Resource Planning Consultant - 140438

About the role

The mission of Student Affairs and Campus Life is to foster the well-being and development of students as whole persons, complementing and enhancing their learning skills through programs and creative experiences that prepare them for leadership, service and professional roles in a diverse, global community.

Responsibilities

• Serves as an organizational development professional and partners with leaders to assist in shaping strategic resource planning and initiatives for the division.
• Supports the division to utilize actionable data into recommendations for leadership and units.
• May directly influence how the Division of Student Affairs allocates staff, budget, and programmatic resources, ensuring that strategic initiatives are grounded in robust data, best-practice organizational development methods, and a commitment to equitable student outcomes.
• Bridges the gap between analytics and organizational change, helping the division achieve its mission of student success, well-being, and campus vitality.
• Works on organizational consulting issues of limited to moderate scope, using and applying professional organizational development and effectiveness concepts in small and medium-size intact groups, units, and departments.
• Collaborates with team members and contributes data-informed insights into division-wide resource-planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Public Administration, Business Administration or a related field; Master’s preferred but not required.
• Basic knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field.
• Provides meaningful learning opportunities such as micro-learning modules, skill-building activities, and reflective debriefs that support continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Applies organizational development and effectiveness concepts and skills.
• Has effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Drafts concise written briefings, executive presentations, and verbal updates that adapt tone and detail to the needs of diverse audiences.
• Learns quickly, reasons, synthesizes, and generalizes based on information obtained.
• Builds collaborative relationships, works comfortably with individuals at all organizational levels, and cultivates trust and engagement.
• Adapts to evolving priorities, quickly re-prioritizes tasks when division-wide initiatives shift, ensuring efforts remain aligned with current goals.
• Maintains confidentiality and equity focus, handling sensitive information in accordance with UC San Diego privacy policies and embedding an equity lens in all analyses and recommendations.
• Applies change-management principles to help units navigate transitions, anticipate resistance, and sustain adoption of new processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Public Administration, Business Administration or a related field; Master’s preferred but not required.
• Basic knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field.
• Provides meaningful learning opportunities such as micro-learning modules, skill-building activities, and reflective debriefs that support continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Applies organizational development and effectiveness concepts and skills.
• Has effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Drafts concise written briefings, executive presentations, and verbal updates that adapt tone and detail to the needs of diverse audiences.
• Learns quickly, reasons, synthesizes, and generalizes based on information obtained.
• Builds collaborative relationships, works comfortably with individuals at all organizational levels, and cultivates trust and engagement.
• Adapts to evolving priorities, quickly re-prioritizes tasks when division-wide initiatives shift, ensuring efforts remain aligned with current goals.
• Maintains confidentiality and equity focus, handling sensitive information in accordance with UC San Diego privacy policies and embedding an equity lens in all analyses and recommendations.
• Applies change-management principles to help units navigate transitions, anticipate resistance, and sustain adoption of new processes.

Skills

• Organizational development and effectiveness concepts.
• Data-driven decision making.
• Collaborative problem-solving.
• Effective communication.
• Change management.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Annual Full Pay Range: $71,600 - $127,400 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%).

Schedule

Days, 8 hrs/day, Mon - Fri.