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Position Overview:
The Employee Experience and Organizational Effectiveness Assistant Director is a critical role in building a connected and meaningful Employee Experience across our work environment. The Director will help design, implement, and lead a curated Employee Experience from onboarding to offboarding. Support the end-to-end operations of the employee lifecycle of our Engineering employees, while maintaining a culture of excellence and belonging through events, programming, and activities. The Employee Experience Director will build and execute strategies by collaborating with our leadership and employees.
Harris County is located in downtown Houston and offers one of the best work-life balance schedules in industry. In addition, we have excellent health, life insurance and pension plan benefits. We also offer the Public Service 'Student' Loan Forgiveness Program and our Professional Licensure Training Program which offers training reimbursement.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists in the delivery of a standardized efficient service for People lifecycle, calendar of events, as well as processes and initiatives to support delivery of the People strategy
- Assists in leading all operational activity by building and maintaining key relationships across the business to ensure a great delivery experience
- Assists in striving for operational excellence while keeping the employee at the center
- Assists in innovating and executing state of the art hybrid work model across our offices
- Assists in being our subject matter expert when it comes to the employee life cycle experience for our employees, from items occurring within our HR systems to activities driven by partner teams and people leaders
- Assists in understanding the true meaning of inclusion and diversity and the importance this role plays in fostering employee retention and engagement
- Assists in thinking creatively to build the feeling of belonging to our employee population, leaving no one behind. You’ll ensure that continue to hire and retain outstanding diverse talent
- Assists in leveraging data and metrics to continuously improve our approach, program, or process and to analyze impact
- Open to experimenting; failing quickly, learning, and adapting with the goal of getting to better processes, strategies, and tools to optimize results
- Thrive in a changing environment, adept at navigating ambiguity and creating structure amidst the unknown
- Assists in analyzing People Metrics to monitor and proactively manage people related key performance indicators, and define strategies for improvement and management
- Assists in answering employee inquiries and suggest new initiatives that support employee engagement and experience
- Assists in championing Employee Experience, partnering with leadership to foster a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture
- Assists in hosting virtual and physical company events and experiences
- Assists in supporting workplace programs and technology to improve how our employees work and collaborate with each other
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx
If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net.
This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.
Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor's degree; experience may not be substituted for education.
Experience:
- 5+ years’ experience as an Employee Experience Manager, People Operations Manager or equivalent with a demonstrated track record of great results
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Excellent program skills, written communication and oral communication skills, interpersonal skills
- Proven track record of developing, driving, and delivering against plans
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership
- You are tech-savvy and have the basics down
- Demonstrated ability to story-tell through data
- Experience influencing, communicating, and presenting at all levels of the organization
- Ability to develop effective operational strategies that are tailored to a hybrid, multi-office workforce
- Experience working on more than one project and priority at a time
NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.
Preferences
Experience:
- Experience in the technology/construction/engineering sector is a plus.
- Proven Human Resources experience, preferably experience working in a global, multi-office organization.
General Information
Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:
- 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Monday - Friday
- Subject to Early Mornings, Evenings, Weekends & Holidays as Needed
Location:
- 1111 Fannin Street, 8th Floor, Houston, TX. 77002
Salary:
- Commensurate with Experience
- Based on 26 Pay Periods
Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
BENEFITS
Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.
The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular(full-time) positions:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Wellness
- Life Insurance
- Long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- 10 days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service. Accrual rates increase based on years of service.
- 10 county holidays plus one (1) floating holiday
- Professional development opportunities
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan
- Healthcare Reimbursement Account
- 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:
- Retirement pension (TCDRS)
- Flexible schedules (varies by department)
- Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program)
- Flexible schedules (varies by department)
In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, Group Health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.
For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website:
https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/Medical.aspx
