Talent and Leadership Lead - Midrand at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role purpose:

• Responsible to provide an integrated approach to Talent Management and Leadership Development across Africa. This role will manage and govern and provide input to the talent, succession and leadership development strategy. Responsible for evolving the relevant talent and leadership development framework/tools and processes and execute through talent leads in the markets
• This is role is also responsible for ensuring data driven talent and succession decision making and that core, high profile talent and succession processes run smoothly. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure smooth execution of the Vodafone/Vodacom Talent and Performance processes according to the cycles
• Manage and govern relevant policies, processes, and practices for all Talent and Leadership Development initiatives.
• Provide an integrated communication and execution plan and ensure that markets are aligned
• Collaborate with Internal Communications or Agencies to create, promote and evangelise talent and leadership development campaigns and support with mind-set shifts
• Have a view of talent in different segments and host regular talent forums to support HR Community with talent mobility across Africa
• Provide capability building to market spocs, where necessary
• Construct an integrated leadership development offering, by identifying gaps in current system and implement new to complement the full offering
• Partner with market spocs and scale impactful programmes across Africa, where possible
• Partner with Business Schools/ Providers to design impactful programmes and ensure successful execution 
• Liaise with Vodafone Learning Organisation regularly to ensure alignment and support where relevant
• Proactively builds knowledge and competence, looking externally for best practice and implements innovative talent and leadership development solutions, to support the talent development agenda

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in human resources or related field, post graduate preferable.
• 8+ years talent management and performance management experience
• 8+ years Leadership Development experience
• Registered Psychometrist preferable

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Experience designing, developing and supporting organization-wide talent management programs that cover performance management, talent development, coaching, succession planning, data analytics and relationship management.
• Knowledge on how to design talent differentiation and assessment tools to identify and review talent.
• Apt at influencing stakeholders and challenging the status quo.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present clear, well-structured reports and briefs in English.
• Skilled at leading and driving impactful change initiatives across a matrix organisation.
• Proven project management and organisational skills. 
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while working with ambiguity.
• Knowledge and understanding of psychometric assessment tools, ideally with supporting qualifications.
• Proficient in MS Office suite and Success