HR & Engagement Manager

Job Description

The Employee Engagement Manager, will work with the Service Teams and theunit HR Directors to create a University-wide engagement strategy. The manager willalso work with those responsible for supervisor training to integrate engagementconcepts into existing and future supervisor training so that strong supervisors becomethe primary conduit for increasing engagement. The manager will be responsible for the

execution and overall communication as it relates to employee engagement initiatives.
The manager will be responsible for developing a survey process and metrics that willenable the Academy to track employee engagement progress at both an institutionwide and a local unit level. During the survey cycle the manager will partner with theHR directors and the Service Teams to ensure effective administration of the survey.
The manager will serve as a subject matter expert on the survey results. After thesurvey cycle, the manager will produce both global and local reports that will help theAcademy and individual units track progress and create action that drive positiveemployee engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Create a comprehensive and sustainable employee engagement strategy
• Work with senior leaders and deans to develop strategies and demonstrable links
  between engagement and their strategic goals
• Work with vendors, Office of Human Resource partners and college and
  administrative unit Human Resource partners to design, deploy, and evaluate
  effective and efficient engagement surveys
• Conduct employee focus groups to complement engagement surveys
• Develop a train the trainer program to enable units to analyze their own data and
  build action plans
• Create and/or edit tools, training materials, and resources to help partners and
  leaders successfully build action plans based on survey results
• Create an effective communication plan and provide content for various
  communication vehicles
• Leverage events to create and sustain dialogue around engagement
• Identify and address issues and solutions related to employee engagement
• Help University leaders determine links between engagement and outcomes
  such as turnover, healthcare costs, grievances, student success
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify unique division/location needs while
  balancing the overall purpose and requirements of the employee engagement
  strategy
• Manage a professional training and development staff
  

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

Masters Degree Preferable

• Minimum of 2 years in direct human resource work or in a closely related field
• Minimum 1 years experience in managing a staff
• Demonstrated ability to move forward an agenda or initiative

Preferred Experience

• Strong experience working in partnership with leaders and colleagues to drive results.
• Experience interacting with all levels of management/staff and across organizational lines.
• Experience implementing diverse and high impact HR initiatives to support

Organizational Objectives.

• Excellent influencing, leadership, communication skills - particularly within matrix style organizations.
• Experience presenting to different audiences verbally, in writing and in presentation formats
• Experience working with detailed information and numerical data and presenting it in a way that is easily understood by people at different levels in the organization.
• Experience with event management
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, based on feedback, stakeholder engagement, trend analysis, etc.
• Experience in change management to improve efficiency and effectiveness

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.