Skills Development Facilitator at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Job Purpose

As a Skills Development Facilitator, you will be responsible for analyzing the skills requirements within an organization and coordinates the execution of the personal development plans of employees and monitors the implementation of the workplace skills plan and reports accordingly.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Be part of the strategic planning team, understand GSK’s training objectives, with the GSK’s employment equity objectives
• Be able to ensure the co-operation of the line managers in both the planning and implementation of training, and should be able to report to the executive accordingly (where necessary)
• The SDF functions should form the core of the individual’s key performance areas
• The SDF should be able to identify the correct training interventions for staff to follow in their quest to improve their work and individual performance
• To take responsibility for convening the training committee and ensuring that appropriate consultative processes around skills development are implemented
• That appropriate procedures and records are kept of training committee meetings
• Take responsibility for the development of the WSP and the necessary consultation thereon
• Liaise with SETA around issues of skills development
• Ensure submission of the WSP to SETA
• Oversee the implementation of training
• Keep appropriate training records
• Report on training conducted to SETA
• Ensure participation in SETA learnerships and skills programs.
• Attend SDF forums and SDF training
• Strategically align the training and development of skills in an organization
• Conduct an analysis to determine training outcomes
• Understand the Sector Skills Plan with focus on scares and critical skills planning

Basic Qualifications:

• A degree or diploma qualification
• Should be qualified HR practitioner, preferably a training specialist
• Should have experience in the local government sector

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ideally 2 year’s successful experience in Healthcare Sales/Influencing role
• Fair understanding of various legislation particularly the (1) (Skills Development Act 97 of 1998; (2) Skills Development Levies Act of 1999; (3) Employment Equity Act of 1998 and (4) Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 BBBEE Act, role within the Social and Ethics Committee and Employment equity. 
• Exposure to the project management industry is an advantage
• 5-8 years working experience in HR with ideally a minimum of three years’ experience in a similar role
• High level of numeracy enabling the interpretation the B-BBEE scorecard and what they mean
• Financial understanding for the purposes of understanding the B-BBEE scorecard.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills