Organizational Readiness Specialist

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Organizational Readiness (OR) Specialist supports organization change projects and Enterprise Transformation initiatives to deliver optimal results in the form of minimizing productivity disruptions and maximizing change adoption. The OR Specialist focuses on executing change and readiness plans through partnership and collaboration with project leadership and process owners within Georgia Tech (GT) administrative support organizations. The role works alongside the OR Lead to execute plans to support change enablement, communication, and training plans through purposeful, advanced change measures. This position will interact on a regular basis with: Organizational Readiness Lead, service delivery management, unit program leadership, business process and system owners, administrative system project and support teams, and service delivery team members. This position typically will advise and counsel: Institute and unit management, faculty, and staff. This position will supervise: N/A.

Job Duty 1 - Defines project-specific activities and deadlines for readiness activities in partnership with Organizational Lead and Program Lead.
Job Duty 2 - Partner with unit and project communication lead(s) to design and deliver communication plans with a focus on strategic messaging, persuasiveness, and visual attractiveness.
Job Duty 3 - Partner with unit and project training/learning lead(s) to design, develop, and deliver training plans to ensure impacted users are prepared to adapt to new skills, knowledge, or abilities required for change.
Job Duty 4 - Develop and manage action plans for key change management components such as communications plan and training plan in partnership with program leadership and Organizational Readiness Lead.
Job Duty 5 - Provide recurring status updates to leadership and other project governance committees.
Job Duty 6 - Perform other related duties as assigned.

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree.

Required Experience
3-5 years of job-related experience.

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Prosci or other change management certification.

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Bachelor's degree specifically in Business Management, Change Management, Organizational Development or related field; Master's Degree in Business Management, Change Management, Organizational Development or related field.

Preferred Experience
6+ years of job-related experience.

Salary Range: $63,303 to $83,000

Location: Atlanta

KNOWLEDGE
Project experience in team-oriented workplace. Working knowledge and expertise in Change Management methodologies, communications for large projects, and training development/delivery for large system-based project support.

SKILLS
Ability to work within a matrix organization structure and build consensus. High proficiency using Excel, PowerPoint. Ability to prepare high quality data analysis presentations and reports.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Background Successful candidate must be able to pass a Position Of Trust background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.