Head: Organisational Effectiveness & Talent
Full time
at Sanlam Limited
in
South Africa
Posted on February 1, 2025
Job details
Head: Organisational Effectiveness & Talent
Date: 27 Jan 2025 Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA A position of Head: Organisational Effectiveness & Talent Management exists in Santam Human Capital team. The position could be based in either Sandton or Bellville. The Head of Organisational Effectiveness and Talent Management is responsible for leading and driving the strategic direction and execution of the organisational effectiveness centre of expertise, providing best practice thinking and delivery on a broad range of organisation design and development initiatives. This role is also responsible for leading talent management initiatives, including overseeing talent development, performance management, leadership development, succession planning, and employee engagement. The role ensures that the organisation's workforce is equipped with the right capabilities, leadership strength, and culture to meet long-term business goals. This position is pivotal in fostering a high-performance environment and ensuring that talent management practices are aligned with the company’s strategic vision.What will make you successful in this role?
- Development and implementation, in conjunction with the Executive Head: Human Capital, of an organisational development strategy, covering all areas of OE.
- Design, delivery and management of all OE related projects and initiatives, both at a Santam level and local business unit level.
- Drive all organisational culture and engagement initiatives; develop and implement strategies to narrow the gap between the desired and actual culture.
- Support the organisation in areas of organisational redesign, team development and change management.
- Facilitate capacity building to enable line management to lead and manage change.
- Own and improve all practices related to employee performance management.
- Develop and implement the Diversity strategy, embedding diversity in the Santam culture.
- Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive talent management strategy that aligns with the organisation’s business goals.
- Implement frameworks for talent identification, development, and retention across the organisation.
- Drive a culture of continuous learning, performance excellence, and leadership development.
- Ensure that talent development programs are inclusive and cater to diverse employee needs.
- Partner with senior leadership to assess and implement succession planning processes.
- Lead and manage the Organisational Effectiveness and Talent Management team.
Qualification
- Postgraduate Degree in Industrial Psychology/Human Resources
- Registered with HPCSA (advantageous)
Knowledge and Experience
- 8-10 years’ experience in developing and leading the implementation of OE strategies.
- 8-10 years’ experience in talent management or leadership development, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulatory changes.
- Sound experience in strategic management of organisational change.
- Proven experience designing and leading talent development and succession planning initiatives.
- Consulting experience in large-scale organisations.
- Demonstrated success in building and delivering on a corporate OE strategy.
- Experience in engaging with key business and external partners.
- Ability to travel regularly.
Skills
- Expertise in talent management practices.
- Design/Conceptualisation skills; creativity and new thinking.
- Analytical thinking and ability to draw inferences.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills.
- High stress tolerance and strong client service orientation.
- Ability to deal with confidentiality.
- Report writing skills.
- Ability to think outside the box.
- High initiative and proactive approach.
- Professionalism and excellent judgement.
- Ability to work independently.
- Computer literate (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
Core Competencies
- Cultivates innovation - Contributing strategically
- Customer focus - Contributing strategically
- Drives results - Contributing strategically
- Collaborates - Contributing strategically
- Being resilient - Contributing strategically
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