Social Performance Manager at De Beers Group

Purpose of the role:

The purpose of this role is to drive robust social performance management through an integrated multi-disciplinary approach across our Southern Africa businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Strategic Support:

• To be the lead subject-matter expert on social performance best practice approaches in the Southern Africa context. 
• Monitor and analyses socio-political and socio-economic trends that have strategic implications for the success of the Social Impact strategy in Southern Africa. 
• Establish processes and reporting to provide leadership teams in the South African business with an integrated view of key social performance trends, risks and opportunities. 
• Identify and facilitate opportunities to integrate social performance in the work of the South Africa External Affairs team and work with Communications teams on the positioning of Social Impact work developing the narrative for the external communications strategy for the company.

Practitioner Development & Knowledge-Sharing:

• Support the Southern Africa-wide delivery of Health of Discipline activities for the Social Impact discipline through the role out and application of the internal competency and skills frameworks, delivery of internal training programmes; and support talent development across Social Impact for the Southern Africa region.
• Coordinates knowledge-sharing forums for the Southern Africa- based practitioners through ongoing coordination with the Group Social Impact team.
• Leads on the delivery of experiential and other learning opportunities for site Social Performance Managers. 
• Manages the delivery of all business-level and site-level social performance, socio-economic development and human rights-related training required for the sites in Southern Africa, working collaboratively with the Group Social Impact team.  

Site Advisory Support:

• Support the implementation and continuous performance improvement of the Social Way management system for Anglo American and DeBeers South Africa and non-managed joint ventures. 
• Provide advisory support to the South African businesses and sites on complex social performance topics as required. 
• Support integration of social performance mangement across relevant functional initiatives in Southern Africa. 

Role-specific knowledge:

Knowledge of and proven ability to operate at a senior level in the field of social performance, which will include:

• Social assessment techniques including Social and Environmental Impact Assessments and   delivering strategic social management plans for businesses and operations.
• International standards and industry best practice, such as the IFC Performance Standards, ICMM Good Practice Guidance, Voluntary Principles, etc. for the mining industry.
• Broad knowledge of sustainability and social impact issues.
• Experience in coordination and management of off-site emergency protocols.
• Practical experience of working at site level in a range of developing or developed economies, in a company or consultancy. 
• Experience working in partnerships with governments, academia, or civil society organisations at a national or local level (desirable).
• Experience of developing and delivering strategies in a professional practice area.
• Experience working at a mining operation desirable but not essential.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 year’s experience within a Social Performance discipline.

Qualifications:

• Degree in a relevant discipline.
• Degree in Social Science or Development Economics would be advantageous.