Associate Director, Strategy & Systems

Job Title
:
Associate Director, People Strategy & Systems

Team
:
People & Operations

Location
:
Hybrid in Chicago (IL)

Employment Type
:
Full-time

FLSA Classification
:
Exempt

Start Date
: ASAP

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.

Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Jobs.

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80, Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring an Associate Director, People Strategy & Systems who will manage cross-functional people team projects that impact the organization and own tactical steps on keeping people functions cohesive. The Associate Director, People Strategy & Systems finds energy in detailing out roadmaps to get from start to finish of major People processes, systems, and structures.

The ideal candidate listens for criteria (high-level timelines, key stakeholders to bring along in moments of change, etc.) to achieve enterprise-level impact in the people function and outline the details on how to get there.

As a member of the People & Culture team, you will work with the Head of People, People workstream leads, and partners across departments on keeping projects moving, monitoring progress, elevating time-sensitive actions to the Head of People, making recommendations when initial plans need to shift, and communicating across various stakeholders with the goal of delivering clear and efficient processes. This role requires an individual with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills who is agile, can connect the dots between processes, is discreet and organized, and has the confidence to ask pertinent questions, grasp concepts quickly, and think beyond specific tasks.

This role reports directly to the Head of People.

Project Management and People Strategy Support (60%)

• Utilize systems to create visible project plans for processes and projects across People functions
• Proactively track and communicate progress toward goals for each project.
• Tracks deadlines
• Convene relevant, cross-functional partners to drive toward project completion
• Facilitate efficient meetings with clear outcomes
• Surface trends and propose next steps in real-time to keep projects and meetings moving forward
• Develop decks, memos, and/or other artifacts that aid in project collaboration and meeting facilitation toward desired outcomes
• Follow through on action steps and follow up with key partners who have competing priorities toward completing actions relevant for projects
• Elevate key learnings and provide recommendations for continuous improvement as a result of consistent pre- and post-mortems, reflection, and feedback
• Take initiative to recommend and implement best practices in project management
• Partner with Internal Communications to align on communication plans on projects that impact our people. Build in communication to relevant stakeholders into each project plan.
• Partner with the Strategy and Finance Teams to align People processes and projects with other processes that impact organizational operations and impact
• Partner with the executive support team to schedule engagements with other staff across departments

People Team Operations and Strategic Input (40%)

• Develop detailed project plans for key People projects and processes to align with organizational priorities
• Provide strategic input on the timing of milestones and…