Organizational Effectiveness Specialist
About The Position
The Organizational Effectiveness Specialist will support a public diplomacy office at the Department of State. The client uses these specialists to provide tools, training, and community building that help public diplomacy professionals work more effectively. The role involves delivering targeted needs assessments and rapidly developing and deploying organizational effectiveness support for public diplomacy sections, drawing on industry best practices and standards. The specialist will help enhance individual and team performance, facilitate team development, develop leadership skills, and improve organizational processes for staff across embassies and consulates, as well as within the client’s business units. The work requires adapting to organizational changes and optimizing operational models. Travel required is up to 10%.
Requirements
- Active and maintained Secret federal or DoD security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Five years of experience in leadership development, process improvement, and content development and facilitation focused on improving individual, team, or organizational performance using organizational psychology principles.
- Three years of experience executing, implementing, and sustaining organizational change.
Nice To Haves
- ICF coaching certification.
- Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
- Ability to provide technical guidance and/or training to coworkers.
- Ability to bridge cultural and language barriers when working with clients for whom English may be a second language.
- Ability to learn and adopt concepts and strategies related to strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, audience analysis, and best practices and techniques.
- Ability to travel internationally to any requested location.
- Prior consulting experience.
- Ability to view problems from multiple angles and apply a variety of solutions.
- Ability to professionally represent Guidehouse in client-facing discussions and meetings, including leading them.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency with cloud-based and traditional word processing software, spreadsheets, presentations (e.g., G Suite and Microsoft), databases, and project management tools.
- Background in organizational psychology.
- Experience with Asana and Salesforce.
Responsibilities
- Deliver targeted needs assessments for public diplomacy sections.
- Develop and rapidly deploy organizational effectiveness support using industry best practices and standards.
- Support efforts to enhance individual and team performance.
- Facilitate team development and develop leadership skills.
- Improve organizational processes for staff across embassies and consulates and within the client’s business units.
- Adapt organizational effectiveness support to organizational changes and help optimize operational models.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
- Personal and family sick time and company-paid holidays.
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.
- Parental leave and adoption assistance.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Basic life and supplemental life insurance.
- Health Savings Account and dental, vision, and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Student Loan PayDown.
- Tuition reimbursement, personal development, and learning opportunities.
- Skills development and certifications.
- Employee referral program.
- Corporate-sponsored events and community outreach.
- Emergency back-up childcare program.
- Mobility stipend.
- Flexible benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
