Head: Learning and Development - Johannesburg, South Africa - Nedbank

Description

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant

REQ Keabetswe Modise

Job Family

Career Stream

Organisational Effectiveness (Learning and OD)

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

To manage the Learning and Development function effectively and efficiently to ensure business objectives are met for current and future challenges, in line with Nedbanks business strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure transformational target are met through consideration of targets, the learning nomination process of learners and utilising suppliers listed on the preferred supplier list for retail.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals and support business strategies that improve the corporate image by ensuring self; managers and team participation in Nedbank culture building initiatives. Participate and ensure managers encourage staff to participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy.
• Ensure issues raised in culture survey are addressed and results are improved by ensuring action plans are created.
• Deliver a world class service through others by ensuring a client centric culture through required interventions.
• Identify areas of resource inefficiencies and promote optimisation through promoting multi-skilling and addressing capacity gaps by reviewing and improving work processes.
• Give guidance and advise to ensure alignment between divisional and retail plans / initiatives targets.
• Ensure efficient utilisation of resources across various divisions through regular feedback and influencing.
• Manage client service delivery through monthly meetings and reviews in group and individually as part of governance and as per business needs.
• Ensure stakeholders are on target through monthly feedback from individual business unit and providing guidance and advice regarding delivery and new ways of finding optimal solutions for business needs.
• Build and maintain external stakeholder relationships through monthly meetings and regular updates.
• Monitor budgets through reporting; operating within budgets or targets, forecasting and giving advise and guidance.
• Ensure due process is followed by capturing of data within Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and set timelines.
• Optimise efficiency and embed correct values by ensuring direct reports understand and support Nedbank's vision, values and strategy and are measured on delivery against these
• Manage performance of reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports by implementing performance agreements, ensuring a clear vision, agreeing on goals and objectives, providing regular feedback on performance ,recognising and rewarding achievement and take appropriate corrective action where required.
• Identify relevant development needs by assessing own performance and behaviour through formal and informal feedback.
• Drive to execute own and direct reports planned development by attending learning; seeking coaching or other industry or technical learning events and opportunities.
• Maintain a capable high performing team by identifying a talent pool through conducting career conversations and utilising the talent grid principles and developing talent retention programmes.
• Build depth of skills and knowledge in the team of managers by sharing knowledge and insight with team members Suring mentoring, coaching and day to day activities.
• Ensure continuous improvement goals are achieved by creating an environment whereby self, managers and team are encouraged to challenge the status quo by initiating constructive debates about work practices and areas for improvement.
• Improve productivity and reduce costs by improving work processes through offering innovative ideas and input and soliciting input from managers and teams.

Job Responsibilities Continue

• Understanding of L&D framework and practices
• Ability to understand L&D Strategy and translate into deliverables.
• Work high level as well as in the detail.
• Knowledge of building Academies and Centres of Excellence
• Knowledge and understanding of Digital Learning Platforms
• Knowledge and understanding of building Talent Pipelines

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Professional Qualifications/Honour's Degree

Preferred Qualification

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Minimum Experience Level

• 8- 10 years relevant functional and management experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Budgeting
• Business administration and management
• Business principles
• Business terms and definitions
• Business writing
• Capacity planning
• Change management
• Client service management
• Communication Strategies
• Diversity management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Organisational behaviour theory
• Principles of project management
• Relevant Nedbank product knowledge
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Strategic planning
• Talent management
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• Governance, risk and controls

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Partnerships
• Decision Making
• Inspiring others
• Guiding Team Success
• Driving for Results
• Planning and Organizing

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at