Specialist D&I and Culture at Sasol

Short Description / Purpose of Job

To provide specialist knowledge and insight towards the strategic objectives and the management of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) portfolio.

To develop, implement, and monitor Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) and Employment Equity (EE) strategies, plans and initiatives to enable the business to attract and retain diverse talent, as well as create the most enabling culture for a diverse workforce. This involves a deep understanding and experience in the disciplines of culture, talent, inclusion and the management of the D&I Transformation mandate.

To analyse and translate DEI information into meaningful management information for scorecards and actions plans.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Engage with the key business stakeholders and HR teams to build a deep understanding of strategic business priorities with regards to D&I and EE Transformation priorities.

• Collaboratively translate those priorities into concrete and fit-for-purpose D&I plans and initiatives that aim to build the required future capabilities or address gaps in either motivation, culture alignment or buy-in on specific areas of organisational change.

• Integrate D&I priorities into the culture transformation journey, talent landscape and leadership development, by engaging with the relevant process owners

• Provide advice and support to leaders on matters related to D&I and culture in order to implement D&I initiatives and/or address D&I challenges effectively.

• Drive the EE Strategy, programs and initiatives for Sasol Energy Business Unit and Sasol SA in relation to legislative frameworks (e.g. Employment Equity Act, and BBBEE Management Control.) as well as relevant legislative requirements across other markets.

• Drafting, implementation and monitoring of Sasol SA EE/ Diversity Plan and responsible for interpreting and analysing EE data, statutory and internal reporting analysis and insights.

• Provide support and expert advice on BBBEE strategy (Management Control and Employment Equity), and partner with key stakeholders including facilitation of Department of Employment and Labour & Director General inspections.

• Continuously explore new trends and thinking in the disciplines of culture, talent and inclusion to be able to provide solutions that are aligned with the latest thought leadership and research.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree

Min Experience

• 6+ relevant years in EE Transformation and D&I Strategies.
• Knowledge on the Employment Equity Act, B-BBEE Act and other relevant related legislations.
• Business analysis and requirements gathering methods.
• Risk and compliance principles.
• Data and trends analysis.
• EE Reporting and Verification.
• B-BBEE Reporting – Management Control.

Competencies

Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability.  Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.

Customer Focus: A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers and clients, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.

Facilitation: The means of expediting a process or operation quickly and efficiently.  Particular focus is on meetings but can include other processes such as the delivery of products and services where others are involved, and their participation is critical to success.

Leading Change: Requires creating experiences for people that reveal new possibilities, while uniting them to drive strategies that harness the resources to win in the marketplace. It requires optimizing the culture of an organization while making investments to drive business growth – simultaneously

Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting

Analytical: Ability to research, gather and analyse information and problem-solve to reach a meaningful conclusion. Advance use of excel to do this analysis