What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND ENGAGEMENT position at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley?
Number of Vacancies
1
Location
Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Department
Human Resources and Talent Development
FTE
1
FLSA
Exempt
Scope of Job
Strategic leader responsible for driving initiatives that enhance institutional performance, employee engagement, leadership development, and organizational culture across the university—including health affairs and affiliated clinical operations. Implement and lead a comprehensive organizational development strategy that supports academic, administrative, and clinical excellence, aligning people, processes, and culture with the institution’s mission and values.
Description of Duties
- Develops and leads a university-wide organizational development strategy that supports institutional goals and transformation efforts.
- Serves as a trusted advisor to university and clinical leaders on organizational change, culture, leadership development, and workforce planning.
- Partners with senior leadership to facilitate organizational assessments, strategic planning, and change management initiatives.
- In conjunction with stakeholders, identifies functions, departments, or teams that could benefit from improvements in employee productivity, performance, or engagement or that are challenged by gaps in employee knowledge or skill.
- Oversees assessment of current state, development and delivery of interventions or training programs, and validation that desired state has been reached.
- Oversees the development of innovative solutions to performance issues or skill or knowledge gaps and monitors program progress to completion.
- Responsible for management, executive development programs, or train-the-trainer programs.
- Collaborates with other members of the executive management team to align division strategy or direction with the overall goals of the organization.
- Develops policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the organization.
- Leads enterprise-wide change initiatives, integrating people strategy with institutional transformation goals.
- Identifies high-potential talent and succession planning strategies to build future leadership capacity.
- Provides executive coaching and development resources for department chairs and clinical or administrative leaders.
- Leads employee engagement initiatives, including surveys, action planning, and initiatives to improve morale and retention.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across academic and clinical departments.
- Aligns training and development with other interventions including team building, group process consultation, meeting facilitation, change management, organization diagnosis and design/structure, process and work design.
- Oversees and participates in the hiring, training, and evaluation of assigned staff.
- Provides advanced-level organizational development consultation to department managers, directors, and executive-level management.
- Stays aware of trends in organizational development and designs and oversees management development training curriculum for a broad-based targeted employee population.
- Oversees a team responsible for delivering professional development workshops, onboarding programs, and team effectiveness interventions.
- Ensures training programs meet regulatory, compliance, and accreditation standards for clinical and academic settings.
- Collaborates with HR, faculty affairs, and clinical operations to streamline leadership onboarding and development.
- Collaborates in HR management meetings and strategic planning.
- May oversee departmental retreats and/or team-building activities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervision Received
General supervision from assigned supervisor.
Supervision Given
Direct supervision of assigned staff.
Required Education
Master’s degree in Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Psychology or related field.
Preferred Education
None.
Licenses/Certifications
None.
Required Experience
Eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in organizational development or professional development training, including leading projects.
Preferred Experience
Experience obtained in higher education setting. Experience working with faculty and healthcare professionals in an academic medical center environment.
Equipment
Use of standard office equipment.
Working Conditions
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Work is performed primarily in a general office environment. Some travel and weekend work is required. UTRGV is a distributed institution, which requires presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.
Other
Strategic thinking with the ability to influence at all organizational levels. Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and consulting skills. Deep understanding of academic and clinical cultures. Results-oriented and data-driven decision-making. Exceptional planning and organizational skills. Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills for interaction with all levels of internal and external personnel and organizations. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of training strategies and educational concepts of adult learning.
Physical Capabilities
N/A
Employment Category
Full-Time
Minimum Salary
Commensurate with Experience
Posted Salary
Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date
09/25/2025
Grant Funded Position
No
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Posting Detail Information
EEO Statement
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: *Date of Birth *Social Security Number *Gender *Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956)665-8880 and/or careers@utrgv.edu.
Additional Information
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.
All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of HR & Regulatory Affairs.
All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of HR & Regulatory Affairs.
