American Electric Power Hiring for Strategic Workforce Planning Consultant – Columbus, OH at Columbus, Ohio Full Time

Job Description:

We have a vision for American Electric Power to power a new and brighter future for our customers and communities. We are transforming our business. We believe the power to shape the future is in all our hands and by working together we have the ability to turn this vision into reality.

As part of the Human Resources team, we support AEP leaders and employees as they transform our business through a focus on people related practices. This role is part of the Talent Management team.

• Do you have a passion around the changing landscape of business and the impacts on talent?
• Do you enjoy envisioning the future and creating a strategic path to achieve it?
• Have you developed, implemented, and used strategic workforce planning processes and tools?
• Do you have experience effectively facilitating change?
• Do you have experience creating and implementing processes?

Join our team and make a meaningful impact to AEP’s effort to become the energy company of the future!

Essential Job Functions:

• Leads AEP’s strategic workforce planning process across the organization in partnership with others Human Resources employees

• Develops and improves AEP’s strategic workforce planning process tools and resources

• Benchmarks workforce planning trends and advancements to continuously improve processes, practices, and tools, including scanning for internal and external best practices

• Markets strategies, solutions, and tools internally

• Partners with other Human Resources groups on pipeline development, business unit workforce needs, workforce development solutions and training, workforce data and analytics, and strategic work planning and alignment, etc.

• Mentors fellow employees, and assumes other duties as required

Requirements

NOTE: This position will be filled at the level commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate as compared to the minimum requirements listed below.

• Education/Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Development, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Economics, or related field, and 4 years of experience in one or more aspects of workforce planning; or Associate’s Degree in listed fields with 6 years of experience; or High School Diploma/GED with 8 years of experience. 3 additional years of experience required for consideration at senior level, in addition to any years of experience previously listed.

• Licenses/Certifications: Valid driver’s license required.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Some travel (less than 10%) may be necessary.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Ability to deal with ambiguity

• High impact communications/influence skills

• Change management – effectively builds buy-in and acceptance to processes, changes, etc.

• Strategic/conceptual skills

• Process design experience

• Some knowledge of workforce planning or strong learning agility

• Project & process management – complete tasks effectively and on time either personally or through others