Senior Specialist: Talent Management at MultiChoice

Key Accountabilities:

Talent Management

• Create and implement Talent frameworks
• Identify and implement initiatives to supply critical and scarce skills
• Facilitate the organisational talent review process for areas of responsibility
• Identify and implement initiatives to accelerate the development of all MultiChoice Group Talent Pools (Graduates, interns, learnerships, scarce and critical, diversity, top talent, succession, etc.)
• Co-ordinate the nomination process for different leadership programs with L&D
• Discuss career paths and opportunities with high potentials regularly
• Develop career paths for employee progression and succession in collaboration with HC Business Partners and functional leaders.
• Co-ordinate assessment centres & development centres for the identification and development of high potential employees with the Talent Specialist: Psychometrist
• Maintain talent analytics dashboards for area of responsibility
• Provide data for calibration and organisational talent reviews

Organisational Effectiveness

• Act as a consultant, facilitator and partner, providing a range of services to build individual, team and organisational capabilities and effectiveness to drive decision making
• Design and ensure delivery of OE interventions to ensure that the organisation is optimally resourced with the best human capital strategies and resources.
• Assist HCBPs and business leaders in redefining their organisational structure needs and collaboratively design their operating models and the implementation journey thereof in line with future capability.
• Assist the business with Team Effectiveness
• In conjunction with the Senior Manager, drive culture and other OE initiatives

Stakeholder Engagement & Management

• Work with specific business units to identify succession, high potential, ritical and scarce skills individuals and drive initiatives that are focused on the development and retention of the talent segments
• Work with business units to identify talent management initiatives that are aligned to MultiChoice Group’s diversity, succession and talent segments strategy (Graduates, interns, learnerships, scarce and critical, diversity, top talent, succession, etc.)
• Establish, build, and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across specified business areas and with external vendors
• Cooperate with the HR Business Partners and top managers in executing talent management strategies
• Maintain a network of internal and external coaches and mentors to support career development of MultiChoice Group talent segments
• Provide support to line managers in executing and training in the performance process to ensure that employee performance is monitored on an on-going basis.
• Coordinate, implement, monitor and drive performance optimisation cycle

Researching

• Conduct a detailed needs assessment and identify performance gaps to develop advanced talent and organisational effectiveness solutions to close the skills and knowledge gaps of all Talent Segments (Graduates, interns, learnerships, scarce and critical, diversity, top talent, succession, etc.)
• Research latest trends in career development, talent management and organisational effectiveness in collaboration with relevant Subject Matter Experts SME, and advise relevant stakeholders
• Adapt external best practice solutions so they are fit for purpose within MultiChoice

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent NQF Level 7 Qualification in HR or similar

Experience:

• A minimum of 5-8 years of related experience in a Talent Management or related role
• Proven track record of implementing Talent Management and Organisational Effectiveness initiatives
• Experience in Change Management and Performance Management
• Familiarity with leadership capability frameworks and succession planning tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities