Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job description
Job Description

The PwC Deal

Our people make an impact through their dedication to client service, creativity, and high performance. Whatever your passion, the opportunities available to you at PwC will help you realise your career aspirations.

As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to a variety of flexible working styles. We're committed to collaboration and strong relationships that help our clients and our people realise their ambitions. Well known for our technical excellence, we're also a firm brimming with energetic and inspirational people who want to build a diverse career in a progressive, global organisation.

What's in it for you? The opportunity to join a diverse and progressive team, with the chance to learn from inspirational people committed to ensuring each and every interaction is an opportunity to learn, challenge and innovate.

About The Role

Overall management and development of the psychometrics and competency assessments to internal and external clients, as well as general consulting and managing a psychology division.

Essential Skills And Experience

• 10 years’ experience as an Executive Consultant in psychometric and competence assessments and consulting psychology
• Proficient with assessment feedback and report writing to executive level
• Exposure to business simulations (case studies, role plays etc)
• Ability to conduct the following assessments: Jung Type Indicators, GIOTTO, Tools, CPP, Savil Wave, Psytech Tools, 16 PF, SHL, Baron EQI, PAPI, Speex,
• Ability to conduct skills audits
• 15 years’ experience gained in Public Sector Departments
• Management experience to executive level
• Budget development and management
• Team management
• Exposure and lecturing to university students to masters level
• Supervision of psychometrists and interns
• Computer literate
• Self-motivated, pay attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and managerial skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Analytical and solution driven.
• Pro-active and committed to delivery.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Sound presentation skills
• Financial acumen

Required Qualifications

• Matric
• Degree in Psychology
• Honours and Masters (Psychology)
• Formal Project Management Qualification
• Registered with the Health Professional Council

Responsibilities

• Psychometric and Competency Assessments:
• Define and customise assessments for recruitment, selection, development and performance enhancement purposes
• Team profiling and analysis, coaching, skills audits, 360 degree surveys, team and talent development, and career mapping
• Design and implementation of leadership assessments
• EQ assessments and developmental planning
• Competency framework development and assessment centre design
• Talent Management
• Structured talent management linking outcomes of assessments with onboarding, engagement and retention of staff through to the implementation of training, development and coaching to maximise talent in organisations
• Design, training and facilitation of skills programmes such as interview skills, emotional intelligence, peer coaching etc.
• Lecturing to university students (up to masters level)
• Organisational Development
• Organisational structure to maximise efficiency and delivery through skills audits
• Culture And Behaviour
• Design and implementation of culture and engagement surveys
• Processes to create positive organisation culture and engagement to enable the organisation and people to flourish
• Change Management
• Structured change processes linked to vision, burning platforms, desired state and action plans to ensure change happens.
• Project Management
• Plan and implement big projects within an Internationally Accredited Project Methodology like Prince 2
• Management of project teams
• Reporting to project sponsors
• Budget Development And Management
• Planning and management of budgets against targets
• Team Management
• Supervision of psychometrists and interns
• Supervision and performance management of general staff
• Business Development
• Developing and writing proposals/tenders and presenting proposed solutions to clients
• Marketing and networking HR and assessment solutions to clients

The skills we look for in future employees

We're very proud of our unique culture, and expect our people to demonstrate skills and behaviours that will support us in implementing our business strategy. This is important to the work we do, both for our business and our clients. These skills and behaviours are a strong component of our global leadership framework: The PwC Professional.

Diversity

We work in a changing world that offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Our strength lies in creating value through diversity.

Whether you're an accomplished professional or a promising new talent, you'll have opportunities to continuously learn, grow and advance in your career within our network. Our diverse client mix gives you an opportunity to make a difference by working with clients across South Africa and clients with a global reach.

We know that the skills and experiences you gain with us will stay with you throughout your career. So join PwC. We'll help you to reach your full potential.

Take the opportunity of a lifetime.

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