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CanonicalOrganisational Development Associate
Canonical's Talent Development team is hiring an Organisational Development Associate to help leaders and managers across the company get better at their work. The role is…
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Canonical's Talent Development team is hiring an Organisational Development Associate to help leaders and managers across the company get better at their work. The role is remote and open across EMEA and the Americas. It is an early-career post where the associate joins real teams during real change, learns from senior practitioners, and works toward running this kind of work alone. The posting says it is no kind of support…
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Canonical's Talent Development team is hiring an Organisational Development Associate to help leaders and managers across the company get better at their work. The role is remote and open across EMEA and the Americas. It is an early-career post where the associate joins real teams during real change, learns from senior practitioners, and works toward running this kind of work alone. The posting says it is no kind of support or back-office job, and not a generalist HR post.
The associate spends time inside a team to see how it operates and where it stalls. They carry out diagnostics on team health and management quality, drawing on engagement surveys, 360 reviews and direct feedback, and convert the findings into a candid, clear picture. The associate also owns one improvement from first idea to finished change, working alongside a senior practitioner. Other duties include helping managers act on 360 feedback by agreeing a short list of commitments to keep, and contributing to the shared standards, tools and vocabulary that the function relies on.
Canonical is looking for someone who has organised and led others early on, in any setting, and who chose organisational or industrial psychology, or behavioural science, deliberately. The role calls for drive, openness to coaching, the confidence to talk about change with seasoned people, and business-level English. Roughly two years of work since graduation is typical, and trips for internal events up to four times a year are expected.
Responsibilities
- Spend time inside a team to learn how it works and where it struggles
- Run diagnostics on team health and management quality
- Turn diagnostic findings into a candid, clear assessment
- Own a team improvement from design through to delivery, with senior guidance
- Help managers act on 360 feedback
- Help managers settle on two or three commitments to follow through
- Help build the standards, tools and shared vocabulary of the function
Requirements
- History of leading and organising people early, in any setting
- Study in organisational or industrial psychology, or in behavioural science or a closely related discipline
- Drive, eagerness to learn and openness to coaching
- Confidence to challenge ideas and discuss change with experienced people
- Strong academic record from school and university
- Business-grade written and spoken English
- Organised, accurate and results-focused approach
- Readiness to travel up to four trips yearly to internal events
Qualifications
- Some hands-on time in people, organisational, coaching or consulting settings, from study to a first job
- Genuine interest in how management and organisations work
- Comfort working with data
- Roughly two years of work experience at most since graduating
Core Skills
Benefits
- Largely remote work, with in-person team sprints twice yearly
- USD 2,000 yearly for learning and development
- Performance-linked bonus, with a yearly pay review
- Recognition awards and paid holidays
- Parental leave for mothers and fathers
- Employee assistance programme
- Trips to new places to meet colleagues face to face
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this Organisational Development Associate role remote?
Yes. The posting describes remote work based in both EMEA and the Americas.
Is this role suited to people with some work experience?
The posting asks for roughly two years of experience at most since graduating, and gives weight to early leadership and a relevant academic background.
What does the role involve day to day?
The associate works inside teams, runs health diagnostics, supports managers with 360 feedback and owns one improvement from start to finish.
What salary is offered?
The posting does not specify a salary. It says pay depends on geographical location, experience and performance.
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