Talent Management

The Talent Management and Organizational Development Specialist is accountable to the Unit Head: Human Resources of the Coega Development Corporation (CDC).
- MANDATE
- The Talent Management and Organizational Development Specialist is mandated by the Executive Manager: Corporate Services to provide support to the Human Resources Management Unit to ensure that it delivers on its mandate and meets its organizational objectives.
- DESCRIPTION
- ** RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS**

The primary responsibility of the Talent Management and Organizational Development Specialist is essentially to assist the Unit Head HR with the execution of projects that focus on advancing talent, performance and organizational development priorities. The incumbent will be responsible for designing and implementing strategies and programs that attract, develop, and retain top talent, while fostering a culture of learning, growth, and continuous improvement.

**Talent Management**
- Develop the Talent Management framework, tool and system that will drive the integrated organizational performance in alignment with company strategic objectives;
- Ensure that the Talent Management elements such as talent acquisition, talent development, talent forums, talent succession and rewards are fully integrated;
- Collaborate with senior leadership and the learning and development department to assess leadership needs and implement targeted development programs to strengthen leadership capabilities and succession pipelines;
- Provide input into central company capacity planning framework and process and provide input into the development of the Employee Value Proposition and Employee Segmentation model;
- Provide central repository functions for all performance-related information and matters of the organization, liaising with all the relevant BU’s;
- Partner with Business Units and Programmes to effectively implement talent management and organisational development interventions;
- Responsible for talent management processes as needed to ensure a progressive talent development approach and environment;
- Maintain inventory of preferred solutions used for Talent Management such as 360, readiness assessments, executive assessments, coaching reports, competency profiles etc;
- Facilitate and maintain the update of the CDC's Competency Framework and ensure integration with the skills development initiatives;
- Manage the implementation of career pathing and talent development initiatives in consultation and collaboration with various teams and line managers;
- Coordinate and support the development of employee engagement initiatives and strategies and provide day to day support to the CDC’s satellite/regional offices to improve engagement and ensure that the development programmes runs successfully;
- Champion, facilitate, and support talent management initiatives, projects and services in the organisation and all satellite offices;
- Drive process improvement and contribute to talent leading practices for continuous enhancement of the talent identification and development initiatives;
- Develop effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders;
- Ensure effective and optimal utilization of all talent management systems; Work with the Unit Head HR to ensure optimum business experience and satisfaction;
- Work closely with the Unit Head HR and partner with Business Units/Programmes to support execution and integration of change management plans on all human capital development and talent initiatives;
- Work with the Unit Head HR to examine the reality of succession management strategies and plans;
- Coordinate the Annual talent Review process including talent assessment, succession planning and development plan execution;
- Develop and implement exit interviews and employee retention surveys to identify key factors that influence turnover and recommend measures to address them;
- Use insight and perform analysis using feedback from a variety of sources to accurately report to the Head of HR and management on employee performance and improvement;
- Take leadership in the integration of all trainees into operations through the Internship Programme;
- Ensure that all talent management practices are compliant with labour laws, industry regulations, and ethical standards;
- Design and implement customised talent assessment processes, batteries and practices that meet the talent needs of businesses in line with CDC’s strategy and Operating Model;
- Evaluate the suitability of available assessment services and offerings to address business specific needs;
- Source and identify relevant assessment tools that meets the standards of the (HPCSA) Health Professions Council of South Africa, to assess skills, abilities and interests for the purpose of employee selection, placement, promotion and development;
- Design, map and manage the full spectrum of the assessment process including scoring, interpreting and reporting;
- Administe