Head: Organizational Effectiveness at DeARX Services (Pty) Ltd

• A leading bank in Sandton is seeking a Head of Organizational Effectiveness for a high-impact 5-month engagement. This role is designed for a seasoned professional who can translate employee insights, culture data, and behavioural science into practical, enterprise-wide interventions that enable measurable culture shift and sustainable high performance.
• You will play a pivotal role in helping the organisation move beyond insight and intention — toward real, embedded behavioural change.

What You'll Do:

Employee Insights (Voice of the Employee)

• Bring together data from surveys, engagement tools, and feedback
• Help design a single, easy-to-use dashboard for leaders
• Turn data into clear actions and priorities

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

• Turn DEI strategy into simple, practical behaviours
• Create clear communication and change plans
• Support rollout of a gender action plan

Culture Enablement

• Translate OHI (Organizational Health Index) results into actions
• Support key culture shifts:
• High performance
• Collaboration
• Entrepreneurial thinking
• Align existing initiatives to work better together

OE Forum Model

• Improve how Group and Cluster OE teams work together
• Define clear roles, responsibilities, and ways of working

Behavioural Insights

• Use behavioural science to understand why people act the way they do
• Design practical solutions that drive behaviour change at scale

Employer Brand

• Shape a clear internal employer brand story
• Align culture, leadership behaviour, and employee experience
• Support an internal influencer network to share real stories

What You Bring

8–10+ years in:

• Organizational Effectiveness / Culture / HR Strategy
• OR Management Consulting (people & culture focus)

Proven experience in:

• Culture transformation programmes
• Employee experience / engagement (VoE)
• Change management and communication
• DEI initiatives

Highly advantageous

• Experience in banking or large corporates
• Exposure to tools like:
• Organizational Health Index (OHI)
• People analytics / dashboards
• Experience applying behavioral science