Organisational Effectiveness Lead

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**Role Purpose/Business Unit**:
**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Work closely with the business area leadership, HR leadership, Vodafone representatives, and HRBPs to execute on transformational objectives in line with the organisational strategy.
- Represent the OE work stream and act as the OE authority around all operational and tactical OE activities and inputs required by complex multi-disciplinary, multi-geography transformational projects that often involve senior stakeholders from Vodacom and Vodafone Group.
- Adopt a Vodacom Group perspective on transformational activities, and actively collaborate with senior Vodacom OPCO leaders to enable Group wide transformational ambitions.
- Independently present and communicate OE recommendations and perspectives to large and senior audiences, in alignment with the EHOD: OE & Change.
- Continuously diagnose organisational effectiveness and organisational sizing & efficiency opportunities and implement these in a sustainable manner. Support company-wide digital transformation projects from and end-to-end OE perspective, as well as change and transformation initiatives through effective micro and macro-level organisation design
- In partnership with the relevant HRBP, develop and drive a continuous efficiency agenda for the business by assessing and improving OE metrics such as average span, deepest layers, management ratios, employment cost, headcount and other metrics.
- Shape and influence future thinking around organisational operating models and design, ways of working, efficiency and managing change by drawing best practice from Vodafone Group teams and external market sources.

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- Drive simplification and reduce duplication of activities & processes within defined business environments by sustainably re-focussing resources to new revenue streams and/or strategic enablers through detailed analysis.
- Create a strong and effective partnering relationship with the relevant HRBPs and in-market HR Directors and teams to add business value by enabling the HR priorities.
- Support HRBPs with effective workforce planning.
- Contribute to innovative approaches to projects and initiatives, effective problem solving as well as a culture of new idea generation, calculated risk-taking and knowledge sharing.
- Scout the external market for ideas and new, innovative ways of working which will deliver business benefits for Vodacom.
- Create and recommend frameworks and governance models to address business challenges from an OE perspective, in conjunction with the OE Leadership team.
- Ensure consistent and accurate implementation of job architecture across the Vodacom Group Conduct job evaluation in line with agreed governance for defined business areas.

**Leadership**:

- Be an ambassador of the Spirit of Vodacom by role modelling the behaviours of 1) getting it done together, 2) earning customer loyalty, 3) creating the future, 4) experimenting and learning fast.
- Openly demonstrate self-awareness and commitment to improvement of self and others

**Must have technical/professional qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management/Organisational Psychology or related field (essential)
- Postgraduate degree in Human Resource Management or related field (advantageous)
- 8+ years’ relevant work experience with proven exposure to organisational effectiveness (organisation design & operating models),
- Proven exposure to business restructuring, transformation and people change initiatives (incl. working with senior business leaders)
- Demonstrated experience in multi-country, Group-based project execution, as well as operating at a tactical level across multiple businesses and geographies.
- Knowledge and exposure to organization design and methodology
- Understanding and experience in workforce planning (headcount & employment cost), job architecture and job evaluation.
- Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills, with demonstrated leadership qualities within the OE domain.
- Strong learning agility and curiosity, and ability to shape future thinking around best practice organisation design
- Contribute innovative approaches to problem-solving
- Contribute to a culture of new idea generation, calculated risk-taking and knowledge-sharing within team and broader
- Provide coaching and propagate best practice/ knowledge transfer across Vodacom Group

**We make an impact by offering**:

- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications**:10 February 2024.**

The base location for this role is** Midrand, Vodacom Campus.**

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