Director, Advisory Partner. Washington, D.C.. Posting Date: 01/15/2025. Deadline: 01/23/2025
Role Title
Director Advisory Partnering
Contract Type
Fixed Term (until 9/30/2025) โ Parental leave cover
Reporting To
Chief People & Culture Officer
Department/Unit Name
People & Culture
Team Name
Advisory Partnering
Role Purpose
The director of the advisory partnering team is responsible for ensuring leadership is provided with a seamless, high-quality and value-added strategic P&C partnering service to deliver on the P&C and organizational objectives.
The Director will carry their own portfolio of work and will be a trusted advisor to leadership across the organization and work closely with the teams they are accountable for. They will guide and coach the Advisory Partners who are accountable for their own portfolios, ensuring people matters are handled proactively, and will drive the consistency of treatment of staff across the network.
They will work closely with the Chief People & Culture Officer to develop change management strategies for the delivery of the People Strategy for the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Chief People & Culture Officer, the Director of Advisory Partnering will:
- Lead the Advisory Partner team and act as an advisor to the Chief People and Culture Officer
- Ensure that the Advisory Partners provide leaders and staff with a seamless, high-quality, value-adding service that ensures fair, consistent and equitable treatment of staff
- Play a key role in supporting the implementation of the people and culture strategy with stakeholders and advises leaders on employee-related matters and processes such as workforce planning, performance and development, employee relations, grievances, disciplinary actions, organizational design and development, team effectiveness, change management, employee engagement, and compensation matters as needed
- Guide, coach, develop and manage the performance of the Advisory Partner team towards achieving high-quality services and support to staff and managers
- Develop and foster a service-oriented culture within the Advisory Partner team, encouraging them to think creatively and deliver solutions that enhance the employee and workplace experience
- Ensure leaders understand the culture, strategy and organizational structure to identify opportunities and challenges to reinforce employee engagement, inclusive management, and management capabilities
- Develop and maintain communication and strong collaboration between the Advisor Partners and the global P&C team to ensure consistent and timely support and responses
- Actively partner with specialist teams to ensure that the programs and departments needs are translated into the global P&C programs and initiatives, and that they align with the programs and departments priorities and goals.
People Responsibilities (Total Team/DRs)
Yes (2)
Key internal relationships
Relevant ELT Members
Relevant senior leaders across programs, operations and strategic capabilities
Employees from across programs, operations and strategic capabilities
OGC employment lawyers
People and Culture team
Qualifications
Essential: Educated to degree level or equivalent years of experience.
Desirable: Membership of a recognized human resources institute.
Experience
Essential:
- Leadership experience in a global P&C business partnering function; providing a strategic service level for senior managers and management teams
- Proven organisation design experience in an international organization
- Prior experience in managing teams and individuals in an international organisation (direct reports not located in the same country as this position)
Competencies
Functional Competencies:
- Advanced stakeholder management at all levels
- A strategic mindset
- Deep employment law and employee relations experience within a global organization
- Data interpretation, ability to challenge constructively and deal with ambiguity
- Position management including extensive workforce planning
- Business judgment and understanding, analytical decision-making, facilitation and mediation
- Proven track record of creativity and solution orientation to complex people issues
- Coaching of leaders
- Consulting and advisory services in an international organization
- Project and change management
- Good facilitation and mediation skills
Personal Competencies:
- Excellent active listening and strong communication skills written and verbal
- Demonstrates commitment to OSFโs core values of humility, commitment, collaboration, respect, inclusivity and integrity.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Shows a high level of discretion, confidentiality and trustworthiness
- Commitment to continuous learning and growth in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, antiracism and social justice
- Commitment to listening and working with humility; ways of working that are respectful to all people; and that support space and voice for all diverse perspectives in our workplace
Languages:
- An excellent knowledge of English
- Knowledge of other languages would be an asset
The salary range for this role in the US is $145,100 - $275, 700. The final offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set and level of experience
Competitive rates of pay apply.
Open Society Foundations is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, and to building a diverse staff that reflects the movements, issues and communities that our mission serves. Candidates from all underrepresented backgrounds, identities and communities are encouraged to apply.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and colleagues with disabilities.