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KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives.

In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values:

We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.

We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders.

We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business.

We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed.

We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.

We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals. Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver.

Instrumental in supporting KBR’s Talent Development Centre of Excellence, part of the Corporate People function, this role will coordinate delivery of talent, leadership, learning and training programs, initiatives, projects and events.  Strong training delivery, facilitation, project management, communications, and relationship building skills are critical for partnering with business and People leaders across the company. Building alliances, supporting leader learners, and collaborating for success are critical capabilities. Additionally, the role will serve as a Talent COE point-of-contact and subject matter expert for our Front-Line Leader program.  Support leadership and learning initiatives and be a reference for our People Partners, managers, and employees. This position will also take an active role in fostering a culture of continuous improvement that delivers scalable and repeatable leadership and learning solutions to support the business.

Responsibilities: 

The specialist provides direct support for the talent, leadership, learning, and employee development practices and processes within the KBR Talent Development COE.  Typical duties include: 

Create delivery model for global Front Line Leadership program, communicating, and collaborating with business leaders, People Partners, internal facilitators, students, and stakeholders across the company, coordinating the schedule and delivery of global courses. 

Oversee internal facilitator training in partnership with external vendor partner. 

Support development and delivery of KBR’s Talent and Workday processes, programs, projects, activities and events across the organization leveraging all available channels to drive usage, build business intelligence, and sustainable metrics.  Ensure alignment to KBR’s values and People Strategy, effective implementation and adoption, continuous improvement, and best-in-class customer service to internal customers for maximizing our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) of Belong, Connect, Grow.  Use information systems, reporting, dashboards, and metrics for active programs to measure effectiveness and provide status updates to leadership. 

Collaborate and build productive business partnerships with various stakeholders across business units and functions— People and Talent Partners, Learning coordinators, leaders and employees, IT, HRIS, Marketing and Communications, Procurement, Finance/Accounting. 

Support and participate in People Team and Talent process improvement workstreams focused on developing and delivering the KBR People Strategy. 

Support awareness, training, and adoption of KBR Talent Development processes, resources and tools to develop effective usage and build business intelligence. 

Efficiently and effectively project manage scheduling, registrations, reservations, logistics, vendor agreements and contracts, budgeting and invoicing for specific talent, leadership, and learning programs and events, virtual and in person. 

Assist in developing and supporting the evaluation, tracking, and reviewing of Talent Development processes, procedures, documentation, and resources for various end-user audiences to ensure consistency, accuracy, and timely cost-effective delivery, including job aids, training materials, tools, surveys, and intranet/SharePoint/Teams site management. 

Support overall team requests – planning, reporting, communication, branding, coordination of notifications and nominations, programs, and SharePoint site support and other continuous improvement efforts. 

Behaviors & Skills 

Exemplify KBR Values: We Deliver, We Value Our People, we are People of Integrity, We Empower, we are a Team of Teams 

Project management skills: prioritizing, making recommendations and status updates, proposing timelines and resources, supporting communications and change plans. 

Sound decision making and judgement identifies problems, gathers relevant information, generates and recommends solutions, clarifies actions needed, gains approval and implements in a timely manner. 

Creates productive business relationships and identifies partnerships that should be created or improved to achieve business objectives with others to formulate agreement on responsibilities and support needed, considers impact of decisions and actions, keeps lines of communication and collaboration open, and maintains self-esteem of others by acknowledging ideas and demonstrating respect. 

Effectively manages work, identifies and adjusts priorities as needed to keep focus on critical activities, uses time and resources efficiently, coordinate schedules, ensures consistent timely work product, and escalates appropriately.  

Customer satisfaction: takes responsibility to actively seek information to understand customer (internal or external) circumstances, expectations, or problems; considers options and impacts; suggests ideas to resolve; implements and monitors to ensure satisfaction.  

Adapts to change ability to navigate some degree of ambiguity, readily adapting to a continually changing business and work environment, adjust behavior to effectively deal with new or different work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures; seeks information to understand situations and approaches change opportunity to define new processes and grow. 

Continuous improvement: identifies gaps, determines potential causes, generates ideas for streamlining and improving processes, recommends for approval, and implements. 

Qualifications 

Typically requires a minimum of two to five years related experience with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience; defining new and managing existing talent, leadership, and learning programs and processes or other related HR disciplines. 

Energetic: collaborative, creative, curious, and self-motivated individual with a passion for developing our people 

Connected: enjoys collaborating with others 

Communicator: strong oral, written, and virtual communication skills 

Delivery-focused: conscientious, detail-oriented, project management skills to deliver to set scope and time frames 

Resilient, adaptable, flexible: comfortable working in a dynamic, agile environment in which business needs, tools, and deadlines continually evolve. 

Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Forms, Steam, SharePoint) 

Workday experience desired 

KBR Benefits​

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.  We support career advancement through professional training and development.​

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Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.