City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

Performance Advisor

Provide performance consulting services such as strategic business planning, business process improvement, problem solving, organizational restructuring, leadership and supervisory development, performance measurement, and evaluation to the human resources director, the City Manager, directors, and other leaders.

1. Consults with and coaches City and department executives and managers on organizational development, organizational restructuring, leadership, supervisory development, performance measurement and evaluation.
2. Leads large cross-functional performance improvement projects and initiatives.
3. Leads Citywide and departmental needs assessments by conducting research to identify organization development and performance issues and makes recommendations to City leadership for process improvements based on findings.
4. Leads, coaches, or partners with City leadership to address identified development and performance issues.
5. Develops, designs, and implements performance improvement for individual workgroups, departments and Citywide.
6. Develops and designs evaluation plans for organizational development and performance interventions.
7 Coaches and trains others in the use of: strategic planning, business planning, performance management systems, performance measurement and evaluation, process improvement, learning and development.
8. Provides facilitation for City leadership by bringing structure to meetings, coaching participants in their roles and responsibilities so as to achieve defined stakeholder outcomes.
9. Delivers training using adult learning techniques to learners at all levels of the organization.
10. Assists in resolving business process, employee performance, employee development, and teamwork issues.

Lead multiple citywide initiatives and cross functional project teams as project manager.
Coach executives and managers in leadership effectiveness.

Knowledge of public administration, adult learning principles, instructional systems design.
Knowledge of city practice, policy and procedures.
Skill in oral and written communication.
Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
Skill in planning and organizing.
Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
Skill in using computers and related software.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
Ability to facilitate.
Ability to lead and train others.
Ability to focus on results and help clients focus on results.
Ability to look at situations systematically, including environmental factors such as competing pressures, environmental constraints, and potential change.
Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other city employees and the public.

Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university with major coursework in Human Resource Development or related field, plus four (4) years of experience in organizational development and training.

Experience may substitute for the education up to the maximum of four (4) years.

None.