Functional Area: Human Resources/Workforce
*The following action items will be addressed by one team.
Action Item 37*
Identify critical positions where collaborative competencies are needed and refine position descriptions to include these competencies.Action Item 38*
Create collaborative competency curriculum.Action Item 39*
Utilize the Department’s Learning Management System to ensure that collaborative competencies are a part of each employee and manager’s skill set.Team Lead: Lorri Gray, Program Manager, Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, Lower Colorado Region
Team Members:
- Bob Quint, Director, Washington Office Operations
- Tino Tafoya, Program Manager, Snake River Area Office, Pacific Northwest Region
- Carol DeAngelis, Area Manager, Western Colorado Area Office, Upper Colorado Region
- Micheal Jackson, Area Manager, South Central California Area Office, Mid-Pacific Region
- Mark Boyle, Chief, Infrastructure Services Division, Technical Service Center
- Norma Martinez, Learning Officer, Human Resources Office, Administration
- Bert Salisbury, Group Manager, Human Resources Office, Administration
Objectives:
- Identify critical positions throughout the organization that are required to engage with stakeholders in order to accomplish Reclamation’s work. Once the positions are identified,
- Develop tools that can be used to communicate expectations of performance associated with collaborative skills and identify methods for developing and enhancing these skills in the workforce.
Tasks:
- Identify critical positions which require the use of collaborative competencies.
- Draft paragraph for inclusion in Position Descriptions and draft.
- Identify skills needed to accomplish Reclamation’s work in a collaborative manner throughout several levels of the organization.
- Compile a list of curriculum or developmental activities for obtaining collaborative competencies and appropriate delivery systems to include but not limited to the Learning Management System.
Milestones:
- July 2006: Release critical positions which require use of collaborative competencies and Position Description language.
- Sept 2006: Release list of skills needed to achieve collaborative competencies.
- Mar 2007: Release curriculum and developmental activities and appropriate delivery mechanisms.
Products: (If you would like to provide comments on any draft products, visit the Draft Products page.)