Position Title: Sr. Advisor, Organizational Development (1 year contract)
Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 44571
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
As a champion of McCain's Winning Culture, the Senior Advisor, Organizational Development is responsible for executing programs and initiatives that strengthen organizational capability, performance, employee experience across North America. Working closely with HR, business leaders, and cross-functional teams, this role supports the delivery and adoption of key Organizational Development priorities. Through effective program management, facilitation, communications, and stakeholder engagement, this role helps build a culture of continuous improvement, growth, and high performance.
What you’ll be doing.
Overall:
- Update programs, resources, and experiences that strengthen organizational capability and employee effectiveness, with a focus on performance, capabilities, recognition, wellbeing, Ways of Working, and AI adoption.
- Execute and support Organizational Development initiatives that enhance employee engagement, manager effectiveness, collaboration, and business performance across corporate and plant-based populations.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, business leaders, HR teams, and external vendors (as needed) to ensure successful delivery and adoption of programs.
- Partner with communications, learning resources, toolkits, and enablement materials that drive capability building and support behavior change.
- Monitor participation, engagement, and program effectiveness, leveraging data and employee feedback to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Provide ongoing administration, coordination, and continuous improvement of Organizational Development programs, processes, and employee experience initiatives in support of business and culture goals.
Improve Speed & Effectiveness through Ways of Working & AI
- Drive adoption of Ways of Working tools and training across NA and support executing the strategy
- Embed Ways of Working tools and AI into existing programs
- Work with the Global Future of Work team to build training solutions and a capability uplift in memo writing and decision making, amplifying global tools and leveraging AI
- Develop and deploy the Ways of Working Catalyst structure in all NA functions
- Partner with leaders and HRBPs to leverage Ways of Working methodology to accelerate high impact cross functional initiatives
- Support the rollout of enterprise AI learning curriculum and adoption across NA, amplifying centrally-developed content and enabling teams to build practical AI capability
Enhance Commercial and Performance Development Capabilities
- Support the development of the North America Commercial Academy, partnering with Commercial HR and L&D lead on identified deliverables as defined
- Deploy training, communications, toolkits, and AI-enabled resources that improve the quality and consistency of performance and real conversations.
- Facilitate learning sessions and support change management activities to drive adoption of performance management practices and a culture of accountability and continuous development.
Strengthen Engagement, Wellbeing & Belonging Across McCain NA
- Partner with key stakeholders to assess current recognition programs and practices across plants and salaried employees and build a consistent recognition approach across North America
- Coordinate and execute quarterly wellbeing activations aligned to McCain's four wellbeing pillars.
- Support the delivery of the Safe Spaces program by managing logistics, vendor coordination, communications, and participant experience across offices, plants, and pilot groups.
- Maintain and update wellbeing resources, including plant wellbeing toolkits and Living Well SharePoint content.
- Incorporate wellbeing messaging and resources into employee engagement, learning, leadership, and talent initiatives, where appropriate.
- Track participation, gather stakeholder feedback, and report on program effectiveness to support continuous improvement of engagement, wellbeing, and belonging initiatives.
What you’ll need to be successful.
- Post-secondary education in Organizational Development, Human Resources, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of experience in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Learning, Talent, or Employee Experience, with a proven ability to execute high-impact culture, performance, capability, and engagement initiatives.
- Demonstrated success translating strategy into action through the implementation of programs
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills preferred, with experience leading workshops and training sessions
- Experience designing and developing learning materials, toolkits, communications, presentations, and training resources using instructional design principles.
- Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence across all levels of the organization.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different audiences and channels.
- Proven project management skills, including planning, coordination, execution, and measurement of multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Results-oriented, highly organized, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
- A collaborative mindset, creative problem-solving skills, and a passion for enhancing employee experience and organizational effectiveness.
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
AI & Digital Capabilities
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Compensation Package: $81,600.00 - $108,900.00 . CAD annual base salary equivalency, paid in alignment to contract term
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Should this role hold a duration 12 months or longer, you will be eligible for our full benefits suite. This includes the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family: Human Resources
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
