Director of Engagement

Work for Indiana

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has been named one of Indiana’s 2023 Top Workplaces by its employees. Our mission is to serve all Hoosiers by providing best-in-class driver and vehicle services in a timely and accurate manner while ensuring security and transparency. The BMV team works throughout the state of Indiana and is dedicated to fostering an environment where we:

• Invest in our employees
• Engage our customers
• Provide sustainable systems
• Embrace product innovation

The Director of Employee Engagement champions initiatives that drive agency-wide employee engagement while creating strategies that are aligned with the agency’s core values, strategic direction, and positive culture. You will foster and enhance engagement and advance employee morale.

This role requires:

• A steadfast commitment to the principle that a highly engaged workforce and a strong organizational culture are essential drivers of both performance and purpose.
• Ability to effectively partner with the BMV senior leadership team to ensure agreement with the culture, strategic direction, and agency focus on inspiring and supporting the workforce.

This position serves in the BMV Administration Office at the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $75,010.00 annually but may be commensurate with education and experience.

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• Measure and improve employee engagement, ensuring engagement initiatives are trending positively. Including but not limited to the annual Pulse Survey.
• Translate organization strategy into program goals, timelines, budgets, and measurable impact.
• Build and sustain strong line of business partnerships.
• Lead efforts to improve morale and cross departmental collaboration and create plans of action.
• Speak both ‘people’ and ‘product’ fluently.
• Lead the design, planning, and execution of new and current engagement programming that reflects evolving workforce needs and enhances BMV employee experience.
• Examples but not limited to State Employee Community Campaign, Employee Recognition Programming, BMV Engagement Committee, BMV agency awards, etc.
• Innovate and implement new BMV employee engagement events, both in-person and virtual.
• Manage budgets, vendors, logistics, and program evaluation for all engagement initiatives.
• Elevate branding and recognition of engagement programs and campaigns.
• Build strong relationships with community partners and other external stakeholders.
• Build a positive team culture that encourages communication, innovation and shared ownership of outcomes.
• Evaluate program effectiveness regularly and implement improvements informed by data and feedback.
• Provide timely updates and recommendations to inform decision making and resource allocation.
• Create a collaborative team culture where program staff feel supported, heard, and motivated.
• Facilitate opportunities for employees to be recognized determining frequency and method.

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours that may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.

• Preferred 5 years in managing…