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Organizational Development Specialist

Join us at HEMIC! Voted one of Hawai`i Business' Best Places to Work for 8 Years in a Row!

As a HEMIC employee, you will get:

• People Who Care
• Professional Growth
• Benefits & Perks
• Opportunity to Give Back

Voted one of Hawai`i Business' Best Places to Work, and Pacific Business News' Best Workplaces, our business is founded on caring for Hawai`i workers, Hawai`i businesses, and each other.

We're passionate about your development. Whether it's achieving a formal certification or attending a workshop to improve your communication skills, we will support and encourage you to grow.

We offer competitive salary and best-in-class benefits, including a 401k match, flex-time, generous PTO, 15 paid holidays, and so much more!

Giving back to our community is our kuleana and we offer numerous opportunities for our employees to take part - whether it be volunteering for a fundraiser, attending a charity walk, or getting a match for your charitable contributions.

Why our Organizational Development Specialist is Important:

The OD Specialist is a new role for our HR Team, which serves as a strategic partner to our leadership and staff. We focus on "Proudly Taking Care of Our People", while developing world-class talent and encouraging engagement. Our OD Specialist will enhance our org's culture, performance, and development through training programs, engagement initiatives, and supporting our change and performance management.

Essential Duties:

• Internal Learning Academy: Design, launch, and manage our internal learning academy. Build structured curricula for onboarding, compliance, and insurance industry-specific skills.
• LMS Implementation: Oversee the selection, implementation, and maintenance of our Learning Management System (LMS). Ensure it integrates smoothly with existing enterprise tools.
• Relationship Building: Build trusted relationships with staff to enhance understanding of our culture, business, values, and challenges. Lead 1:1s, focus groups, etc. as needed to gather feedback, assess needs, and support 2-way communication.
• Culture & Engagement: Design and run annual employee engagement surveys. Analyze feedback to build action plans that keep our workforce motivated. Utilize your role to promote consistency and continuity amongst departments and the Family of Companies.
• Training & Development: Create and deliver engaging enterprise-wide training programs. Focus on professional development for insurance professionals, business professionals, support staff, and new hires. Measure and continuously improve training programs. Provide support for leadership programs as needed. Communicate results to leadership.
• Change Management: Serve as an active participant in organizational change management, advocating for the "people side" of internal changes, growth, technology upgrades, and BPO.
• Performance Management: Manage our Performance Management platform, launching check-ins and review cycles. Help employees set SMART goals that align to personal, departmental, and organizational strategy.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Business Management, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 2 to 5+ years of experience in HR or organizational development, including hands-on experience building training programs. Fundamental level of HR knowledge is required.
• Tech Expertise: Proven experience implementing, configuring, or managing HR or learning tech platforms. MS365 fluency.
• Certifications: Professional certifications (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR, or Prosci Change Management) are a strong plus.
• Skills: Strong public speaking and presentation abilities. Data analysis skills to turn feedback into actionable strategies. Highly relational and emotionally intelligent.
• Fit: Very collaborative, curious, and open to possibility.

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