Job Description

At Algonquin-Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

The Director, Talent Development plays a key leadership role in guiding the team through progress of executing the Liberty talent strategy that will strengthen leadership capabilities, empower candid performance and development conversations, and generate talent insights that guide intentional decision making. The Director will ensure that we have the right tools, technology, processes, and programs in place to enable and grow leaders at all levels. Reporting to the VP - Culture, Talent Management, and Organizational Development, the Director will engage with HR and business leaders to support adoption and sustainability of learning opportunities and talent development practices that generate positive employee experiences and continue to evolve Liberty's company culture.

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Accountabilities

• Leads a team of 2 direct reports and 5 indirect reports.
• Determines role accountabilities, recruits, develops, and retains team talent.
• Provides directive and supportive leadership that helps team members show up as their best selves, contributing their expertise in meaningful and valued ways.
• Leads the design, development, and delivery of leadership and core functional curriculums, annual planning, and partner collaboration.
• Creates and embeds a learning brand that engages learners in open enrollment courses, programs, and partnerships.
• Designs and develops enterprise mentoring and coaching programs for local usage.
• Provides strategic input to the rollout and evolution of Liberty's talent approach.
• Accountable for director-level talent assessments, succession planning, and development support.
• Works directly with HR and business leaders to ensure insights are accurate and leaders are engaging, developing, rewarding, and growing their talent as applicable.
• Provides direction and support in the implementation and adoption of Liberty's SAP learning and talent modules.
• Determines how best to collaborate and leverage the Qualtrics platform.
• Engages HR and business leaders to build awareness and adoption of best practices.

Education and Experience

• Degree or diploma specializing in business, human resources, leadership, and/or adult learning
• Certified professional coach through a nationally or globally recognized coaching organization
• Master of arts in leadership and/or project management certification is an asset
• 10+ years' experience in learning and/or talent management with a minimum of 5 years leading teams
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, and delivering sustainable processes and programs that embed learning and talent practices
• Consistent inclusive leadership mindset and approach
• Leadership presence that fosters credibility and generates buy-in
• Deftly manages projects from conception to deployment
• Communicates with compelling purpose for engaging in and embedding workplace practices that generate positive employee experiences
• Keenly curious about the story within the data
• Driven to achieve outcomes and accountable for how these are achieved

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.

Our Mission

We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization--it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.

Our Vision

We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make an impact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.

Our Guiding Principles

• Customer Centric
• Integrity
• Entrepreneurial
• Teamwork
• Owner mindset
• Outcome focused
• Continuous learning

What we offer

Share purchase/match plan

A defined contribution savings plan

Leadership Development Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

Group Benefit Plan

Variety of Health & Wellness programs

Discount and Perks program

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.