Lead, Learning Excellence & Organisational Development (Human Resources)
3 weeks ago
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. ..
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.
Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Organisational Development
- Contribute ideas, good practice, research, and analysis to the development of T&OD capabilities development strategy to ensure integration and alignment with SMU's strategic goals.
- Design and conduct organisation-wide and team specific learning needs analysis to identify critical skills gaps and development opportunities.
- Design, manage and deliver organizational development initiatives and interventions such as team development, competency-based learning, and change management; including capabilities programmes aligned to organisational strategic initiatives.
- Partner stakeholders to design learning strategy, define technical and functional competencies, learning pathways, and programmes to build capabilities and/or address skills gaps.
- Lead and contribute to assigned HR, OD and change management initiatives, programmes and interventions to facilitate organisational transformation, continuous improvements, a high-performing and learning culture.
- Learning & Development
- Design, implement, and manage the University's corporate learning curricula, elearning, webinars, materials, and programmes; source, commission and coordinate with external trainers and vendors as needed.
- With support from T&OD, HR Technology and Operations (HRTO) and IT teams, lead on the development, implementation and maintenance of learning management systems, including learning content and materials (e-learning courses, videos, toolkits, documents) and digital learning platforms.
- Plan, develop and deliver marketing and communication strategies, materials/info toolkits, to promote engagement with learning and development programmes and activities.
- Manage the L&D budget effectively, including cost analysis and internal/external vendor negotiations.
- Monitor, evaluate, analyse data, and report on the impact and effectiveness of learning and organizational development initiatives and programmes.
- Facilitate (as needed) learning programmes, focus groups discussions, team development activities and strategy planning sessions.
- Coach and support people leaders and employees in developing their leadership and management capabilities.
- L&D Programme Management
- Design, develop, and manage the implementation of L&D programmes/initiatives (e.g. short-term attachments, job rotations, etc) ensuring alignment with SMU career and talent development objectives.
- Oversee the management and administration of employee education sponsorships; act as adviser to Senior Management and staff on education sponsorship awards
- Monitor, evaluate and report on the effectiveness of L&D programmes and education sponsorship schemes, making policy changes and adjustments as necessary.
- Other duties within the scope and purpose of the job, as needed by management or department.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Qualifications
- Degree/Diploma with at least 8 years' experience.
- Functional Competencies
- Knowledge and understanding of people management theories/ principles, change management and developing organisational culture.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to plan, execute, and evaluate learning and OD initiatives, programmes, cultural audits/assessments, 360-feedback processes in a multi-cultural and complex environment.
- Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office Suite applications; experience with SuccessFactors, SAP HR, excel dashboards, and reporting tools preferred.
- Strong statistical and data skills to gather, analyse and present quantitative and qualitative data to drive actions
- Conversant in web-learning technologies, GenAI and virtual collaboration tools (e.g. Sharepoint, MS Teams, etc), and Microsoft Office Applications.
- Familiarity with learning management platforms to administer, track, and evaluate training programs, and competent in using training software, e-learning platforms, and multimedia tools for creating engaging training materials
- Strong project management skills and the ability to plan, execute, and evaluate training initiatives and materials
- Experience and/or certifications in the following areas would be advantageous:
- Training, facilitation and courseware/curriculum development.
- Design and management of 360 degree feedback.
- Coaching.
- Core Competencies
- Effective project management skills; ability to plan, organise, coordinate, multi-task and prioritise under pressure with minimal supervision.
- Excellent ability to identify and diagnose issues/problems, generate ideas and implement solutions to achieve results.
- Possesses accountability, detail-oriented and results-focussed.
- Demonstrates high level of empathy and advanced listening skills when communicating, influencing, problem-solving people matters.
- Strong interpersonal, communications and collaboration skills to present or facilitate confidently, influence and sustain relationships at all levels of the organization to achieve results.
- Other Attributes and Competencies
- Effective project management skills; possesses accountability, detail-oriented and results-focussed.
- Excellent ability to identify and diagnose issues/problems, generate ideas and implement solutions to achieve results.
- Ability to plan, organise, coordinate, multi-task and prioritise under pressure with minimal supervision.
- Strong interpersonal skills, communications and collaboration skills to influence and sustain relationships at all levels of the organization to achieve results.
- Strong numeracy and ability to gather, analyse and present quantitative and qualitative data to drive actions.
- Ability to present or facilitate confidently.
OTHER INFORMATION
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Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.
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