Organisation Development Consultant

**Job ID**
- 137636
- Closing Date: 24 January 2025

**Job Purpose**
- To influence and implement strategically sound OD practices and processes aligned to Nedbank Wealth Centre and Wealth Management SA business practices for sustainable organisational development & and effectiveness that will benefit and drive a positive culture and employee experience for Nedbank and drive business effectives through culture and change initiatives.

**Responsibilities**:

- Build credible business partnerships through professionalism and quality of advice and leadership.
- Engage various stakeholders deliberately and proactively through communication, collaboration and dedicating time.
- Influence and coach key stakeholders to enable effectiveness of organisational development and change.
- Build change management capability by role modelling the competencies of change leadership. Analyse and interpret culture and business indicators through observation in order to consistently deliver on business needs.
- Build trust through integrity and ethical behaviours
- Co-create various strategic plans by making contributions that help determine the strategic people management enablers, contribute to and challenge the relevant business cases.
- Articulate people impact required by integrating various diagnostic indicators.
- Implement innovative OD and change practices through the design and development of initiatives.
- Facilitate talent management conversations and integrate talent management practices by engaging with different clusters.
- Collate and present business reports that highlight the progress; value add and possibilities for further growth and development.
- Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives. Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy.
- Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
- Coordinate cost effective interventions by assessing business requirements and needs and sourcing appropriate internal or external solutions.
- Manage and optimise own business expenses in relation to the outputs or delivery of the role by aligning to the agreed budget or transfer pricing.
- Deliver on business requirements by prioritising and planning own activities in relation to the agreed requirements.
- Give advice on the improvement of business effectiveness by assessing and analysing various business indicators and putting forward recommendations.
- Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned.
- Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
- Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
- Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
- Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.

**Essential Qualifications - NQF Level**
- Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

**Preferred Qualification**
- Masters Degree
- Registered Industrial psychologist with HPCSA

**Essential Certifications**
- Preference for registration with Health Professions Council as Psychometrics or Psychologist

**Minimum Experience Level**
- Minimum 5 years psychometric and related consulting.
- Minimum 8 years organisational development and effectiveness consulting experience in a complex environment.
- Relevant accreditations in change management (preferably PROSCI) and/or team development instruments (i.e., Insights) and/or coaching.
- Exceptional facilitator up to Senior Management level.
- Experience (not exposure) in talent management / development / strategic workforce planning.
- Proven track record of successfully implementing organisational development and change management initiatives.

**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Budgeting
- Business administration and management
- Business principles
- Business terms and definitions
- Change management
- Client service principles
- Communication Strategies
- Consumer behaviour
- Diversity management
- Employee training/development
- Financial Accounting Principles
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Operations planning
- Organisational systems
- Principles of project management
- Relevant regulatory knowledge
- Service level agreements
- Staff resource planning
- Strategic planning
- Business writing skills
- Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
- Client Service Management

**Behavioural Competencies**
- Building Partnerships
- Earning Trust
- Coaching
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