Senior Specialist: Organizational Effectiveness and Change at Vodacom

Role Purpose

• The role is accountable to lead the Organisation Effectiveness (OE) agenda for defined business units within Vodacom South Africa and will be required to provide subject matter expertise and guidance to the International OPCO HR teams as required. The role will support and enable Organisational Effectiveness & Change strategy through identifying and leading the development and implementation of OE projects and initiatives that will include, amongst others, organisation design and diagnosis, data analytics, organisation effectiveness & efficiency, maintenance of organisational job architecture as well as change and cultural transformation.
• The incumbent will be required to partner and share expert knowledge and best practice in an agile fashion with various internal stakeholders such as HRBPs and line executives.
   

Your responsibilities will include:

• Work closely with functional leaders, executive leaders and HRBPs to align functions to the business strategy through proactive and continuous diagnosis of organisational effectiveness, organisational sizing and implementing sustainable organisational improvements
• Support company-wide digital transformation projects as well as business unit specific change and transformation initiatives through effective micro and macro level organisation design 
• In partnership with the relevant HRBP, develop and drive a continuous efficiency agenda for defined business areas by assessing and improving OE metrics such as average span, deepest layers, management ratios, ineffective line managers, employment costs and other metrics.
• Shape and influence future thinking around organisational operating models and design, ways of working, efficiency and managing change by drawing best practice from Vodafone Group teams and external market sources.
• Drive simplification and reduce duplication of activities & processes within defined business environments by sustainably re-focussing resources to new revenue streams and/or strategic enablers through detailed analysis.
• Create a strong and effective partnering relationship with the relevant HRBP(s) to add business value by enabling the HR priorities.
• Support HRBPs with effective workforce planning  through monitoring permanent and contractor employment costs/headcount
• Contribute to innovative approaches to projects and initiatives, effective problem solving as well as a culture of new idea generation, calculated risk taking and knowledge sharing.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• BCom degree in Human Resource Management or related field (essential)
• MBA or Postgraduate degree in Human Resource Management or related field (advantageous)
• 5-8 years’ relevant work experience with proven exposure to organisational effectiveness (organisation design & operating models), and organisation efficiency
• Proven exposure to business restructuring, transformation and people change initiatives (incl. working with senior business leaders)
• Knowledge and exposure to agile organisation design and methodology
• Understanding and experience of workforce planning (headcount & employment cost)
• Strong relationship building and partnering skills
• Good understanding of Telco Businesses and operating at a tactical level across multiple business and geographies
• Advanced experience in Ms Excel and strong analytical skills (incl. problem structuring and numeracy
• Strong learning agility and curiosity

Closing date for applications: 14 July 2021