What are the responsibilities and job description for the Employee Experience Specialist position at Nebraska Methodist Health System?
Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Job Summary
Location: Methodist Corporate Office
Address: 825 S 169th St. - Omaha, NE
Work Schedule: Mon - Fri, full-time 7:30am-4:00pm
An Employee Experience Specialist is an HR professional who designs and implements programs—such as surveys, recognition initiatives, team building activities, and communication strategies—to improve employee satisfaction, retention, and workplace culture. The role is critical for enhancing employee experience, improving retention, and fostering a positive organizational culture. In addition, the role helps translate employee feedback and organizational priorities into practical action plans that strengthen engagement, retention, communication, and workplace culture. By aligning engagement initiatives with employee needs and company objectives, specialists help organizations maintain motivated, productive, and satisfied teams.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Design and implement engagement programs
Schedule
M-F, 730am-4pm, adjust as needed to meet business needs.
Job Description
Job Requirements
Education
Weight Demands
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Job Summary
Location: Methodist Corporate Office
Address: 825 S 169th St. - Omaha, NE
Work Schedule: Mon - Fri, full-time 7:30am-4:00pm
An Employee Experience Specialist is an HR professional who designs and implements programs—such as surveys, recognition initiatives, team building activities, and communication strategies—to improve employee satisfaction, retention, and workplace culture. The role is critical for enhancing employee experience, improving retention, and fostering a positive organizational culture. In addition, the role helps translate employee feedback and organizational priorities into practical action plans that strengthen engagement, retention, communication, and workplace culture. By aligning engagement initiatives with employee needs and company objectives, specialists help organizations maintain motivated, productive, and satisfied teams.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Design and implement engagement programs
- Develop initiatives such as recognition systems, wellness programs, team-building activities, and culture-enhancing events that align with organizational goals.
- Administer employee engagement surveys, focus groups, and feedback mechanisms; interpret results to provide actionable insights for managers and leadership.
- Help managers understand engagement data and offer guidance on specific actions to improve team morale and productivity.
- Track the effectiveness of engagement initiatives, maintain records, and adjust strategies based on measurable outcomes.
- Facilitate and report on HR projects as assigned.
- Collaborate with HR and leadership to develop policies and practices that support employee well-being, inclusivity, and retention.
- Develop and support employee-facing HR communications that help employees and leaders understand engagement priorities, survey timelines, wellbeing resources, recognition opportunities, and related employee experience initiatives.
- Support change management efforts by helping translate HR priorities into clear messaging, practical leader resources, implementation plans, and follow-up tools that promote adoption across departments.
Schedule
M-F, 730am-4pm, adjust as needed to meet business needs.
Job Description
Job Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, psychology, organizational development, or a related field.
- Background in HR, employee engagement, or organizational development.
- Experience with survey tools, data analysis, and program management is highly valued.
- N/A
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, empathy, problem-solving, leadership, team-building, and the ability to influence change.
- Familiarity with digital engagement platforms, survey software, and internal communication tools, and all Microsoft tools.
- Ability to build and maintain collaborative and effective working relationships at all levels of the organization.
- High attention to detail.
Weight Demands
- Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force.
- Not necessary for the position (0%):
- Balancing
- Carrying
- Climbing
- Crawling
- Crouching
- Kneeling
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Standing
- Stooping/bending
- Twisting
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
- Distinguish colors
- Grasping
- Walking
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
- Keyboarding/typing
- Reaching
- Repetitive Motions
- Sitting
- Speaking/talking
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
- Hearing
- Seeing/Visual
- Not Related:
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
- Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
- Electrical Shock/Static
- Equipment/Machinery/Tools
- Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
- Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc.)
- Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.