Senior Strategic Workforce Planning Manager at Nedbank

Job Purpose

To ensure the delivery of services, systems and processes that enable strategic workforce planning, organisational design, structure, job architecture, career development and Agility Centre practices to support Nedbank's People Strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Plan and manage departmental budget and transfer pricing by adhering to financial governance principles and reporting on variances.
• Manage risk and compliance functions by adhering to governance principles and reporting on variances.
• Be accountable for the enablement within the GBS of the practices of strategic workforce planning, organisational design, structure, job architecture, career development and Agility Centre as defined by the CoE by ensuring optimisation and driving efficiencies.
• Manage the delivery of  client experience through regular engagement, balancing timeline and quality requirements and resolving escalations.
• Consult and engage with stakeholders on enabling the practices of strategic workforce planning, organisational design, structure, job architecture, career development and Agility Centre as defined by the CoE through proactive and regular engagement.
• Manage delivery of education and upskilling of stakeholders in partnership with the CoE through regular and structured engagements.
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant Centre of Excellence functions through proactive and regular engagements.
• Participate in GBS (Group Business Services) leadership initiatives through engagement and consultation with colleagues
• Contribute to  growth and development of Employee Services function through engagement with colleagues.
• Provide direction and guidance to the Organisational Design team  by ensuring adherence to the Strategic Workforce Plan, organisational design, structure, job architecture, career development and Agility Centre practices, policies and processes.
• Operationalise and ensure delivery of strategic frameworks for strategic workforce planning, organisational design, structure, job architecture, career development and Agility Centre practices by monitoring and reporting on  actuals and exceptions.
• Manage service delivery and quality outputs of team(s) through analysis of monthly and exception reports against planned outputs and timelines.
• Manage managers responsible for delivery and enablement across areas of responsibility  through application of business and management processes.

Essential Qualification

Degree in Human resources and or Business Management

Preferred Qualification

Honours Degree (HR Development, HR,  Education, Industrial Psychology, Business Management)

Type of Exposure

• Managing a team of managers
• Coaching and mentoring others
• Building a community of leaders
• Developing a divisional strategy plan
• Influencing stakeholders to obtain buy-in for concepts and ideas
• Managing business risks
• Developing succession plans
• Conducting benchmarking exercises to identify improvement opportunities
• Executing major organisational change
• Networking and building relationships
• Managing a department or area
• Making financial decisions

Minimum Experience Level

10 - 12 Years experience in Strategic Workforce Planning Manager

Extensive experience in

• Delivery of services, systems and processes that enable strategic workforce planning,
•  Organisational design,
• Workforce planning structure,
• Job architecture,
• Career development
• Stakeholder engagement with Executives, Human Resource Business Partners, Line Managers
• Agile methodology

Behavioural Competencies

• Aligning Performance for Success
• Building Partnerships
• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Decision Making
• Influencing