OD and Change Specialist at NSFAS

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and Drive Organisational Design
• Support senior managers with alignment of departmental structures to ensure future-fit teams that perform optimally
• Update and maintain the primary organisation structure in collaboration with Human Resources 
• Business Partners
• Facilitate job profiling and job grading sessions
• Update and maintain the jobs library and ensure each role has a job description
• Support the job evaluation process by providing job profiles and grade required
• Support the performance management team with facilitation of 360-degree feedback as well as management of data
• Provides thought leadership in the design and development of key organisational design and development projects, including acquisitions/integrations
• Develop and drive Organisational Development interventions
• Develop a process for socialising and embedding values in the organisation
• Conduct employee engagement surveys through utilisation of various tools
• Conduct focus-group sessions to establish priorities from engagement surveys
• Conduct culture assessments and support leadership with initiatives to drive and maintain suitable behaviours
• Enable the human resources team with required frameworks and toolkits aligned to chosen methodologies
• Design, develop and support with the implementation of leadership development programmes
• Collaborate with teams to create systems and structures that support goals and transformational change
• Leads and/or consults on highly complex projects that are typically transformational in nature and have significant departmental or functional impact
• Engages in employee review and organisational investigations that require sensitivity, political deftness, and a high degree of discretion and professional judgment

Minimum requirements:

• NQF 7 Qualification in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology and/or Organisational Design
• Change Management Certification
• 5 - 7 years’ experience in Change Management and Organisational Design, including 3 years in a Specialist/Senior Consultant role.
• Knowledge of job profiling and job grading
• Sound knowledge of change management methodology and tools deployment
• Experience leading complex and/or large-scale organisational effectiveness projects
• End-to-end project exposure across private and/or public sector environments Preferred
• NQF 8 Qualification in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology and/or Organisational Design
• Project Management Certification
• Over 8 years ‘experience in Change Management and Organisational Design
• Advanced working knowledge of Project Management methodology and approaches
• Advanced knowledge of job profiling and job grading

Skill and Competencies:

• Computer skills required:
• MS Word –Intermediate
• MS Excel – Intermediate
• MS Power Point – Advanced
• MS Outlook – Basic
• Ability to understand and interpret strategy
• Oral and written communication skills
• Facilitation and Coaching skills
• Emotional Intelligence
• Managing Complexity
• Collaboration
• Flexible and adaptable
• Resilient and tenacious
• Persuasiveness
• Follow up and follow through
• Critical analytical thinking
• Business acumen
• Strategic thinking

PLEASE NOTE: Closing date: 8 February 2026