Advisor for Design and Organizational Effectiveness

BBA Consultants; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 113,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual base salary

Group insurance

Retirement savings plan

Telemedicine program

Time bank

Onsite mobility premium

Vacation and sick leave

Employee referrals premium

Job summary

BBA Consultants is seeking an Advisor, Design and Organizational Effectiveness to strengthen leadership capability, team effectiveness and organizational performance. You will blend human-centered design, facilitation and organizational practices to help leaders navigate complexity and align priorities.

Responsibilities include designing development experiences, facilitating sessions, and translating diagnostics into actionable recommendations while advancing innovative approaches and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in adult education, leadership, business, OD/HR or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 8–10 years in leadership development, organizational effectiveness, development, consulting and facilitation.
• Strong systems thinking, organizational diagnosis and facilitation abilities.
• Experience advising senior leaders and multi-stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, visualization and insight translation skills.
• Advanced English for cross‑office collaboration; French for Québec; Spanish for South America.
• Experience with coaching, leadership assessments and AI-enabled learning tools.

Responsibilities

• Design leadership development experiences, facilitation guides and participant tools.
• Facilitate strategic conversations, leadership development and team effectiveness sessions.
• Conduct organizational assessments and diagnose problems, translating findings into actions.
• Support consulting engagements through experience design and intervention development.
• Advance innovative design approaches, including AI-enabled learning and capability-building.
• Contribute to business development and continuous improvement of advisory methodologies.

Skills

Leadership

Facilitation

Org effectiveness

Design thinking

AI-enabled learning

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's in related field

Master's preferred

Job description

About the Role

Join BBA’s Leadership, Change and Culture team and play a central role in strengthening leadership capability, team effectiveness and organizational performance. As an Advisor, Design and Organizational Effectiveness, you’ll combine human-centered design, facilitation skills and organizational effectiveness practices to help leaders and teams navigate complexity, align around priorities and achieve meaningful results.

Responsibilities

• Design leadership development experiences, facilitation guides, and participant tools.
• Facilitate strategic conversations and leadership development and team effectiveness sessions.
• Conduct organizational assessments and organizational and learning diagnostics, translating findings into actionable recommendations.
• Support consulting engagements through experience design, diagnostics and intervention development.
• Advance innovative design approaches, including AI-enabled learning and capability-building solutions.
• Contribute to business development, thought leadership and continuous improvement of advisory methodologies.

Desired Qualities

• Thirst to learn and excel.
• Inspirational leadership.
• Caring mindset that puts people first.
• Rigorous and ethical.
• Fascination for innovation.
• Ability to share and pass on knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in adult education, leadership, business, OD/HR or a related field; master’s degree preferred.
• 8 to 10 years of experience in leadership development, organizational effectiveness and/or development, consulting and facilitation.
• Strong systems thinking, organizational diagnosis and facilitation capabilities.
• Experience advising senior leaders and multi-stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication, storytelling, visualization and insight translation skills.
• Advanced English skills to facilitate collaboration with other BBA offices and/or clients in English-speaking Canadian provinces and internationally; you may need to use English occasionally or daily, depending on current projects.
• Advanced French skills to facilitate collaboration with other BBA offices and/or clients in Québec.
• Advanced Spanish skills to facilitate collaboration with other BBA offices and/or clients in South America; you may need to use Spanish occasionally or daily, depending on current projects.
• Asset: experience with coaching, leadership assessments, change management approaches and AI-enabled learning tools.

Benefits and Compensation

• Annual base salary from $113,000 to $159,000.
• Annual premium program for regular employees.
• Onsite mobility premium.
• Time bank.
• Cellphone fee reimbursement.
• Group insurance plan from the first day of employment, including disability insurance and a telemedicine program.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Annual vacation and sick leave.
• Premium for employee referrals.

Additional Benefits

• Participation in innovation projects.
• Opportunity to mentor our next generation: we invest in our people and help them develop.
• A corporate culture that values expertise.
• A flexible schedule that combines office presence and working from home.
• A caring environment where everyone’s ideas are listened to and there’s no perception of hierarchy.
• A growing business with many opportunities.