HR Leadership and Change Manager

$99,642 - $128,163/Yr

City Of Minneapolis - Minneapolis, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Minneapolis, MN

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

As the largest and most vibrant city in the state, Minneapolis depends on purposeful, dedicated, and innovative employees. The HR Leadership and Change Manager will play a crucial role in designing and implementing leadership development programs based on sound adult learning theory. This position will collaborate with Human Resources staff to identify leadership development curriculum using a talent management approach aimed at developing, engaging, and retaining current and future leaders. The role involves providing consulting to leadership at all levels regarding the effectiveness of their organizations and offering just-in-time leadership development coaching focused on personal leadership competency and development. In addition to leadership development, the HR Leadership and Change Manager will lead the development of the organization's capability for transformational change. This includes utilizing sound change management practices and tools to fully realize the benefits of enterprise initiatives. The manager will work closely with senior leaders as an advisor on the case for change, stakeholder relationship management, resistance analysis, and the design and delivery of communication plans and solutions. The changes may involve organization redesign, technology deployments, process changes, and more. The role also encompasses organizational development, where the manager will utilize knowledge of organizational/team design, development, and dynamics to advise, develop, and deliver organizational effectiveness solutions. This could include clarifying roles and responsibilities, improving organizational success, enhancing group processes, and managing destructive conflict more effectively. The position may be eligible for flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work with some days working remotely and some days in the office.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement the leadership development strategy to support the changing needs of the City's workforce.
• Implement programs and change projects for the ongoing development of current and future City leaders and staff, acting as Program Manager for the City's leadership program.
• Develop and implement programs and services to ensure City leaders have appropriate tools, resources, and support.
• Contribute to strategy development and program design using information from the collective bargaining process and other aspects of the City's workforce culture.
• Assess leadership development needs through surveys, interviews, and focus groups, consulting with managers and department representatives.
• Analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate enterprise-wide leadership orientation and training programs applying sound adult learning theory.
• Present information using various instructional techniques or formats to engage the audience and promote learning.
• Design or create leader guides, participant materials, and presentation materials ensuring consistency of message and high-quality development opportunities.
• Evaluate modes of training delivery to optimize training effectiveness and costs.
• Develop testing and evaluation procedures for leadership development and training programs.
• Implement and execute learning programs designed to cultivate leadership at all levels of the organization.
• Assess needs and design strategies to improve department, division, or team performance.
• Partner and collaborate with HR Business Partners and Senior Leaders on change methodology and prepare the environment for effective integration of change resources.
• Consult with change sponsors to drive the creation and execution of strategies that maximize change adoption and provide ongoing coaching to leaders.
• Apply change management frameworks to support improved client future-state organizational design and alignment.
• Assess the impact of change on organizations using assessments of organizational culture and readiness for change.
• Develop and deploy user adoption/training programs to ensure employee awareness and capability to reinforce changes.
• Create and monitor change management plans for successful change adoption, including plans for leadership sponsor, communications, training, and organizational changes.
• Determine evaluation strategy and metrics to provide meaningful reports demonstrating progress toward desired changes.
• Implement communication strategies in partnership with the City's Communications Department.
• Provide leadership in the development, delivery, analysis, and action planning for the enterprise employee engagement survey.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Training and Development, Adult Learning Theory, Industrial Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Business Management, Human Resources Development, or Organizational Change Management Practices.
• Five years of related experience including training facilitation, organizational development consultation, change management, consulting with senior management, and facilitating professional development experiences.

Nice-to-haves

• Change Management Practitioner certification

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Dental insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• 401k benefit for retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling options
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee discount programs