Manager: Learning and Development (P8) at Sol Plaatje University

Job Description    

Sol Plaatje University is one of Africa’s youngest and most exciting institutions of Higher Education, a University that is committed to providing high quality learning, teaching, and research and community engagement opportunities to its students and staff. Based in Kimberley in the Northern Cape, our University is ambitious about its intellectual contributions to and engagements with people in the region and beyond.

We seek to fill the position of Manager: Learning and Development. The main purpose of this role is to provide a professional organisational development service to Schools and Departments in order to improve the effectiveness of the organisation and its members through long-range, planned, systematic, and well-managed interventions in the university’s human resource processes, structures, and systems, in anticipation of, and in response to changes in the environment at SPU.

Minimum Requirements    

• NQF 8 qualification in HRM/HRD or Industrial Psychology or any relevant
• 5-6 years of relevant experience
• 2-3 years supervisory/management experience
• Computer literate

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Actively support the Director: HR in the achievement of the University’s people management strategic objectives
• Provide input into SPU’s strategic people management objectives.
• Implement strategic objectives for portfolios reporting to the position.
• Build and maintain constructive relationships with Deans, HoD’s and Managers
• Advise and coach line managers and staff on the interpretation, application and implementation of HR policies/procedures/ processes/systems pertaining to:
• organisational development
• performance management
• staff learning and development
• employment equity
• safety and staff wellness
• change management
• Coach line managers in various employee interactions:
• induction
• probation
• performance contracting
• performance reviews
• managing incapacity and poor performance
• Facilitate the induction of new leadership in the Schools and Support units with respect to HR processes.
• Attend various management meetings and provide HR input.
• Ensure effective and continuous communication on HR issues to the Deans, Directors, HODs and Managers
• Policy & Procedure Development and Execution
• Organisational Development and Change Management
• Employment Equity
• Constitute the EE committee
• Arrange training/education for committee members
• Develop the SPU EE Plan in consultation with the EE committee
• Submit progress reports to management, the HR Committee and the Council
• Submit annual reports to DoL
• Ensure that recruitment and selection panels are informed about EE targets for SPU, Schools and departments
• Ensure EE representation at the Skills Development Committee
• Guide Line managers on the achievement of their EE targets
• Create diversity awareness
• Create awareness regarding people with disabilities
• Resource Management: Human Resources
• Resource Management: budget, finance and procurement
• Personal/Professional development
• Keep abreast of developments within the HR discipline and its implications for SPU
• Keep abreast of developments in professional conduct at SPU
• Register as a member of professional bodies to keep abreast of all developments (where appropriate)
• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting