Interim Organizational Development Manager (Temporary)

350.org is looking for an all-rounder with organizational change management, culture and training experience for a period of approximately 10 months (maternity cover).

About 350.org

350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. 350.org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action. We want to be a laboratory for the best ways to strengthen the climate movement and catalyze transformation around the world. The values that guide and drive our work are listed here.

350.org is an equal opportunity employer. 350.org strives to be an inclusive and collaborative group ofpeople who bring a variety of approaches to the work we do. We're committed to the principles of justice, and we try to build a safe workplace where everyone is treated fairly and enjoys workingtogether. We value new perspectives, ideas of all sorts, and different ways of working. Diverseperspectives and experiences improve the way 350.org carries out our work – including what wedecide to work on and how creatively/effectively we do that. We do our best to make staff positionsaccessible to all potential team members, regardless of race, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability,assigned gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or identity, religion or creed,veteran status, marital or parental status, and genetic information. We also strive to include teammembers in communities most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds ofenvironmental, social, and economic injustice.

About the interim OD manager

This global role is remote and can be done from anywhere (see list of countries we hire in below).The OD Manager is responsible for the successful planning and implementation of strategic organization development activities and change processes at 350.org, with the overall goal of increasing organizational effectiveness. This interim role will focus on developing and implementing organizational culture development and change initiatives, training programmes, and supporting our Strategy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation work. The work is varied, with some longer term processes and projects, and smaller pieces with a short turn-around time that require flexibility.
The OD Manager works in a small team of 3, and with a range of other teams and individuals across the global organization in projects.

Duties and responsibilities

General Organizational Development

• Designs and delivers OD and change management strategies, processes and interventions that support 350's goal to be a high performing organization rooted in JEDI values.
• Facilitates and stewards spaces where staff meet and work together - such as all staff Town Halls, trainings, in-person retreats and other facilitation as requested - in order to accomplish strategic goals and build a stronger culture, rooted in JEDI values.
• Identifies opportunities for workplace improvement through undertaking internal diagnosis, process/system reviews in order to understand barriers and possible solutions; conducting external research into good practice and new ideas.
• Identifies and incorporates best practices and lessons learned into program plans.
• Develops and implements projects to improve knowledge management and internal communications

Staff Development and Training

• Consults with management on performance, organizational and leadership matters in order to design staff learning/development programmes.
• Creates a culture of learning throughout the organization - setting benchmarks for success, creating goals and monitoring progress against those goals.
• Conducts training needs assessments in order to identify skill gaps and enhance the effectiveness of employee performance in achieving the goals and objectives of 350.org.
• Designs, develops and oversees the implementation of training programmes for management and employees.
• Develops learning activities, audio-visual materials, instructor guides and lesson plans.
• Reviews evaluations of training courses, objectives and accomplishments.
• Oversees and administers the Professional Development process and fund for all staff.

Organizational Change Management

• Develops and leads change management plans for projects and/or change initiatives so that the projects are understood and adopted by the relevant stakeholders and staff.
• Conducts impact analyses, assesses change readiness and identifies key stakeholders.
• Identifies and manages risks and anticipated resistance to change.
• Leads change management work streams with a structured methodology / process.
• Support the design, development, delivery and management of communications during change processes.
• Coaches/trains leadership on their role in change processes, partners with relevant stakeholders.

Organizational Culture Development

• Coordinates with the Executive Team and People and Culture Team to establish cultural goals and values of the organization.
• Facilitates the process of developing and growing internal cohesion and a shared organizational culture.
• Consult regularly with staff and team leads to solicit feedback and survey the state of organizational culture, to support the culture programme implementation and regular 'course adjustments'.
• Ensure structural alignment: that systems are consistent with the desired organizational culture.
• Ensure incorporation and alignment of other OD work (including staff development and trainings) with 350's culture vision (including DEI).

Strategy, planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning (SPMEL)

• Supports the development and improvement of SPMEL tools and systems such as spreadsheets, slide decks, and reporting frameworks
• Supports the implementation of regular SPMEL activities, such as finalising reports, data analysis, and organising meetings and retreats

Other

• Support the team culture and development of the OD team.
• From time to time, contribute work towards 350.org's overall mission that is outside of standard responsibilities and instead relies solely on geographic location or work capacity.
• Other work as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent certification
• At least four (4) years of relevant experience in Organizational Development
• Demonstrated excellence in presentation and facilitation skills
• At least 3 years Experience of working in an international not-for-profit organization
• Demonstrated competencies in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Proficiency in Google Drive, Slack and Zoom
• Experience of leading projects in multi-cultural / diverse environments across different timezones

Desired (but not required) skills and experiences

• Professional OD certification
• Experience in instructional design

We are looking for someone who is comfortable working both independently and in teams, highly responsive, and able to lead initiatives as well as take direction from others.

Position Type: Temporary Full time/ part time- 80%-100% FTE for a fixed term period of 10 Months

Application Deadline: Although we hope to begin interviews during the week of the 25th of March, this job is open until filled, or the hiring manager determines that they can no longer accept applications.

Start Date: 15th of April 2024 (flexible)

Compensation: Salary tier 3.1. Click here to view the salary

Location: Remote within the countries 350.org currently operates. Current countries are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom

Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in their country of residence. We are unable to sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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If you have suggestions for us on how to do this better, we really value your input and stronglyencourage you to write to us atjobs@350.orgwith the subject line 'Hiring Feedback'.