Senior Specialist: People Change Manager

1 week ago

Sandton, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

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

CIB is a leading global investment and commercial bank that provides a wide range of financial services to clients across various sectors and regions. We are committed to leveraging data as a strategic asset and a source of competitive advantage. To achieve this, we need to cultivate a strong data culture and enhance data literacy throughout our business units and functions. We also need to ensure that our data activities are aligned with the highest standards of ethical conduct and social responsibility.

As the Head of Data Culture, Talent & Ethics, you will be responsible for developing and driving the execution of strategies that build towards a robust data culture and enhance data literacy throughout CIB. You will also oversee the implementation of data ethics initiatives that ensure our data practices are consistent with our values and principles. You will work closely with various stakeholders across the organization, supporting and aligning with existing initiatives and programs.

**Job Description**:
Key Accountabilities
- Develop a Data Culture, Talent, and Ethics initiative roadmap that defines the vision, goals, and milestones for enhancing data culture and literacy and ensuring data ethics across CIB.
- Talent and Capability mapping that identifies the current and future data skills and competencies required for CIB and assesses the gaps and opportunities for improvement.
- Execute on Data Culture and Literacy initiatives that include designing and delivering data education and awareness programs, creating, and promoting data communities and networks, and facilitating data sharing and collaboration across CIB.
- Execute on Data Ethics initiatives that include developing and implementing data ethics policies and guidelines, establishing, and monitoring data ethics governance and oversight mechanisms, and promoting data ethics awareness and best practices across CIB.

Education and Experience Required
- Educated to degree level, ideally in a related field.
- Minimum of 5-8 years working on data culture and literacy related projects.
- Technically proficient data professional with relevant working experience of data literacy, data ethics, data governance, privacy and/or risk/compliance.
- Involved in building the Data capability in an organization, especially in data literacy uplift, culture, and business change.
- Desirable to have worked in a similar role in an investment or commercial bank.

Education

Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (required)
- Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_

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