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1 Position Specification Southern California Edison Principal Advisor, OD, Enterprise Wide 1

2 Southern California Edison Principal Advisor, OD, Enterprise Wide Position Specification Our Client Edison International (NYSE: EIX), through its subsidiaries, is a generator and distributor of electric power and an investor in infrastructure and energy assets, including renewable energy. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison a regulated electric utility. Edison International and its subsidiaries have approximately 19,000 full-time employees. Edison is a Fortune 200 company with $14 billion plus in revenues. Southern California Edison (SCE) is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, serving more than 14 million people in a 50,000 square-mile area of central, coastal, and Southern California, excluding the City of Los Angeles and certain other cities. The utility has been providing electric service in the region for more than 120 years. SCE s service territory includes more than 180 cities. SCE has more than 17,000 full-time employees. Its operating revenue is more than $10 billion per year. As part of SCE s commitment to environmental protection, the electric power they provide for their customers includes more alternative and renewable energy (16.7%), from a greater variety of resources, than nearly any other utility in the world. They have been active in efforts to improve Southern California air quality since the 1940s. SCE s ethnically and culturally diverse customer base contains one of the largest concentrations of non- English speaking residents in California. The company celebrates and accommodates the diversity of the community it serves through in-languages services and special programs. An emphasis on diversity strategies, operational goals and accountability helped SCE maintain its rank in the top tier of Fortune magazine s annual list of the top-50 companies in America for ethnic minorities, placing high on the list at number 8. This is SCE s seventh consecutive year receiving this recognition, which highlights the company s commitment to develop a work force of first-rate professionals that embraces diversity and reflects the customers it serves. Edison has a strong heritage of leadership and values. Today, the company s vision is captured in the phrase Leading the Way in Electricity. Supporting this vision are their values of integrity, excellence, respect, continuous improvement and teamwork. Their vision and values can be seen in purchases of more renewable energy than any other utility nationwide; their, national leadership in energy efficiency programs; and their exceptional service reliability. In addition, Edison is one of the most honored companies for workplace and supplier diversity and has one of America s most generous work forces through the employee volunteerism and community support campaigns. 2

3 The Role: Principal Advisor, OD, Enterprise Wide SCE is looking for an Organizational Development leader to fill the role of Principal Advisor, Enterprise Wide. This Principal Advisor role is a high-level position that offers the right candidate the opportunity to act as a primary expert Organizational Development (OD) consultant within SCE s Learning Leadership & Organizational Development (LL&OD) division to share best practices for OD throughout SCE. The Principal Advisor will be in a key role to ensure that the Organizational Design and Organizational Development changes are meeting their strategic goals. This expert in OD and company culture will examine the company culture, define it, and spearhead the effort to translate the culture to business practices and organization design. He/she is the liaison between OD and the various departments across the entire enterprise. The successful candidate will establish and maintain OD products and services that exemplify a center of excellence/expertise (COE) for the company. Responsibilities Include Provides strategic consultation/expertise to department, division management and client organizations to diagnose business improvement needs (BINs) and offer solutions/interventions. Provides measurement, change management and sustainment of business solutions that is aligned with corporate strategies/goals and shareholder/customer interests. Provides best practices in organizational design, work and process analysis, team health assessment, leadership alignment assessment, stakeholder analysis, change readiness assessment, transition & sustainment plans and statistical analysis. Ensures all OD work and measurement/results are aligned with, support and have measurable outcomes for SCE strategies and goals. Collaborates with Human Resources (HR) Business Partners, senior leaders and external vendors to assess organizational development needs, develop solutions for critical organizational unit and/or enterprise level initiatives and provides support for solution implementation. Directs the establishment of policies and practices that have companywide impact. Manages messaging, client relationships/partnerships and drive/influence corporate OD sustainment/improvements and strategy (LL&OD, HR, SCE). Researches most effectively applied OD methodologies and best practices to educate the OD Team for execution of the same. Demonstrates company values through decisions and actions. Creates and maintains a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices. Candidate Profile The ideal candidate for this role will have ten to twelve years of experience in leading, developing, and implementing strategic organizational development initiatives/projects (e.g., strategic/corporate organizational initiatives, organizational design, business process analysis, team health assessment, leadership alignment, organizational change, and statistical analysis). The right candidate will have experience shepherding a large organization through the process of taking OD plans from concept to reality, from the idea of the purpose and mission of a group to being a fully staffed, fully functional organization. You should have demonstrated experience building, influencing and managing professional relationships with Executives, leadership, clients, partners and colleagues. Because this is a high-level advisory role, management experience is preferred. Specifically, if you have the following unique combination of skills, experiences and competencies, this may be your next career challenge. 3

