Learning and Development Manager

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa De Beers Group of Companies Full time

Company Description
- We have an exciting opportunity for a Learning and Development Manager who will lead the development of required capabilities across the Kumba corporate and asset teams to support the delivery of performance today, and competitiveness for tomorrow at the individual, team, leader and organisational level.

Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to “re-imagine mining to improve people’s lives", delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible - from mobile phones to medicines.

**Kumba Iron Ore**

We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects - exploration; mining; processing and blending; shipping; marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Centurion, Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.

**Job Description
- As our Learning and Development Manager some of your responsibilities will include but not limited to**:

- Drive learning programs that are aligned with Anglo American’s strategic objectives and best practice guidelines and processes
- Work with P&O Managers to develop an organisation-wide learning and development strategy, which includes ‘Soft Skills’ training, Technical training and Legal & Liability training.
- Support improvement in performance outcomes through the development of targeted learning interventions ensuring there is an integrated approach.
- Oversee the effective use of the Learning Management Systems to manage and evaluate learning using key metrics to support a high impact learning culture
- Establish executive stakeholder support/buy-in and secure active participation and sponsorship for Learning & Development activities and priorities
- Develop a learning and development Performance Matrix for operational training centres.
- Benchmark best practices in the Mining & Manufacturing industry.
- Assist with the development of an organisation-wide Skills Matrix that is linked to each role
- Implement a Competency Framework and Assessment standards
- Capitalise on all funding opportunities (Merseta, MQA etc) to develop appropriate, learning and development solutions, ensuring that training solutions are compliant with regulatory standards
- Oversight of Global Academy Programmes to ensure they are regulatory-compliant and aligned to the business strategy
- Manage local regulatory engagements and submissions on skill development and Seta Learnerships by understanding the local requirements and working closely with the P&O team to ensure compliance
- Investigate and recommend how to leverage, pilot, scale and integrate the newest advances in digital learning technologies to realise the full value of learning within the learning eco-system
- Identify and embed future-fit metrics to ensure the positive impact of learning experiences, value, cost effectiveness, and learner engagement and satisfaction and business outcomes
- Establish and facilitate a collaborative and integrated learning capability that supports the Group wide Learning vision, with a specific focus on a culture of delivery and use of fit for purpose learning experiences in every operational asset
- Take accountability for the budget for the central Learning team, monitor costs, measuring value and impact, to ensure ROI for the business
- Understand the operations’ unique needs, challenges and ensure that the global agenda delivers on Business & Asset priorities
- Ensure that the global learning standards are fully utilised
- Participate in Global Networks and Projects
- Monitor, and be a local champion for, global programme rollouts of respective portfolios (e.g.: Technical Academy, Leadership Academy, Digital Academy etc), to maximise the actual business impact of global curricula locally and to provide feedback and improvements to Global Academy Portfolio Owners

**Health, Safety & Environment**:

- Demonstrate behaviour in line with health, safety and environmental standards and with the Group’s values
- Participate in relevant safety audits, inspections and observations, and address issues as part of demonstrating safety leadership
- Support the Safety Training Head to ensure a process is in place to learn from incidents and that these are incorporated into learning content and delivery, with a proper system per BU in place to monitor execution

**People / Leadership**:

- Demonstrate behaviour in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace
- Provide leadership to, and develop the performance of, your team in line with the Group’s policies and systems (e.g. performance management, talent management) to achieve business goals. As part of this:

- Develop a clear and aligned work plan for direct reports.
- Foster a constructive and productive working environment.
- Driv



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