Sr Career Development Partner

Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is about more than power.

We’re about the power of relationships.

Our employees have the opportunity to work together to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to the millions of people living in our service territory.

We have been voted one of Arkansas’ Best Places to work by Arkansas Business and we are looking for a member of our team who is passionate about our mission to keep the lights on!

We have a core ideology here at SPP that we stand by: Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.

We believe in supporting our employees through a fantastic benefits package:


* Competitive pay with bonus opportunities


* Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans to choose from, employer-paid short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance


* Relocation assistance


* Flexible working environment for positions that are eligible where employees have the flexibility to work from home and come into the office when collaborative in person work is needed.


* Fantastic contributions to your retirement through a 401(k) savings plan with employer-match benefits and a defined benefit plan fully funded by SPP

As our Sr.

Career Development Partner you will:

Be responsible for the design, development, and delivery of processes, programs, and tools in support of talent management and career development strategies.

As a part of the Human Capital Learning and Development team, this position manages programs that support career development, leadership development and overall organizational development efforts.

Essential Functions


* Serves as primary point of contact for managers regarding professional and career development programs and assist management in career development initiatives.


* Collaborates cross-functionally inside Human Capital and outside of the group to execute career development programs.


* Makes recommendations to Human Capital management regarding career development initiatives.


* Provides the framework, processes and systems to support organizational talent needs assessments, identification, skills assessment, validation, and feedback, business skills development, supporting the mobility and deployment of employees.


* Creates and implements career development programs for SPP job roles.


* Leads the delivery of programs such as connect programs, employee rotation programs, career development program, and development assessment program.


* Tracks and analyzes data and provides reports to measure the effectiveness of career development strategic initiatives.


* Links measurement tools to strategic objectives and uses them to assess progress against goals.


* Leverages the expertise of internal and external relationships to quickly anticipate risks, build buy in, and manage change.


* Establish, influence, and manage relationships with business leaders, learning and development trai...