Employee Engagement & Experience Dir
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Full-time
Management
Posted on April 5, 2024
Posting Details
Posting Details
Job Title
Employee Engagement & Experience Dir
Requisition Number
RE44250
Working Title
Employee Engagement Director
Department Name
3JHRW:Work Life
Work Location
Lexington, KY
Grade Level
50
Salary Range
$80,839-137,427/year
Type of Position
Staff
Position Time Status
Full-Time
Required Education
MA
Click here for more information about equivalencies:
https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience
5 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification
None
Physical Requirements
The essential job functions of this position require: communicating effectively; building positive working relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds; abiding by University guidelines; maintaining confidentiality; prioritizing and managing work effectively; providing exceptional customer service; perform work in a sedentary position; report to meetings at different locations both on campus on off campus; interact with individuals from various levels throughout the university.
Shift
Primarily days with core hours from 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Weekend and/or evening hours may be required upon occasion and/or as workload demands.
Job Summary
About the role:
The Employee Engagement Director will be responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive employee engagement strategy for our academic health system and university. This work is mission critical to creating the foundation of a best-in-class work culture for our employees.
The top priorities for our Director of Employee Experience/Engagement include:
The successful candidate for this role:
Yes
Preferred Education/Experience
04/04/2024
University Community of Inclusion
The University of Kentucky is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring all our students, faculty, and staff work in an environment of openness and acceptance. We strive to foster a community where people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives can feel secure and welcome. We also value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Required Documents
Posting Details
Job Title
Employee Engagement & Experience Dir
Requisition Number
RE44250
Working Title
Employee Engagement Director
Department Name
3JHRW:Work Life
Work Location
Lexington, KY
Grade Level
50
Salary Range
$80,839-137,427/year
Type of Position
Staff
Position Time Status
Full-Time
Required Education
MA
Click here for more information about equivalencies:
https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience
5 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification
None
Physical Requirements
The essential job functions of this position require: communicating effectively; building positive working relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds; abiding by University guidelines; maintaining confidentiality; prioritizing and managing work effectively; providing exceptional customer service; perform work in a sedentary position; report to meetings at different locations both on campus on off campus; interact with individuals from various levels throughout the university.
Shift
Primarily days with core hours from 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Weekend and/or evening hours may be required upon occasion and/or as workload demands.
Job Summary
About the role:
The Employee Engagement Director will be responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive employee engagement strategy for our academic health system and university. This work is mission critical to creating the foundation of a best-in-class work culture for our employees.
The top priorities for our Director of Employee Experience/Engagement include:
- Completion of our annual employee engagement survey across our academic health system and university.
- Serves as the subject matter expert on survey results and will heavily engage with leaders and teams in sharing the survey results and creating action plans to drive positive employee engagement.
- Coach and educate HRBPs, supervisors, and executive leaders as they proactively engage to address questions, issues and strategic/implementation needs.
The successful candidate for this role:
- Thrives on being focused with both engagement strategy and driving its implementation.
- Is a data-driven problem solver and seasoned leader with a passion for people and the art of the possible.
- Has strong experience in a healthcare system.
- Is an innovator that has helped reshape employee engagement in the healthcare space.
- Has exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others, effectively manage conflict, exercise sound judgment, and interact at all levels within the organization
- Innovative knowledge in the employee experience and employee value proposition
- Possess the ability to evaluate current programing and make recommendations for enhancing the employee experience and showing ROI.
- This position will partner with all levels of leadership within the health system to develop and implement strategic plans and tactics to improve engagement and enhance the employee experience.
- Responsible for the regular completion of an employee engagement survey, both institutionally and at the local unit/college/department level, and pulse surveys. Conduct employee focus groups to complement engagement surveys.
- Create an effective communication plan and provide content for various communication vehicles to ensure team members and supervisors are aware of available resources and to visibly celebrate progress in increasing employee engagement.
- Extraordinary strategic consulting, client management and business literacy skills with demonstrated understanding of corporate and business unit challenges
- Has the ability to apply Design Thinking or Human-Centered Design methodologies
Yes
Preferred Education/Experience
- Minimum of seven years' progressive experience in employee engagement, with leadership experience required. This role will not focus on organizational development or any other areas of HR.
- Significant experience with Press Ganey required.
- Master's degree in O/I Psychology, Human Resources, business, management or related field is preferred
- Prefer advanced degree in O/I Psychology, Human Resources, business, management or related field and work experience within a healthcare system and/or a university system.
04/04/2024
University Community of Inclusion
The University of Kentucky is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring all our students, faculty, and staff work in an environment of openness and acceptance. We strive to foster a community where people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives can feel secure and welcome. We also value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Please indicate your years of full-time paid work experience in a management or leadership role within a college, university and/or academic medical center.
- none
- more than 0, up through 3 years
- more than 3 years, up through 5 years
- more than 5 years, up through 10 years
- more than 10 years
- * Please choose the answer that best describes the amount of your employment experience in the employee engagement field.
- none
- more than 0, up through 3 years
- more than 3 years, up through 5 years
- more than 5 years, up through 10 years
- more than 10 years
- * Please select the answer which best describes your amount of employment experience completing survey analysis or identifying survey trends and/or correlations.
- none
- more than 0, up through 3 years
- more than 3 years, up through 5 years
- more than 5 years, up through 10 years
- more than 10 years
- * Please share your employee engagement philosophy in general and specifically your approach to enhancing both employee experience and business outcomes. You are welcome to use a separate attachment if you would prefer.
(Open Ended Question) - * Where did you first see this position advertised other than on UK's online employment system?
- HigherEdJobs.com
- Diverseeducation.com (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
- HERCjobs.org (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium)
- InsightIntoDiversity.com
- Latinosinhighered.com
- Indeed.com
- A Colleague, Friend and/or Family Member
- UK Job Fair
- None of the Above
Required Documents
- Resume
- Curriculum Vita
