Organizational Effectiveness Consultant
Encompass Health · Birmingham, AL · 3 wk ago
On-siteHuman ResourcesFull-time
Position Purpose
The Organizational Effectiveness Consultant serves as a trusted advisor and thought partner to senior leaders, HR leadership, and business stakeholders to diagnose organizational challenges and drive sustainable improvements in performance, engagement, and culture.
Responsibilities And Tasks
- Acts as a trusted organizational effectiveness consultant to senior leaders, RHRVPs, HRDs, and executives, providing insight, challenge, and recommendations grounded in organizational development (OD) and change management best practices.
- Diagnoses organizational and team effectiveness issues using qualitative and quantitative data, including engagement results, focus group findings, and operational insights.
- Led or supports organizational change and design initiatives from design through implementation, evaluation, and sustainability.
- Provides consultative guidance to HR, Talent Management, Learning & Development, and other enterprise partners to shape and execute strategic initiatives such as performance management, talent calibration, succession planning, and leadership development.
- Leads the design, governance, administration, analysis, and executive level reporting of employee listening processes, including engagement, onboarding, and exit surveys.
- Prepares clear, compelling insights and reports for senior leadership that highlight trends, root causes, risks, and organizational impact.
- Designs customized facilitation guides and interventions aligned to engagement data, organizational context, and specific employee populations.
- Facilitates senior leadership team sessions, focus groups, and strategy alignment discussions, ensuring psychological safety and productive dialogue.
- Debriefs senior leadership teams on research findings and consults on practical, sustainable actions to improve performance, engagement, and culture.
- Translates data into actionable recommendations and advises leaders on prioritization and execution of action plans.
- Builds strong internal networks and partnerships; influences stakeholders through credibility, data, and sound judgment.
- Manages projects to completion on time and within budget, ensuring quality outcomes and measurable impact.
- Makes sure programs are adopted and effective, providing feedback to HR Strategy & OD leadership to support continuous improvement.
- Sets up high-performing, cohesive teams by clarifying purpose, goals, roles, and operating norms.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in HR, I/O Psychology, Instructional Design, or other field; Master's preferred.
- At least 3 years of experience in organizational development, change management, or human resources consulting.
- At least 1 year in HR, talent, or organizational development role serving as an advisor to leaders.
- Experience with facilitating teams to drive high performance.
- Experience with talent assessment and advanced psychometric assessment tools, such as, MBTI, Birkman, DiSC, Hogan, etc. preferred.
- Healthcare experience a plus.