Learning and Development Manager - Gauteng at Enaex Africa

Description

• The role will strategically identify, design, and implement comprehensive training programs that cultivate employee skills, enhance organisational effectiveness, and foster a culture of continuous learning throughout Enaex Africa. By aligning training initiatives with the company's values and mission, this position aims to maximize operational excellence through enhancing employee potential, improve performance, and contribute to the overall success and growth of the organization.
• The role will also be supporting operational excellence, talent acquisition, staff development and team engagement.
• Develop and implement an L&D strategy for Africa focused on enhancing technical competency, personal development, and compliance.
• Strategically identify, design, and implement comprehensive training programs that cultivate employee skills, enhance organizational effectiveness, and foster a culture of continuous learning.
• Identify strategic learning and development initiatives to maintain a BBBEE score that is equivalent to or above level 3.
• Effective management of resources and budget
• Stakeholder engagement:  Exco, SETA’s (CHIETA & MQA), Service Providers etc.
• Policy writing and review to ensure alignment with legislation ·    
• Develop and implement department skills matrices, both technical and compliance
• Collaboration with managers to identify competency gaps, training needs and refresher training.
• General knowledge of HR principles BBBEE/EE/TAX, SETA and SD legislations
• Documentation and reporting – document accurate learner and staff progress, succession plans and training outcomes providing regular reports to HRD
• Development, implementation and monitoring of policies and procedures by applying good industry practices, regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Continuous development of the learning system (LMS)
• Develop comprehensive training materials for in-house courses, ensuring relevance and effectiveness.
• Plan and assess the return on investment for training and development programs, considering costs and adhering to budgets.
• Collaborate with various departments and conduct consultations to ensure training programs align with organizational goals and individual development plans.
• Continuously assess and improve training programs based on feedback, changing business needs, and emerging industry trends
• Keep abreast of market changes to recommend new learning technologies, methodologies etc.
• Budget and cost management, by aligning all requirements to strategic initiatives i.e. BBBEE and SETA
• Facilitation and management of the learnership tax rebate
• Management of SETA grants to reduce payroll cost.
• Manage expenditure by tracking spend against budget, reviewing and approving costs, identifying areas of under- or over-spend and implementing corrective.
• Compilation of the WSP and ATR annual submission
• Ensure compliance of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), Chief Inspector of Explosives (CIE) requirements
• OHSA and MA legal training·  
• To manage SHE training, ensure implementation is completed and noncompliance is addressed as required.
• Monitoring requirements and standards, managing completion of monitoring and managing that issues are resolved within deadlines.
• To manage SHE requirements compliance with by managing review of SHE practices, identifying noncompliance and addressing within deadlines. 
• Manage stakeholder relationships by liaising with key internal and external stakeholders and collaborating as required.
• Engage with industry stakeholders by identifying key points of impact and discussion, representing the organization, and providing input into industry related initiatives and addressing any industry related concerns or challenges.
• Manage service providers by defining and negotiating SLA’s, monitoring, and managing delivery against standards.
• Resource planning for the SD team to ensure full   capacity of trainers and administrators across Enaex Africa
• Talent and performance management, implement appropriate training plans including succession planning to ensure business continuity.
• Improve the team’s engagement and climate level.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant Training and Development or Human Resources Management.    
• Assessor/Moderator/SD Facilitator, Lead Auditor Certificate will be advantageous.   
• 10+ years’ experience in learning and development role.
• Knowledge and experience of Learning and development methodologies with special emphasis on training in Technical/Explosive/Engineering/BBBEE and soft skills
• Experience in leading a learning and development strategy focused on the Future of Work
• Good Stakeholder Management Skills 
• 5 - 8 years’ experience in explosives industry Preferred