Sr. Organizational Development Consultant and Executive Coach

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Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) is a 5,000+ employee organization that supports the university's overall excellence by understanding and serving the needs of its schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding communities. Through dynamic and collaborative partnerships, CADM provides high-quality and efficient services to the schools to help them achieve their goals.

Lead organizational development consulting efforts for schools/units. Responsible for the design and implementation of organization redesign; strategy development; culture change; change management; dynamic work; and executive coaching.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Executive and Organizational Effectiveness (EOE), provide organization development consulting to senior administrative and faculty leaders in Harvard schools and departments. Key responsibilities include conducting organizational assessments and organization re-design; consulting on the design and implementation of large-scale change efforts, dynamic work strategies and strategic planning. Serve as executive coach to senior administrative leaders and faculty leaders.

• Serve as OD Consultant to senior administrative leaders and faculty leaders, including but not limited to: conducting organizational assessments and organization re-design; consulting on the design and implementation of large-scale change efforts, dynamic work strategies and strategic planning.
• Serve as executive coach to senior administrative leaders and faculty leaders.
• Collect, share and publicize resources, tools and best practices for key initiatives, and convene relevant communities of learning.
• Facilitate leadership development workshops forsenior administrative leaders and faculty leaders.
• Develop and implement organization development solutions in partnership with related HHR departments and local school/unit leadership.
• Collaborate with relevant CWD colleagues in developing intervention strategies.
• Represent CWD and HHR on University and external committees.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
• Minimum of 8 years’ relevant work experience
• Certificate in coaching (or equivalent training) with a minimum of three years of leadership coaching experience required.

• Master’s degree in organizational development (or related area) preferred along with a minimum of eight years OD consulting experience.
• Demonstrated excellence in consulting skills working with executives and large-scale interventions.
• Demonstrated expertise in a broad array of leadership and organization development areas, with an emphasis on organization design, strategy development, implementing change, and organizational culture.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly assess organizational needs and culture and implement appropriate interventions.
• Demonstrates insight and creativity and offers options and solutions when approaching issues or problems.
• Is proactive in identification and communication of issues or barriers that may impede an initiative or compromise its success and uses critical thinking skills to identify and determine alternative solutions/approaches.
• Effective communication and influencing skills, both written and oral, with the ability to clearly and concisely share information and ideas with a range of senior audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong qualitative research skills.
• Capacity to develop and maintain strong professional relationships across the organization and to work collaboratively with colleagues.
• Ability to maintain confidential information and exercise discretion and tact.
• A flexible “can do” attitude and approach to the work.

35 hours per week