Od Coach

**Position**:Organizational Development Coach & Consultant

**Job Type**:Full Time, Permanent

**Location**:Kitchener, ON

**Salary Range**:$80,086.50 - $100,035.00

**Who we are and what we do**:
We are a large, vibrant, community hospital serving Waterloo Region, Wellington County and Southwestern Ontario. We are committed to becoming a world-class health system supporting healthier lives. Our hospital team members **_are _**our most valuable resource and **_they _**are the reason we will deliver world-class care to everyone in our region. In this role, you must have passion to support those members in their development journeys.

**In this position, you will**:

- Help leaders discover the absolute best in themselves, so they can bring out the best in their colleagues and staff. Fostering this positive dynamic will support Grand River to provide exceptional _Care _to our clients and community
- Coach leaders and teams throughout our hospital to develop synergy
- Embrace challenging work and think creatively to identify and adapt new solutions to difficult problems, demonstrating the _Courage to Start, Heart to Finish _
- Inspire others to challenge themselves, learn and grow, while establishing a safe environment for people to _Trust and be Trustworthy _
- Foster a climate of inclusion where we _Welcome One to Welcome All _

**You will love this role if you are**:

- Passionate for coaching and developing people
- Collaborative and enjoy working with leaders and their teams
- Excited about supporting people in discovering insights into their own capabilities
- Reflective and adaptive when encountering change and challenges
- Someone who thrives in a creative setting where new solutions are always just a discussion away

**What will your typical day look like? There may be no ‘typical days’ in this role, but there will never be dull moment as you**:

- Assesses leadership capabilities and developmental needs
- Coach formal and emerging leaders to optimize leadership style and impact, foster inclusion through seeking diverse perspectives, and continuously build a highly engaged and productive workforce
- Research leadership and applied behavioural science best practices, and continually incorporate new learning, insights, and frameworks into the GRH Leadership development approach
- Consistently model the way to think deeper and slower when coaching others to adopt mindsets and practices that are aligned with the principles of a learning culture, climates of fair accountability and belonging, and continuous improvement
- Design and facilitates group coaching for teams across the organization to set priorities, advance working relationships, enhance inclusion and intrapersonal de-escalation skills, implement and sustain change, and develop collaborative problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Utilizes complex adaptive consulting approaches to develop strategies which foster growth mind-sets within a learning organization
- Communicate effectively, listen actively, and work collaboratively with others to co-create solutions that are responsive and respectful of diverse stakeholder needs and perspectives

**What you will bring to the role**:

- Master’s degree in Leadership, Organizational Psychology, Adult Education or a related discipline OR a Bachelor’s degree in the Behavioural Sciences and 10 years of progressive work experience in these fields in lieu of a graduate degree
- Extensive experience in leadership coaching
- Hand-on working knowledge of personality or working-styles assessments
- LEADS certification preferred
- Demonstrated expertise in leadership development and group facilitation - both virtual and in-person
- Lived experience with strategy deployment, cultural transformation, project management, and change leadership
- Strong problem-solving and analytic skills
- Excellent influencing and relationship management skills, capable of balancing and integrating multiple perspectives
- Demonstrated ability to help people build insights that lead to new habits and behaviours
- Proven emotional intelligence and agility
- Thinks systemically and understands how to leverage opportunities while also appreciating how organizational issues and challenges impact adoption of new concepts and practices
- You are an agile, resilient, adaptive problem-solver who sees challenges as opportunities

**APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE ROLE IS FILLED.
- Grand River Hospital is committed to fair and equitable employment and in our recruitment and selection practices. We strongly believe in inclusion and diversity within our organization, and welcome all applicants including, but not limited to: racialized communities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, Indigenous people, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. We are committed to providing and fostering a respectful workplace for all employees, free