4 Organizational Design and Development Functional Expertise: You have demonstrated experience Making independent decisions regarding the overall scope, budget, and/or strategic direction of measuring and sustaining business solutions that align with the way of doing business to achieve goals, customer, and employee and shareholder needs/expectations. Making short- and long-term strategic decisions that can have a significant impact on the overall quality and development of the workforce. Implementing and continually developing OD products & services. Providing leadership, mentoring/coaching, development opportunities and best practices in the field of corporate culture and strategic planning and execution of OD products and services. Prioritizing OU requests/projects and standardization/consistency of OD practices. Leading a broad range of projects related to the diagnosis of business requirements/needs and develops assessments to identify optimal solutions/interventions. Using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, and Project. Integrating work across relevant areas to develop the business and services to enhance customer satisfaction and productivity, manage risks appropriately, develop and execute business plans, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external customers. Leadership: You have demonstrated an ability to achieve results through others, even when they do not report to you. You are highly skilled at building cohesive teams that support your vision across the business. You consistently demonstrate accountability for results and hold others accountable as well. You must be a team player and work collaboratively to achieve the company s overall goals. Project Management & Planning: Your project planning and execution skills are unsurpassed. Managing multiple projects from the conceptual stage through completion is one of your strengths. You are able to align resources appropriately and yet maintain the flexibility to manage changes to projects as necessary. Relationship Building Collaboration & Influence: You have demonstrated experience building and managing professional relationships with executives, leadership, OU clients, HR partners and LL&OD colleagues. You are consistently able to influence and maintain support and elicit the input and feedback from all leadership, clients and partners to ensure continuous improvement of the OD products and services carried out. Others view you as a strategic influencer with a superior reputation for bottom-line focus, business and project management skills. Strategically Savvy: You have demonstrated your strategic mindset, consistently being able to predict how trends will influence the organization. You are able to articulate a clear strategy to accomplish the organizational goals. You are able to forecast future needs and devise plans to meet them. Visionary/Builder: You have conceptualized and brought to fruition and engaged an organization in order to complete your vision of its capability. Your ability to build organizational capability results in a high-performing team, top-quality processes and unparalleled results. 4

5 Communication: You value communication and express your ideas in a clear, fluent and concise manner. Your written and oral arguments are compelling and address the needs of the audience. You understand that successful communication requires good listening skills and strive to respond appropriately according to the situation and the audience. You have unsurpassed talent for facilitating meetings. Judgment and Decision Making: You are adept at developing alternative courses of action and making decisions that are based on logical assumptions and reflect factual information, taking into account the facts, goals, constraints, and risks. You are able to make effective decisions within a specified timeframe, taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions, even when full information is not available. You gather data and others input when making decisions and take into consideration both the short- and long-term impact of decisions on various individuals or groups. Integrity and Ethical Behavior: When faced with choices you consistently act according to what you know to be right rather than what is expedient, even under pressure or when no one will know about your choice. You conduct yourself in adherence to a strict moral code that includes but is not limited to respect for others, honesty, confidentiality, hard work and justice. Academic/Credentials: Master s Degree in Organizational Behavior, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or a related discipline. Contact: 5

DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

c a r e e r o p p o r t u n i t y DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $144,825 $201,000 ANNUALLY DOE/DOQ LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, is looking