Group Talent, Organisational Development and Employee Wellbeing Intern at Barloworld Limited

Core purpose of the role

The graduate internship is aimed at providing young talent with a unique opportunity to gain hands-on professional experience that will prepare them for gainful employment whilst making a meaningful contribution to the organisation in the various areas of exposure.

Job Objectives/Key Responsibilities

Strategic / Financial

• Effectively participate and contribute in organisational design initiatives (i.e. job design, grading, etc.) for effective execution of the organisation's strategic plan.
• Effectively contribute in strategic talent matching and resourcing process design and implementation
• Effectively contribute in organisational and talent development initiatives (i.e. mentorship and coaching programmes, etc.).
• Effectively contribute in talent management efforts (i.e. succession planning, HiPo identification, talent analysis, etc.) in line with the organisation's business continuity and talent retention strategy.
• Support the design and implementation of various employee experience and diagnostics initiatives.
• Contribute in the design of initiatives and programmes aimed at improving organisational culture and employee engagement
• Participate in projects aimed at enhancing employee well-being and optimizing talent performance.
• Support change management strategies to help employees transition, adapt and adopt change.

Operational

• Conduct data collection, accurate analysis and reporting on various IOP, OD, and wellbeing related diagnostics.
• Coordinate and facilitate implementation of psychometric assessments and 360 Leadership assessments processes.
• Support implementation and business understanding and adoption of related practices.
• Render administrative function to the Group Talent, Organisational Development and Employee Wellbeing for delivery efficiency
• Keep abreast of industry developments within area of practice for effective and competent learning and execution of responsibilities.

Stakeholders (internal & external customers, suppliers, shareholders, communities)

• Closely engage and collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to manage and coordinate the delivery of specific related projects, plans and priorities.
• Build relationships with relevant stakeholders in order to achieve OD, Talent and Wellbeing objectives. Employees

Internal and External customers

Internal Stakeholders

• Needs analysis
• Intervention implementation
• Feedback/Reporting

External Stakeholders

• Solutioning related
• Delivery coordination

Overview: Essential individual competencies to be successful in the job
Academic qualifications
Essential:

• Honours in Industrial/Organisational/Research Psychology – Essential
• Coaching Certification - Desirable
• Change Management Certification - Desirable
• Organisational Design Practitioner - Desirable
• Organisational Design Practitioner - Desirable
• Registered Psychometrist - Desirable

Knowledge Essential:

• Job Design and Grading Principles
• Organisational Development
• Organisational Culture and Employee Wellbeing
• Integrated Talent Management: Talent Identification – Matching – Development - Performance Optimisation
• Succession Planning Principles
• Psychometrics
• Research Methodology

Skills Essential:

• Working with Words
• Working with Numbers
• Learning Aptitude
• Applying Rules
• Discovering Rules
• Report Writing
• Analytical Reasoning
• Data Analytics
• Critical Thinking
• Emotional Intelligence
• Coordinating with Others