Specialist: Learning
5 days ago
Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together one story at a time.
- With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.Job Summary
To provide advice and support in the development and implementation of area of specialisation planning and associated service delivery processes, methods and techniques; enabling the provision of sound human resources expertise.
**Job Description**:
Key Accountabilities:
Commercial awareness and strategic partnering:
- Accountable for the execution and implementation of the BU people strategies that supports the delivery of the BU area plans.
- Sets clear direction and plans for 6 - 12 months, and is able to adjust and vary resources in response to changing situations.
- Has a basic understanding of the global market place, competitive position and commercial drivers for a complex, large scale business.
- Uses analytics, data and trends both internally and externally to diagnose management issues and recommend effective solutions.
- Actively networks with colleagues outside team and with external contacts in the market.
- Engages in understanding the vision and understands their contribution in the delivery.
Trusted Advisor:
- Provides advice to the management team on people matters and acts as a sounding board and coach.
- Has influence and credibility with managers in their Business Unit.
- Coach and mentor business leaders, providing challenge where required.
Execute HR Delivery:
- Provides service and advice on the following key HR processes to their client by undertaking the following:
- Partner with the People Partners and Cluster LLT Leads to support the scoping and analysis of the L&D and Talent Management components in execution the dynamic skills strategy
- Support the LLT Leads to analyst BU strategies to ensure that the most critical skills are prioritized and capabilities uplifted in the delivery of the BU Strategy
- Operationalise the business strategy into a people strategy for management teams and ensure that workforce plans are embedded with relevant analytics and insights
- Support and participates in major and HR Projects.
- Responsible for Management team talent reviews, succession planning activities and talent and capability development.
- Delivers Leadership and Learning programmes via specialists, specifies internal capabilities gaps and ensures relevant assessments, development and coaching in place.
- Ensures effective employee engagement for the Business Unit in conjunction with the Functional Leader, supporting the HR Operations planning and service quality management.
- Consistently meets customer needs within time, resources and budget constraints, and delivers against overall targets.
- Ensures seamless delivery and interaction with specialist teams for their area. Assists in implementation of projects.
- Case manages more complex issues than transactional tasks - which are to be sourced via HR Operations. Empower line managers to undertake people management responsibilities.
Qualifications and Experience
Honours Degree in Industrial/Organisational Psychology (or equivalent)
Demonstrated Experience in the field of Behavioural Sciences
Education
Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Human and Social Studies (required)
- Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_
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