Senior Talent Management Specialist at Absa South Africa

Job Summary

• To provide advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist talent management expertise.

Job Description

Talent Management & Succession Planning

• Assist in managing the Talent Assessment & Succession Planning process
• Support the monitoring and movement of talent in alignment with the Cluster’s Succession Planning process, ensuring proper implementation of the process
• Coordinate with the People Partners, Reward and Line Managers and provide appropriate reporting to support the movement of talent across the Cluster.
• Support People Partners in the administration and management of all Talent and Succession Planning initiatives

Talent Mobility:

• Define and ensure implementation of innovative talent management strategies that will enable the establishment of diverse talent pools geared to meet the evolving needs of the Cluster Workforce Plan.
• Proactively explore all available channels and processes to build diverse pools of Talent
• Develop and drive a cost saving talent management strategy for the Cluster and proactively explore solutions which will decrease the dependency on external partners by implementing creative direct to market talent capturing solutions; i.e. Headhunting, Talent Mapping, compelling EVP etc
• Manage the delivery of search strategies designed to recruit senior and niche candidates.
• Partner with Group Talent to deliver an increased capability for internal mobility by ensuring that internal candidates are considered before moving to external sourcing solutions.
• Introduce bespoke Talent retention strategies for Talent in leadership and critical roles
• Participate in the assessment of candidates to ensure cultural fit for the Group, values alignment, long term potential, and technical fit for roles, setting realistic role expectations before presenting that Talent to Business.
• Contribute to the Group’s Transformation Agenda by partnering with Heads of People and other key stakeholders and agree on Talent Plans and timelines.

Stakeholder Management:

• Liaise with BU Stakeholders in order to gain a comprehensive view of their Core Business, Strategic Objectives, Employee Value Proposition and Culture. This understanding and interaction will drive the implementation of the appropriate talent management strategies bespoke to each Business Unit and Cluster at large.
• Provide regular feedback to Cluster Head of Leadership, Learning and Talent and  Heads of People on the Cluster Talent Strategy deliverables and status (Scorecard).
• Build a Talent Management scorecard for the Cluster by which these metrics can be presented and managed through discussions at the BUs Management Forums.
• Ensure effective interaction with, and responses to all key stakeholders, building sustainable relationships, setting and managing expectations clearly, identifying and resolving the root cause of any issues and escalating as required.
• Drive level of excellence within the Leadership, Learning and Talent Function.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Human and Social Studies (Required)