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APGFCU - Your Community Credit Union! For over 80 years, APGFCU has shared our financial experience and provided valuable products and services to build stability and financial independence, one member at a time. We are looking for those who want to join this movement and become a part of a growing organization. We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Summary: Under the direction of the VP - human resources, responsible for leading organizational needs assessments. Designs, implements and evaluates programs to facilitate professional development and continuous learning, to ensure the credit union employs the best and the brightest and achieve results consistent with the strategic plan. Embodies and integrates the credit union mission, vision and values throughout all learning and development initiatives.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Leadership: Directly oversees the leadership of employees in the professional development department. Carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities in staffing for excellence include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; promoting, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Consults with human resources about employee relations matters. Implement and ensure compliance with credit union policies and procedures. Serve as talent champion by actively mentoring and developing an exceptional team focused on ensuring the highest-level of employee engagement. Develop a succession plan. Effectively lead teams through change management in partnership with other credit union functional areas. Develops career paths for the professional development team and promotion of employees within the credit union, to ensure smooth transitions during management changes.

Strategic Planning: Comprehends, supports and meets corporate strategic goals. Sets aligned strategy for area of responsibility, assembles talent needed to carry out the plan, develops tactics to execute in support of the plan, and measures performance against the plan. Implements or recommends changes in order to meet the corporate goals. Establish the overall direction of the professional development department by developing and implementing a comprehensive plan, ensuring particular attention is paid to meeting the credit union's learning and development needs. Reviews new training techniques and suggests enhancements to existing training programs. Oversees relationship with vendors to ensure outside training programs are effective and achieve the targeted return on investment. Responsible for the leadership development strategy across the credit union, delivering learning experiences that help deliver strategic priorities. Research, identify, design and implement learning programs, including D&I training. Establish and monitor metrics which assess the application of learned behaviors. Demonstrate APGFCU leadership, cultural, and behavioral standards by modeling our expectations. Serve as a strategic and operational leader while collaborating with business partners to achieve organizational objectives. Build and nurture a culture that values strong relationships to influence desired outcomes, continuous improvement of business processes and achieve organizational goals through the commitment of serving the membership.

Budget and Results: Develop, implement and administer the annual capital and operating budget of the professional development department.

Process Improvement/Project Management: Identify opportunities for improvement and collaborate with internal partners and resources to implement solutions. Recommend adjustments to workflow to streamline processes. Explore, research and recommend new or enhanced technology and/or solutions which align with business goals.

Risk Management: Display strong financial acumen, including knowledge of banking industry, products and current lending trends. Oversee procedural alignment.

Other: Perform other related duties as assigned or associated with the responsibility.

Additional: Responsible for completion of applicable training and compliance on federal regulations and APGFCU policies and procedures as related to the duties of this position (Bank Secrecy Act, Information Security as examples, if applicable).

Qualifications:

Education: Master's degree in Organizational Development/Organizational Behavior. Related experience considered in lieu of education.

Experience: Seven years' experience, preferably in a financial institution; six or more years of experience working in organizational development for operations in a large organizational and/or functional business unit. Leadership experience required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Must have clear evidence of success and full competence within the organizational development arena, preferably in financial services. Superior verbal and written communication skills. Excellent presentation and facilitator skills. Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced work environment. Possesses strong organization and human relations skills. Team-oriented. Ability to evaluate and research training options and alternatives, and design and implement effective training and development programs. Adept with a variety of multimedia training platforms and methods. Project management skills are essential. Proven and effective leadership skills. Expert level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or related software. Strong commitment to the credit union's vision and role in the community.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and be capable of transporting related supplies and equipment. Specific vision abilities by this job include vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.

APGFCU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability to Protected Veteran status. Please use the attached link to view the EEO law poster http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm

APGFCU is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to persons of all abilities, including persons with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send to the Human Resources Department and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodations will be responded to from this e-mail address.