Group Leadership Development Lead - Johannesburg, South Africa - FirstRand

FirstRand

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Job Description

To lead and direct the creation and execution of a leadership development strategy and programmes that are future-fit to support the business strategic imperatives.

About Us:

FirstRand is a portfolio of integrated financial services businesses and offers a universal set of transactional, lending, investment and insurance product and services.

The group operates in South Africa, certain markets in sub-Saharan Africa, the UK, and India.

Differentiated by its owner-manager culture, the FirstRand group comprises FNB, RMB, WesBank, Direct Axis, Aldermore and Ashburton Investments.

FCC represents the group-wide corporate functions: a team of diverse, multi-disciplinary professionals with a passion to grow, stretch, support, and enable the group in a human-centric and empathetic way.

We believe people are the single most important resource. Therefore, FirstRand empowers them, holds them accountable andthen rewards them based on performance. We recruit passionate self-starters who care and lead their area of responsibility as if it were their own business.

Roles Responsibilities:

Strategic planning: develop and execute a comprehensive, worldclass, contemporary strategy for developing leaders at all levels of the organisation
Programme design: design innovative and effective leadership development programmes, that incorporating next and best practices and staying updated on industry trends keeping programmes fresh and relevant
Thought leadership: generate pioneering ideas, insights, and opinions and share them with others to influence, inspire, and lead the business and human capital
Talent Pipeline Development: partner with colleagues in talent management in nurturing high potential leaders, ensuring a robust pipeline for future leadership opportunities
Global Perspective: consider global perspectives and cultural nuances in leadership development initiatives, maintaining the optimum balance between global mindset and local relevance
Stakeholder engagement: collaborate with senior leaders and other stakeholders to integrate leadership development into talent strategies
Impact and measurement: establish measurable metrics to evaluate solutions, demonstrate impact and enhance overall quality of programmes

Skills and mindset

You will bring the following: