Culture & DEI Partner

Change peoples lives and love what you do! Cochlear is the most
recognized brand in hearing health care.

Culture & DEI Partner

Change peoples lives and love what you do! Cochlear is the most
recognized brand in hearing health care.

Accepting Applications until October 21, 2024.

About the role

Cochlear is helping people hear, and be heard, all over the world. Come be
a part of our amazing mission! This is a fantastic opportunity to join the
Talent & Development team at the global leader in implantable hearing
devices! In this role, you will be based in our Americas head office in
Lone Tree, CO. This role is hybrid, requiring you to be in the office 2
days per week minimum, with 3 days per week working from home.

This position will support the development and lead the delivery of Culture
and Capability development frameworks, tools and programs within the
Americas geographic region. They will work closely with global colleagues and
local business leaders to apply and modify (where required) globally
aligned approaches and solutions for local and regional application. The scope
of this role includes leadership development, diversity, equity and
inclusion, culture, engagement, and broader capability development as
well as supporting team development initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Development and delivery of global talent development programs

Deploy and deliver global learning and leadership development programs
adjusting content for cultural/functional/regional differences as appropriate
Deploy and deliver DEI, engagement and culture initiatives in alignment
with global strategy and programs; design and deliver region-specific
initiatives; provide advice to managers on specific local/functional needs
Design and deliver Team Development workshops, utilising global tools and
methodologies
Deploy learning prioritising accessibility and translations so that we are
employing inclusive practices in the delivery of learning
Manage learning offerings and sessions in the LMS including scheduling,
enrolments, completions, links, materials, pre work, post work and
feedback as required
Ensure data is captured for reporting purposes and aligned to global metrics
to demonstrate ROI

Design and development of Culture, DEI and engagement initiatives

Partner with global talent development colleagues to design and deploy
solutions that build our target culture of innovation, achievement and
inclusion
Drive alignment to the global culture and DEI strategy and influence
business leaders and Employee Resource Groups to focus on impactful and
strategically aligned initiatives
Analyse data for the Americas and develop insights to inform recommendations
that focus our local DEI efforts and initiatives most effectively; ensure
the Culture and IDE Advisory Council for the Americas has the regular
presentations/updates on data, metrics and progress throughout the year
Seek out internal and external standard methodologies and good practices in
DEI that can be leveraged more broadly in the Americas to reach our local and
global goals
Ensure that local compliance programs related to DEI (e.g., Affirmative
Action, Equal Employment Opportunity, the Americans with Disabilities
Act, etc.) and other applicable requirements are designed and deployed
effectively and in a timely fashion.

Work in collaboration with People Advisory Service (PAS) and Operational
Business Partners (OBP) to ensure a positive employee experience of
culture and capability development

Work in collaboration with the People Advisory Service and Business Partners
in the application of global tools and processes
Contribute to cross-functional project teams by sharing expert advice from a
culture and capability development standpoint to deliver solutions that
support inclusion, engagement, career growth and development
Communicate and promote global practices and processes that support
organisational, team and individual development

Support managers and empower employees to drive our culture, increase
capability, and leverage global people and culture processes

Develop people leaders and employees to create Individual Development Plans
and take ownership of exploring career opportunities through learning and
development activities
Support career development of our people through our processes such as
external learning, coaching, 360 feedback, mentoring programs
Support the development activities that emerge as teams action-plan their
engagement survey results as appropriate
Provide mentoring and support to the business with a focus on our core
leadership models (SLII, Feedback, Challenging Conversations,
Inclusive Leadership)

Key Requirements

To add value to Cochlear in this role youll be able to meet and demonstrate
the following knowledge, skills and abilities in your application and at
interview:

Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience in Learning/OD,