About Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) provides transportation services for 150,000-200,000 customers on a typical weekday, or about 45 million rides annually, through a variety of services, including HealthLine, bus, Paratransit, light rail, heavy rail, and vanpools. RTA is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Gold award for Bus Safety & Security Excellence. We are proud to be one of northeast Ohio’s major employers with a workforce of over 2,100 employees carrying out our mission of Connecting the Community.

We offer a wide range of comprehensive benefits and programs to support the health and wellness of employees and family members including health benefits (medical, dental and vision), a wellness incentive program and participation in the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (OPERS).

Partnering with managers to reinforce GCRTA’s performance culture to improve employee satisfaction, increase engagement, and empower employees with access to development opportunities to position them for advancement.

An internal consultant to the agency must be able to listen to understand the needs of individuals seeking advancement opportunities. Ability to identify talent needs including emerging positions, gaps in capabilities, technical knowledge, and learning opportunities. Create talent pipelines to equip employees with the skills and capabilities to be successful. Create talent pipelines to equip employees with the skills and capabilities to be successful. Experience working with spreadsheets and data to make informed decisions. Experience working with spreadsheets and data to make informed decisions. Work with leaders to improve individual and team communications, collaboration, and performance. Collaborative approach when working with managers and their direct reports to create high-performing teams. Ability to create order out of chaos. Willingness and desire to get into the weeds of the details with multiple stakeholders prior to acting. Experience leading with influence and creating a group of willing followers. Manage the semi-annual performance review process complete with establishing common development needs, assisting employees and managers with creating SMART goals, and driving it to a timely completion. The ability to demonstrate the strategic mindset and tactical awareness required to create project plans that take us from the current state and to the desired future state.

Minimum Requirements: Applicants must have a bachelor's degree in organizational development, Human Resources Business, or Education. Applicants must have three (3) years of verifiable experience building New Talent Management Programs and Processes In addition, the position will require organizational skills and the ability to perform multiple tasks. Applicants must have good communication skills. Applicants must have a working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint). Experience with database programs is a plus. Successful applicants will be required to satisfactorily complete the prescribed training program before receiving an appointment.

Working Conditions:

The working conditions described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environmental Conditions:

This person will work predominantly in an office-type environment.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for up to 8or more hours a day. The employee is frequently required to see, hear and speak. The employee may be required to work at a desktop computer for 8 hours or more per day.

Mental Demands:

Reading, watching, studying, observing, focused listening, auditing, inspecting, proofreading, and evaluating. Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written); develop and interpret policy, procedures, and data; maintain emotional control under stress.

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