building, interpersonal and conflict management skills to interact effectively with all levels of the organization from a wide variety of functional areas, backgrounds and organizational levels, including executive management
-Experience facilitating highly charged and emotional discussions with members of cross-functional teams; ability to coach and influence people at all levels of the campus community
-Demonstrated project management, relationship building and strategic thinking skills; demonstrating sound judgment and the ability to draw unbiased conclusions
-Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of business analysis and process improvement principles
-Experience with Microsoft Office Suite  

 

Preferred Qualifications:

-Master's degree in organization development or related field
-Prosci change management certification
-Professional Certified Coach
-Experience applying Lean process improvement principles and concepts
-Broad understanding of UC Davis structure, authority and decision-making infrastructure  

 

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