Manager – Swakop Uranium 655 views

Company                                                                                                                                      Swakop Uranium

Reference #                                                                                                                                 SU-VAC-60

Introduction

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

Coordinate activities and processes related to organizational development and training, such as performance management, succession and talent management, job evaluation and design, workforce planning and organizational design; designing and implementing career development plans, Skills Development programs, administering competency assessments and ensuring compliance with the Affirmative Action and Skills Levy requirements.

Key Performance Areas:

• Liaise with line management and draw up workplace skills inventory in terms of the required competencies and skills and ensure it is aligned with the talent and succession management plan.
• Conduct annual training needs analysis with relevant discipline head, to determine individual, departmental and organizational soft and technical skills training
• Conduct an analysis on the workplace skills inventory and make recommendations to management to address shortcomings.
• Assist with the design and development of training programs with relevant departments for use internally. (these includes apprenticeship programs, on the job training and professional development.)
• Organizational Culture: Conduct organizational culture mapping/survey exercises at various intervals as a tracking mechanism of culture issues or alignment with performance; Coordinate all culture intervention programs and initiatives in conjunction with the Superintendent: OD & Recruitment; Perform all associated administrative duties/functions pertaining to any cultural programs or events; Facilitate introductory culture training program to all new employees; Ensure culture training materials and booklets are available for induction purposes.
• Performance Management: Maintain performance appraisal document control and conduct refresher performance management training annually; Assist with compliance reviews to ensure performance plans, progress reviews, and summary ratings comply with policies and procedures; Ensure that KPI templates are updated annually, with business objectives and behaviors that will drive values and initiate programs to sustain the desired behavior.
• Job evaluation and design: Keep record of all job descriptions and arrange job evaluation meetings as and when required; Liaise with relevant EUD’s in terms of the correctness and relevance of job descriptions.
• Provide direct support to EUDs with the annual planning of the Workforce plan by verifying current complement with new complements required.
• Draft organizational structures in conjunction with the EUD’s and submit to Management for review.
• Maintain the organizational structure on the HR management system and Visio program and ensure correctness and accuracy.
• Verify reporting line and cost center allocations to ensure correct allocation and labor cost to the relevant departments.
• Run monthly report and keep record of all organizational structure or position changes.
• Assist EUD’s with the construction of all in-house assessments to ensure adherence to the code of conduct for assessments.
• Ensure appropriate assessment batteries are used for a particular role and confirm license requirements with relevant service providers.
• Review assessments process and make recommendations for improvements as and when required.
• Ensure all assessment reports are kept confidential and are stored in a safe place.
• Supervise all activities related to assessment and ensure OD Officials are properly trained to administer assessments.
• Bursars: Obtain a report from OD Officer and compile a submission to Management on the allocation of bursaries; Manage the bursary schemes in terms of submission of academic reports, payment of invoices and arrangements for internships.
• Graduates: Ensure graduate reviews are scheduled and any short comings of performance are addressed at the appropriate levels; Process all progressions and obtain performance reviews to support progressions; Ensure that graduate programs are current and updated to facilitate appropriate skills transfer and enhancement; Draw up annual graduate plans and submit to the Superintendent: OD & Recruitment for review.
• Internships: Liaise with relevant tertiary and vocational training center to ensure compliance with SU’s memorandum of understanding for internships; Ensure internship reports and presentations are done and submitted by the interns to the relevant institutions where required; Monitor progress of internships and make recommendation for improvements.

• Key Skills/Understudy/succession planning programs: Ensure that understudy and succession programs are adhered to by liaising with EUD’s on a regular basis; Assist the Superintendent: OD & Recruitment with the annual organizational capability reviews; Conduct surveys to recommend improvements on skills development programs.
• Provide support to the Superintendent OD & Recruitment the with implementation and execution of the OD strategy.

Requirements

Requirements and experience:

• BTech/Bachelor Degree in Industrial Psychology or Human Resources Development/Human Resources Management.
• Certification in administering assessments.
• At least 5 years’ experience as a Senior OD Practitioner with good knowledge of organizational development practices and methodology.
• Experience in coordinating performance management processes, succession and talent management, workforce planning and organizational design.
• Working experience in SAP Organizational Management system.
• Experience in coordination of Skills Development programs such as Graduate and bursary scheme and internship programs.
• Sound understanding of competency assessments and application thereof.
• Knowledge of principles/methodologies/methods for training design.
• Implementation of Affirmative Action and job evaluation and design.
• Valid Code B/BE Driver’s License.