Specialist: Organisational Design and Job Evaluation - Department of Human Resources at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

The incumbent will be responsible to:

• Design, implement, and manage Policies, Procedures and systems and processes for organisational design, development and job evaluation.
• Design and review organisational structures and processes.
• Design a methodology for job creation and job evaluation by evaluating and updating policies, procedures, and processes.
• Source appropriate systems for organisational design and job evaluation.
• Implement and manage the system and processes for job creation and job evaluation.
• Diagnose organisational design requirements and prepare project proposals and plans concerning relevant strategic, tactical, and operational interventions.
• Assist Line Managers with organisational structure design, reviews, and implement required interventions.
• Design, implement, and maintain the online job description system.
• Ensure compliance of job evaluation and organisational design with legislation and corporate governance including policies and procedures.
• Build and maintain related networks to keep abreast of new technologies and resources.
• Constitute the job evaluation committee according to the job evaluation policy.
• Oversee the training and provide refresher training to members of job evaluation committees.
• Develop relevant frameworks and ensure alignment and compliance to approved frameworks.
• Assist Line Managers and HR Business Partners and Officers with writing of job descriptions, the preparation for job evaluations.
• Provide required reports on Organisational design, development and Job Evaluation matters.
• Coordinate Job Evaluation and related Committee meetings.
• Conduct research and benchmarking initiatives and assist with the identification, development and implementation of best fit Organisational Development trends, strategies, methodologies, interventions, tools and processes.
• The development and design of organisational development interventions in order to effectively manage conflict, build teams within the workplace and to build culture that is aligned to the University's strategic objectives.
• The facilitation of change management interventions.
• Assist with the coordination of the Organisational Development Division's psychometric assessments.
• Assist the Organisational Development Division with regards to the development and implementation of guidelines about psychometric assessments, competency-based assessments.
• To ensure that assessment practices are aligned with professional standards and in line with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) guidelines.
• The implementation and administration of psychometric and competency assessments scores and the provision of assessment reports and feedback to clients on assessments.
• The provision of an analysis, interpretation, observations, recommendations, and action plans based on employee results, including organisational assessments (development, succession planning, team building, labour relations, recruitment and selection).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

•  Honour’s degree in Industrial Psychology or Organisational Psychology or a relevant field within Human Resources.
• A total of five (5) years’ experience in the following:
• Specialist experience in organisational design and job evaluation which should include facilitation and management of strategic organisational design and job evaluation projects and interventions:
• Organisational Development.
• Climate and culture assessments.
• Psychometric assessment.