Organisational Development (OD) Advisor - PHILIPPINES

  • Senior-level, Long-term consulting assignment
  • Posted on 13 March 2013
  • Philippines
  • Closing on 10 March 2010

Job Description

Background:

The Philippines Australia Human Resource Development Facility is an existing Facility, funded by AusAID, focusing on human resource development within key public and private organisations in the Philippines with a particular emphasis on the southern Philippines. The purpose of the Facility is to build enhanced capacity of targeted institutions in the Philippines particularly in human resource management and development. A key feature of the Facility is the targeted use of Australian scholarships together with short-term training activities to address specific gaps in capacities in Philippine partner institutions.

Following several external reviews the Facility will be repositioned to support broader capacity development and enhance its strategic institutional arrangements. As part of this process it has been renamed the Philippines Australia Human Resource and Organisational Development Facility (PAHRODF) and is being re-tendered for a further 5 years.

PAHRODF is an important part of the wider reform agenda under the Australia-Philippines Development Assistance Strategy.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) is a leading provider of integrated infrastructure and social development solutions helping our clients achieve sustainable development outcomes in emerging economies. Our work in International Development Assistance is a fundamental demonstration of our commitment to delivering a positive and enduring impact on the world. SKM is a recognized industry leader in sustainable project delivery, partnering with enterprises to shape industries and sustain communities around the world.

The OD Advisor will work with the PAHRODF management team to provide OD advice to partner organisations. In particular this person will assist them develop their needs with respect to development of organisational capacity, and where appropriate, assist them to develop their plans for organisational development. Experience in conducting Training Needs Analysis is essential. Reports to: Facility Director

Duties

The OD Adviser will

  • work with the Facility Director and the PAHRODF team to provide OD advice to partner organisations (e.g. assist them to identify their needs with respect to development of organisational capacity and, as needed and appropriate, to develop their plans for organisational development.)
  • establish and maintain a sound working relationship with key people from the partner organisations;
  • develop a strategy to provide OD assistance to partner organisations to contribute to the achievement of their development and change agenda;
  • work with partner organisations and those nominated to attend training to develop OD specifications related to proposed OD issues;
  • assist the partner organisations develop appropriate and realistic focus of re-entry action plans for trainees to maximize transfer of knowledge and skills to the organisations;
  • work with partner organisations to establish a process to achieve formal agreement concerning the organisations’ (supervisors, top management, other key stakeholders) commitments to implement the re-entry action plans, specifically in relation to organisational change;
  • assist in the preparation of documents relating to the sub-contracting of OD solutions;
  • assist in the management of training sub-contractors in line with prepared plans in the Philippines;
  • provide briefings to sub-contracted OD consultants and Local Service Providers to maximize the effectiveness of OD solutions;
  • monitor sub-contracted Local Service Providers in the conduct of OD solutions;
  • assist in strengthening the role of local training service providers;
  • monitor partner organisations and trainees outputs to the M&E system;
  • assist in research, knowledge synthesis, management and diffusion activities;
  • advise on strategies to use feedback data from M&E processes to improve all aspects of the professional and administrative performance of the HR/OD planning functions of the Facility; and provide professional advice on the design and content of information and publicity to participating organisations and the Facility website.

Qualifications

(A) Essential:

  • Demonstrated senior experience in a training or OD role and working with diverse public and private sector organisations in skill-formation programs.
  • Demonstrated leadership in project management and/or training management or equivalent experience.
  • Tertiary qualifications (preferably post-graduate) and significant and relevant experience in an area such as organisational development or training.
  • Demonstrated experience in carrying out Training Needs Analysis and designing courses/curricula to meet these needs
  • Demonstrated successful experience as a mentor to those with whom he or she works
  • Excellent inter-personal and liaison skills and experience in working in a cross-cultural setting.
  • Demonstrated experience on Gender and Development and Disability issues
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills.
  • Competence in word processing and use of spreadsheets and Internet.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English and Filipino

(B) Desirable:

  • Fluency in other Philippine languages (eg Cebuano)

Location - Manila, with frequent travel to Mindanao and any other areas of PAHRODF programming

For enquiries or submission of CVs, please contact Ms Kate Pedralvez, Sinclair Knight Merz, on +61 3 9248 3676 or via email clearly stating the job title in the subject heading of the email at

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