- Collaboratewith Chief of Staff and Global Directorsshape and develop the SU's internal Org Design expertise responsible for operationalizing organization health and success
- Define key philosophy, methods, toolkits, and org design best-practices (. Kates Kesler)
- Develop close relationships to the Management Team and critical employees throughout the Support Unit with the goal to be seen as trusted advisor for organizational ideas and issues
- Spread a systems mindset and organization design thinking lens across the SU including, advocating and training for an overall culture of continuous evolution, agility and collaboration, specifically shorting up these capabilities in the Office of the Chief of Staff
- Work with Chief of Staff , Director of Operations and Management Team and with Support Unit staff to identify, validate and prioritize organizational pain points and opportunities
- Evaluate actionable solutions to these challenges and opportunities, the advantages and disadvantages of these solutions and the possible roadmaps to realize and sustain change
- Advance organization design and transformation projects from beginning to end including executing a process to determine the scope of ambition, propose design and solutions, and support discussions via cross-work area workshops, interviews and focus groups and regular feedback seeking
- Support transition and activation of new organization design by offering simulations, trainings, crafting people & knowledge development and transition plans, change management plans and iterative implementation roadmaps jointly with the SU's Chief of Staff and Management Team
- Serve as key advisor to Chief of Staff and provide organizational insights and clear actionable recommendations on org development and performance
- Establish a well-informed set of potential solutions, a portfolio of short-mid-long-term ideas, to continually advance org transformation for the SU that aligns with our mission and strategic priorities
- Lead and further develop agile collaboration & culture across the Support Unit in close coordination with Chief of Staff and Management Team
- Partner with Management Team on work area specific practices and frameworks to foster agile ways of working and ensure consistency across teams
- Act as facilitator and orchestrator of cross support unit forums (bi-weekly agile demand-capacity planning, quarterly agile strategy review)
- Identify blockers and accelerators for agile collaboration and derive recommendations to improve agility as well as provide trainings and simulations to foster successful adoption
- With Chief of Staff and Director of Operations, define org health metrics framework and establish effective continuous measuring and improvement approach
- Support innovation of, and through hclose collaboration with the Operations team, monitor critical organizational structures such as culture, community, employee engagement, leadership effectiveness, onboarding, performance mgt. and Strategic Workforce Planning
- Propose possible initiatives / programs to purposefully shape critical organizational structures with the goal to improve work experienced and createan environment where employees flourish and work is maximally aligned to the SU mission and strategy
- Education:You have completed abachelor'sdegreesocialinrelevant field (Business, Political and Social Science, Organization Psychology, Psychology, Complex Systems, Strategic HR, or equivalent)
- Experience:You have7years full-time work experience inorganization design, strategy, and transformation in global organizations, ideally fast-paced, high-growth and high-complexity environments . scaling start-ups, global NGOs and social impact organizations, start-up incubators and accelerators, strategy consulting firms, product-oriented organizations and/or large-scale matrixed organizations with dedicated organization design departments
- Successful track record in leading complex strategic and/or organizational transformation programs and projects from start to finish
- Proven ability to build close and inclusive relationships with senior executives anchored in co-creative as well as cross-functional ways of working
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, capable of engaging and aligning teams across the organization
- Experience in designing, optimizing and leading agile ways of working and cross work area collaboration at scale (knowledge of agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban and SAFe of advantage)
- Experience establishing metrics frameworks and lean approaches to establish, monitor and act upon KPIs
- Strong orchestration, facilitation and option-driven solutioning skills to lead cross-area workshops, focus sessions and drive effective decision making
- Prior exposure to strategic HR topics . leadership effectiveness, culture and workforce engagement, best-practice performance management, onboarding, hiring, strategic workforce planning, etc. advantageous
- Interdisciplinary experience at intersection of company strategyanddevelopment, growthandinnovation, workforce strategy, organization & operating models, leadership & culture, and digital transformation of advantage
- Experience withclimate, environmental and social impact preferable
- Languages:Verbaland written English proficiency
- Requirements:Existing work authorization is required where this position. WRI is unable to authorize visa work authorization
Organizational Excellence Lead - Bonn, Deutschland - World Resources Institute
Beschreibung
This position ishybridrequiring a few days per weekinBonn, Germanyoffice; WRI Europe.Existing work authorization is required at the time of application submission. WRI is unable to sponsor any visa work sponsorship for this position.
About the Program:
The Support Unit serves as the secretariat for the NDC Partnership and is co-hosted by the World Resources Institute in Washington DC and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat and United Nations of Project Services (UNOPS) in Bonn, Germany. The Support Unit team is comprised of nearly ninety people, based primarily in Washington DC and Bonn, with a cadre of remote staff around the world. We are proud of our diverse composition, with more than 30 nationalities represented on the team and with expertise in a wide range of disciplines.
Job Highlight:
Reportingto theDeputy Director, Outreach and Governance, you willestablish a lean organization design practice in the Support Unit following operating model and organization strategy best-practices.Youwill be responsible for the continuous evolution of the Support Units Organizational model. Doing so,youwill identify, prioritize, and lead pivotal transformation initiatives for the Support Unit, geared to maximize the teamimpact and unlock every employee's full potential.Youwill establish an organizational metrics framework and effective approach to monitor health and derive actions as required.Youwill conceptualize and influence critical areas that have an outsized impact on organization effectiveness such as culture, leadership effectiveness, employee engagement, performance management, onboarding, etc.Youwill take ownership for cross-organizational agile collaboration driving joint solutioning and innovation.
What will you do:
Shape organization design capability and organization health (20%):
Identify and drive organizational transformation and evolution initiatives (40%):
Lead, develop and orchestrate agile collaboration (30%):
Define and monitor strategic mechanisms & processes (10%):
What will you need:
Potential Salary:Salary is commensurate with experience and other compensable factors.