Leadership Development Specialist

Under the direction of the Sr. Manager, Leadership Development, the Leadership Development Specialist is responsible for applying instructional design models and approaches to design, develop, maintain and evaluate leadership development content programs and initiatives that align with VITAS Healthcare's long-term leadership strategies.  The Leadership Dev. Specialist will ensure the VITAS Difference is integrated into broader leadership and employee development programs as appropriate.  

• Supports VITAS retention strategies to attract, develop and retain critical roles in the organization by developing and maintaining up-to-date training materials related to Leadership Development and Employee Development.
• Develop Training utilizing instructional design applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Articulate Rise, Articulate Storyline, and Canva. 
• Facilitate Leadership Programs and workshops as needed.
• Support and design Leadership Development Tools for Field and Central Support Teams that include:
  
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  2. Content Development to support business needs
  3. Development Planning Tools to support the acceleration of leadership and employee development
  4. Partners with WFDT Leadership team and Central Support HR Leadership to identify and create leadership career ladders and training resources
• Supports the strategy, design, and implementation of the succession planning process to identify, evaluate and develop high potentials in alignment with VITAS' business priorities.  
• Enhancing the VITAS Employee Experience:
  
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  2. Onboarding Day:  Collaborate with subject matter experts to enhance onboarding day content on an annual basis.  
  3. Partner with HR Leadership to ensure compliance of onboarding day e-learning modules.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of leadership development programs through surveys, interviews, focus groups and metrics in consultation with other leaders to ensure it achieves the desired performance outcomes.
• Supports VP WFDT and Sr. Manager Leadership Development in determining annual leadership learning focus, design, and evaluation strategy.
  
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  2. Conducts needs assessments and analyses on leadership needs across the organization to identify and support the execution of VITAS leadership development activities to address gaps.
• Stay up-to-date on emerging trends within the Leadership Development space.

Experience: 

• Minimum three years of professional experience in Human Resources, Talent Management or Learning & Development with a focus on organizational and/or talent development with group facilitation and adult learning theory required.
• Experience in developing leaders following a 70/20/10 model and a blended learning approach using e-learning, classroom, virtual and hands-on application experiences preferred.
• Experience in the areas of learning and development with increasing levels of responsibility and scope, especially in design and implementation of Leadership Development programs
• Strong presentation skills and comfort in delivering training to diverse audiences through a variety of methodologies
• Self-motivated with a high degree of personal agility and resilience.
• Ability to develop and manage programs and initiatives from concept to deployment and evaluation, using proven program management practices and processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Articulate and Excel
• Working in a growing, continually changing environment
• Demonstrated ability to understand the business strategy and translate into key OD strategies and solutions that drive business results
• Able to undertake program design, delivery and development of metrics in large complex organizations.

Education: 

Bachelor's degree in organization development, leadership development, human resources, business or related field from an accredited college or university preferred.

Certification & Licensure:

NA

Physical Requirements:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.