Associate Director, Leadership Programs

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Western University’s vision is to be a destination of choice for the world’s brightest minds seeking the best student experience at a leading Canadian research university. Combining more than 1,400 faculty, 2,500 administrative staff, and 32,500 students, including 700 Indigenous students, Western has established itself as a globally recognized destination for academic excellence and leadership development achieved through learning and research.

Within Western Human Resources, the Leadership & Organizational Development Team advances Western’s Strategic Plan through leadership and staff learning, employee engagement measurement, coaching, consultation, and facilitation. The team brings leaders and staff together to learn, build community and connections, and contribute to a high-achieving, collegial workplace culture at our in-person campus.

About the Role

Are you a strategic, client-focused leadership development professional who can design engaging learning experiences, advise leaders through complex organizational challenges, and build a positive and constructive workplace culture? Do you bring exceptional instructional design, facilitation, relationship-building, and program leadership skills to help leaders and teams thrive? If so, we want to hear from you!

Reporting to the Director, Leadership and Organizational Development, the Associate Director, Leadership Programs leads Western’s leadership development program portfolio, ensuring programs, services, and advisory supports align with institutional priorities, Western’s Leadership Competencies, and the evolving needs of academic and administrative leaders.

The Associate Director leads the design, sourcing, delivery, and evaluation of leadership programs, learning events, coaching and assessment supports, and customized leadership and team interventions. Acting as a project leader, the incumbent consults with leaders on culture change, organizational and team effectiveness, change management, conflict, employee engagement, and talent management. The role plans and facilitates leadership meetings for 250 or more participants, as well as workshops, retreats, for both in-person and online learning experiences. The role provides guidance to subject-matter experts and delivery partners and using evidence-based methodologies, and data-driven feedback to continuously strengthen the portfolio.

About You

As our ideal candidate, you are a high-energy, client-focused professional with a passion for people, leadership development, and organizational improvement. You are an exceptional relationship builder and trusted advisor who can influence at all levels, assess complex and ambiguous needs, and design creative, evidence-informed interventions. Your emotional intelligence, maturity, diplomacy, sound judgment, and communication skills enable you to facilitate large and small groups, coach leaders and subject experts, manage conflict, and lead cross-functional change in a complex, decentralized environment.

You hold a master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Behaviour, Business, Education, Leadership, Communications, or a related field and bring at least seven years of experience as an organizational development facilitator or consultant, or leading adult learning programs. Your background includes leading learning and development programs, advising leaders on leadership and team challenges; designing and delivering adult learning, leadership, employee engagement, and organizational development initiatives; developing strategic and annual operating plans; establishing program measures; evaluating outcomes; and communicating recommendations to senior decision-makers. You have in-depth knowledge of needs assessment, facilitation, adult learning, instructional and meeting design across in-person, virtual, and online formats, conflict management, change leadership, talent management, organizational culture, program governance, resource allocation, and evaluation of learning transfer and organizational impact. Completion of the CHRL designation and certifications in organizational development instruments, adult education, coaching, facilitation, instructional design, or online learning are preferred.

Salary and Benefits

$90,000 - $120,000 annual salary. Salary will be aligned with candidates demonstrated experience and qualifications. Western offers a comprehensive pension and benefits plan. Please note, this position is fully in person, on-site in London, Ontario, and is an existing vacancy.

Please Note

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at [email protected] or phone 519-661-2194.

This position is an existing vacancy. This position is fully in-person, on-site. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.