Specialist: Organizational Effectiveness

**Education**
Relevant bachelor's degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) AND 8-10 years' experience in a Change Enablement / similar environment, of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level.

**Alternate**
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years experience in a Change Enablement / similar environment.

**Job Outputs**:
**Process**
- Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, and associated area's practice.
- Contribute to the optimum utilisation of org. resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans.
- Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
- Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
- Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
- Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.
- Plan for value-added, continuous practice & system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
- Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact, and use to develop best fit alternatives, best practice implementation solutions.
- Translate top-down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders.
- Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
- Provides alignment and integration between the work done by Internal and External Consultants.
- Develops strategic partnerships with the Executive Team, HR specialists, and other internal clients to identify and intervene on change management initiatives that foster Organisation learning and address corporate strategic goals and needs.
- Provides change management expertise to project management for organisation-wide projects/initiatives as required, facilitating stakeholder buy-in and support and change adoption.
- Consults with organisation leadership and HRBPs regarding strategic planning sessions for groups to clarify, communicate and act upon the vision and goals of their department within the context of the Organisations mission, vision, and values.
- Actively promote the assimilation of Organisational Effectiveness and Change Management competencies for HRBP and Line Managers through education, partnership, and consultation.
- Partner with external consultants brought in to do various initiatives by providing them with information about the organisation, support the implementation, and ensuring that follow-up assessments of effectiveness are conducted.
- Assesses risks associated with various change initiatives/projects and suggests and implements actions to manage any negative impacts.
- Conducts organisation assessments using instruments and surveys to analyse individual and group behaviour and recommends strategies for making needed changes.
- Influences and supports changes in organisational behaviour and serves as an internal consultant to facilitate team building; resolving work group conflict; changes in group in norms values and culture.
- Recommend, manage, and implement the organizational change associated with enterprise and cluster projects.

**Governance**
- Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.

**People**
- Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
- Provide specialist know-how, support, advice, and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.
- Positively influence and manage change in area of accountability.

**Finance**
- Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

**Client**
- Develop & ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence & encourage others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
- Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
- Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.