ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECILIST

Position Overview

The Organizational Development Specialist supports the growth and effectiveness of OCHIN’s leaders, employees, and teams through leadership development, developmental coaching, mentoring, facilitation, and organizational development initiatives. This role partners with leaders, People and Culture, and business stakeholders to assess development needs, design targeted interventions, and strengthen the capabilities and behaviors needed to achieve OCHIN’s mission and strategic priorities.

The Organizational Development Specialist facilitates leadership programs, supports individual and team development, develops practical leadership resources, and helps employees translate feedback and competency expectations into meaningful development plans. The role uses organizational data, stakeholder feedback, assessments, and program outcomes to continuously improve development strategies and demonstrate impact

Essential Duties

Leadership Development: Design, coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate leadership development programs for emerging, new, and experienced leaders. Translate organizational competencies, leadership expectations, and business priorities into practical development experiences and tools.
Developmental Coaching: Provide structured developmental coaching to leaders and employees in support of competency growth, leadership effectiveness, career development, and individual development plans. Help participants convert feedback and assessment results into practical goals and actions.
Mentoring Programs: Develop and support mentoring initiatives, including participant preparation, mentor and mentee matching, resource development, program communication, engagement monitoring, and outcome evaluation.
Organizational Development Consulting: Consult with leaders and teams to identify organizational, leadership, culture, and team-effectiveness needs. Recommend and facilitate appropriate interventions that may include team development, role clarification, leadership alignment, facilitated discussions, and action planning.
Assessment and Development Planning: Use interviews, surveys, focus groups, competency assessments, organizational data, and stakeholder consultation to identify development needs and recommend targeted solutions.
Facilitation: Facilitate leadership programs, workshops, team sessions, learning cohorts, and development conversations in virtual and in-person environments. Create psychologically safe and engaging environments that encourage reflection, dialogue, practice, and application.
Leadership Resources and Content: Develop leadership toolkits, facilitator guides, case studies, discussion resources, coaching tools, reflection activities, and other materials that support leadership and organizational effectiveness. Partner with instructional designers when formal eLearning or multimedia production is required.
Change and Culture Support: Support organizational change, culture, and employee-development initiatives by helping leaders communicate expectations, build adoption, reinforce desired behaviors, and address barriers to successful implementation.
Program Management: Manage assigned organizational and leadership development initiatives, including planning, stakeholder engagement, communication, implementation, risk management, and follow-through.
Measurement and Continuous Improvement: Establish success measures and evaluate the effectiveness of leadership, coaching, mentoring, and organizational development initiatives. Use feedback and organizational data to improve programs and communicate outcomes.
Partnership and Consultation: Build trusted relationships with leaders, Human Resources, subject-matter experts, and organizational partners. Provide informed recommendations while recognizing when matters should be referred to Human Resources, Employee Relations, or other specialized functions.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, organizational leadership, human resources, business, adult learning, education, or a related field.
Three to five years of experience in organizational development, leadership development, talent development, employee development, learning and development, or a closely related field.
At least two years of experience facilitating leadership programs, employee-development sessions, workshops, or team-development activities.
Experience supporting leaders through developmental coaching, feedback conversations, competency development, mentoring, or individual development planning.
Experience consulting with leaders and stakeholders to identify development needs and recommend solutions.
Experience designing leadership resources, facilitator guides, workshops, development activities, or similar materials.
Experience managing projects or programs involving multiple stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate program effectiveness using participant feedback, behavioral outcomes, organizational data, or performance measures.
Knowledge of AI tools and their application in learning content creation and personalized learning paths.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree in organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, organizational leadership, human resources, business, adult learning, or a related field.
Five or more years of relevant experience.
Experience working in a complex, matrixed, healthcare, technology, nonprofit, or mission-driven organization.
Experience facilitating programs for managers, directors, or executive leaders.
Experience conducting team-effectiveness sessions, focus groups, organizational assessments, or facilitated interventions.
Experience supporting change-management, culture, engagement, or succession-planning initiatives.
Experience using competency models, leadership assessments, employee surveys, or feedback tools.
Coaching, facilitation, organizational development, or change-management certification.
Experience applying adult-learning, behavior-change, and leadership-development principles.
Experience in learning and development, instructional design, or a similar role
Experience with LMS administration, including technical troubleshooting, and data reporting
Proficiency with eLearning development software (e.g., Articulate Storyline) is preferred
Prior to moving forward to the team interview, all candidates are required to complete a 50–60-minute competency assessment. The assessment gives us insights into how your strengths, preferences, and work style align with the OCHIN's nine core competencies. It’s not about passing or failing—it’s about understanding fit and setting you up for success.