Learning & Od Specialist

**Position**:Learning and Organizational Development Specialist

**Job Type**:Full Time, Permanent

**Location**:Kitchener, ON

**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 care for the development of others because they are the ones who care for our community.

**In this position, you will**:

- **Research, develop and implement learning experiences across the organization that support our staff. These learning experiences will help our staff to provide exceptional **_Care _**to our clients and community.**
- **Design, implement and assess engagement strategies that help us build an inclusive and dynamic culture at GRH.**
- **Leverage feedback from leaders and staff to build effective change management initiatives that foster the **_Courage to Start and the Heart to Finish _**strategic initiatives that strengthen the organization.**
- **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**:

- **Collaborative and enjoy working with leaders and their front-line teams.**
- **Excited about using learning and development as a way of transforming healthcare culture.**
- **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**:

- **Facilitates full cycle training and education: conducts needs assessment, research, design, training implementation, facilitation and evaluation for established Learning & Organizational Development priority programs**
- **Facilitates organizational e-learning by coaching course authors (content experts) on adult learning principles and virtual learning best practices**
- **Liaises with external education providers and consultants**
- **Facilitates the delivery of in-person education and team building experiences**
- **Promotes available educational opportunities using a variety of communication tools**
- **Administers the corporate Learning Management System in collaboration with the L&OD coordinator and responds to educational inquiries**
- **Facilitates virtual corporate orientation sessions**
- **Co-ordinates the analysis of workplace culture survey results with leaders and their teams**
- **Completes assigned projects using effective project management techniques including: creating project plans, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, facilitating project logistics, and providing resources to ensure project deliverables and timelines are on track**
- **Actively participates in managing external relationships with vendors to support the coordination and success of deliverables**

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

- **Bachelors Degree in adult education, organizational development, leadership, or a related discipline in the behavioural sciences**
- **Strong applied knowledge of instructional system design, adult learning, organizational behaviour, and applied change management concepts, as well as demonstrated project management and program evaluation skills**
- **Strong applied knowledge of Articulate and on-line learning development platforms**
- **Minimum of three years informal leadership experience utilizing learning and organizational development methodologies**
- **Demonstrated problem-solving and analytic skills**
- **Excellent interpersonal skills (both virtual and in-person) including presentation, group facilitation, and communication skills, to provide service to diverse populations of learners**
- **The ability to work independently but also enjoys the collaborative process, and eagerly partners with others at all levels of the organization to bring key initiatives to fruition**
- **Is an agile, resilient, adaptive problem-solver who sees challenges as opportunities**
- **Thinks systemically and understands how to leverage opportunities while also appreciating how organizational issues and challenges impact adoption of new concepts and practices**

**- **Demonstrates humility, empathy and emotional agility
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**APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL THE POSTING IS CLOSED.**

**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 commu