Skills Development Specialist - RBB at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

To provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise on Skills Development at Absa – RBB; to champion skills development as a business priority across the RBB Business; to drive the successful integration of Absa’s overall employment equity and learning and development strategies and priorities with compliance to applicable skills development legislation across Absa RBB Business Units.
Job Description

Accountability:  Skills Development Thought Leadership 

• Lead design, alignment and implementation of Absa’s Skills Development policy, standards, strategy, framework and governance
• Promote the development and embedding of self-driven and future-fit learning and development mindsets and behaviours across Absa -  RBB 
• Lead development and implementation of effective skills development MI reporting, data analysis and insights generation to facilitate data-driven skills development planning and decision making (Including periodic Skills Development analytics)
• Conduct internal and external research and produce industry- and functional-level insights that position Absa- RBB  as a thought leader on skills development across Africa
• Drive skills development employment branding and reputation building efforts that position Absa as champion of skills development across Africa     

Accountability: Serve as the mandatory Absa-RBB Skills Development Facilitator  

In keeping with legislation and stipulations from regulatory bodies including the South African BANKSETA, INSETA, SAQA and NQF Act: 

• Lead development and annual submission of an endorsed Workplace Skills Plan (WSP), Annual Training Report and progress on achievement thereof to the BANKSETA and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
• Complete both planned and responsive skills audits in line with relevant BANKSETA and the DTI Codes of Good Practice (CoGP)
• Regularly monitor the implementation of the WSP and achievement of the BBBEE Scorecard skills development targets and provide reporting, insights and advisory to relevant Absa- RBB Committees, business leaders and People Function stakeholders to facilitate achievement of WSP objectives and scorecard targets
• Support development and implementation of business-specific skills development plans, forums, mandatory and strategic learnerships and internships to facilitate achievement of Absa-Corporate Functions learning and development strategy and WSP
• Develop and implement RBB-learnership and internship programmes
• Develop, implement and monitor a code for good governance for grants and reimbursed levies with a focus on enabling business performance
• Ensure that skills levies are used in line with strategic learning and development and employment equity objectives; and in support of overall business performance outcomes

Accountability: Stakeholder Engagement 

• Build and maintain effective relationships (and act as principal Absa-RBB contact and representative) with key skills development agencies, forums and industry stakeholders across Absa countries including BANKSETA, INSETA, DTI, Ministries of Education
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key internal stakeholders including the
• Transformation team, business leaders, talent leaders, learning leads and People Leads, across Absa Group and Absa-RBB

Accountability: Capability Building 

• Support building of  Group and business skills development capabilities to facilitate achievement of Absa’s business and playing a shaping role in society objectives 
• Actively participate in the group-wide Absa Skills Development forum to share and embed skills development best practices across RBB.
• Help build leadership team and line manager capability in owning and executing the skills development agenda as a personal and business priority.

Accountability: Risk Management and Governance 

• Contribute and support to ensure that Absa maintains its status as an accredited learning provider
• Drive achievement of “green” RAG status on all mandatory and responsive BANKSETA audits and verification audits mandated for CoGP purposes
• Support identification and take accountability for all relevant Skills Development risks in terms of the AGL Operating Model and Risk Management Framework and ensure that adequate controls and monitoring mechanisms are in place; including access to learning programmes, learnerships and internships. 
• Role model and champion a culture of proactive compliance and risk management within executive and management teams, and the function as a whole.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Education, Training and Development (Required)

Deadline: 24th, February 2022