Talent And Leadership Development Lead.

Department Information

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Who We Are

System Administration, which also houses the Office of the President, is located in the uptown neighborhood of Denver with a few smaller offices located on the campuses. Many of our departments support the educational and research missions of the four University of Colorado campuses, but System Administration is not considered a campus. We provide diverse opportunities for professional development, innovation, and collaboration with talented staff and faculty. Learn more about CU System Administration.

Employee Services provides the CU community with excellent services from recruitment to retirement. This office provides technical expertise while administering benefits, professional development, payroll, individual tax management, and strategic HR programs. The functional areas of Employee Services include Payroll, Technologies, Benefits, Retirement, Financial Education, Learning and Development, International Tax and Human Resources.

Position Summary:The Talent and Leadership Development Lead is responsible for the oversight of talent and leadership development projects and initiatives for the University of Colorado (CU) System Administration office. This position also oversees, plans, and executes a nomination-based program for university-wide leaders called the Excellence in Leadership Program (ELP). ELP is a highly visible program that supports leaders in their professional and leadership development and introduces them to senior leadership. This position also supports the learning and development team in planning, developing, and implementing programs for CU System employees to further promote CU’s culture of employee development, involvement, and best practices. This position also acts as liaison and works as a team member managing employee training and development and facilitates initiatives across the organization.

This position reports to the Talent, Culture, and Leadership Development Program Director and is exempt from the State of Colorado Classified Staff system.Where You Will Work:This role will work a hybrid schedule, working 4-5 days per month on-site mostly depending on the needs of ELP. Travel to campuses is required for ELP.Diversity and Equity:The University of Colorado System Administration Office is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce. The university strives to promote a culture of inclusiveness, respect, communication and understanding. We encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, persons within the LGBTQ+ community and all veterans. Description of Job

Duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

Talent Development Program Management

• Manage and coordinate ELP Award including all campuses executive level committee, nominations, voting, website and communications processes and public presentation of award annually.
• Manage and coordinate ELP annual nominations process of 45 new cohort members annually. Including direct involvement with the nominations for System Administration.
• Create social media content for ELP Alumni LinkedIn group including defining, evaluating, and reporting on success metrics for group.
• Collaborate with Communications team to develop and maintain a dynamic ELP website.
• Manage and coordinate ELP Lecture and Luncheon annual alumni celebration at a strategic and celebratory location (i.e. the Brown Palace) for 150+ executive-level leaders including keynote speaker selection, communications plan, registration, staffing, catering, coordination with President’s office, TIAA sponsorship, and all events logistics. Define, evaluate, and report success metrics for event.
• Create and reconcile reporting for ELP budgets.
• Manage Excellence in Leadership Liaisons Advisory Board quarterly meetings with all campus representatives. This includes building relationships, along with agenda and priority planning.
• Plan, manage, coordinate, and execute large, small, and virtual Learning and Development events and resources for the Excellence in Leadership Program (ELP), multiple monthly meetings with 60+ attendees.
• Build, manage, and maintain relationships with ELP stakeholders including executive leaders and their staff.
• Facilitate training event efforts, effectively collect, and review post event evaluations, and make recommendations for program/event enhancements.
• Create and facilitate new programming for ELP Alumni quarterly identifying event goals, audiences, and alignment with strategic plan goals.

Event Management

• Event planning, including venue selections, food, materials
• Creation of consistent materials to flow through events and support adult learning
• Survey design and feedback follow up with participants, speakers, and leadership
• After action reviews of events to gather input for improvements and future planning
• Manages training and leadership events logistics including, but not limited to
• Setting up venues for meetings, events, and workshops.
• Catering coordination
• Scheduling events and calendaring that takes into account multiple constituents

Training and People Development

• Identify in-person and virtual training as needed and regularly source and develop content based on learning needs of system employees.
• Research, create, and design training using adult learning methods and best practices
• Collaborate with leadership to develop and implement leadership and manager program at CU System with coaching components working in collaboration with other L&D team members
• Create and manage LinkedIn learning collections for System employees making recommendations that align with learning needs
• Collaborate with System HR team and CU leaders to support the design of people development programs at CU System Administration
• Conduct learning needs analysis for planning and priorities for learning and development activities

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications

• Training and development or closely related field
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education, or equivalent professional experience (professional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis)
• Four (4) years of related experience including:
• Event and project management including utilizing central project management tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Coaching mindset with the ability to support growth and development of others
• Experience executing organization wide learning and development projects for a medium to large employer
• Experience working with website design
• Experience working within Higher Education
• Experience in utilizing Project Management tools such as Team Dynamix
• Six (6) years’ professional experience, as indicated above
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education in business, administration, or field of study related to the work performed

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Computer skills, including the ability to utilize Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) and learn and experiment with new software and systems.
• Knowledge of the CU environment, including general department structures, business functions, reporting relationships, and operational processes and procedures
• Collaboration skills, including the ability to work with others from different areas and backgrounds towards a common goal by sharing knowledge and strategy and maintaining consistent communication
• Strong interpersonal, consulting, verbal, and writing skills with the ability to communicate important messages to all levels of the organization
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to examine data and trends to produce results
• Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, including those in technical and non-technical fields
• Ability to serve as a liaison between executive leaders, committees, and staff
• Background in professional and leadership development.
• This role requires high attention to detail for coordination and program and project planning.
• Leadership skills, including the ability to effectively manage various personalities and persuade others to take courses of action.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues in-person and remotely.
• Exceptional project management experience including managing multiple internal and external stakeholders and external vendors.
• Organizational skills, including the ability to set and meet goals and deadlines, manage appointments, create schedules, organize, and facilitate meetings, and make decisions