Leadership Development Specialist

1 month ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Santam Insurance Full time

A position of Leadership Development Specialist exists within the Human Resources department at Santam based in Johannesburg.

The purpose of the role is to develop and maintain an emphasis on internal and external learning initiatives focused on leadership development with the use of external partners where appropriate. This role assists with the development, design, and execution of specific programmes and initiatives to support aspiring leaders to develop the knowledge and skills required to step up to managerial and leadership roles.

What will make you successful in this role?

- Supports the execution of the leadership development strategy and deployment of innovative learning solutions and talent management with the objective of enhancing organisational capability and talent productivity.
- Responsible for delivering within the broader areas of Leadership and People Development.
- Responsible for executing, managing, and evaluating organisation-wide learning programs.
- Responsible for managing, prioritising, aligning, and enabling the implementation of strategic programs, initiatives, and projects specific to leadership and career development.
- Supports functional leaders for the effective management of top talent.
- Supports the design and execution of the leadership development strategy in a holistic and interdisciplinary approach.
- Builds initiatives around principles and practices that expressly ensure that the organisation’s talent pipeline is developed in line with business strategic goals and objectives.
- Partners with the business to identify leadership development needs and devise solutions which deliver successful outcomes.
- Explores emerging technologies to create or adopt new innovations in delivering the best learning experience for the business.
- Leverages existing technologies available in the business to build and develop future-fit skills required to deliver on the organisation’s business strategy.
- Leverages data analytics to articulate ROI of leadership development investments made.
- Acts as a relationship partner with all learning service providers and ensures adherence to SLAs.
- Responsible for monthly and quarterly reporting for management purposes.
- Drives the execution of the Digital learning strategy by developing a range of customised initiatives and campaigns focused on learning consumption.
- Works with the Learning Ops team to manage all skills development processes and requirements.
- Partners with Sanlam on the successful implementation of all group-wide initiatives.

Qualification and Experience

- 5 years’ experience in leadership development.

Knowledge and Skills

- Computer literacy skills (Excel, PowerPoint, see skills required for full list).
- Good communication, analytical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Track record of creating innovative and measurable solutions to business challenges.
- Strong data analytics and experience with relevant software e.g. Power BI.
- Previous experience operating in a centre of excellence.
- Previous experience in analysing information and using this to inform recommendations and implement practical solutions.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others.

Customer focus - Contributing through others.

Drives results - Contributing through others.

Collaborates - Contributing through others.

Being resilient - Contributing through others.

About The Company

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly entering into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

At Santam, we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals, we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Division's Employment Equity targets.

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