Lead: Leadership and People Development (Sandton / Centurion) at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• This role will be responsible for providing strategic direction and thought leadership on best-in-class people development practices that define learning culture and architecture within Sanlam Corporate, in the context of the diverse needs of multiple stakeholders.  To build human capital across Sanlam Corporate through the digitisation of learning and skills transformation for critical, technical skills acquisition and embed future-fit and ethical leadership competence.  To support the achievement of the business strategy by reviewing Business Unit plans for delivery of alignment of people development processes, systems and solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide thought leadership and drive policy implementation around all aspects of People Development.
• Lead and drive the digitisation of learning aligned to the Human Capital Strategy.
• Embed ethical behaviours and future fit leadership competencies to promote an ethical and inclusive culture.
• Conduct a skills capability mapping process per prioritised BU’s and identify the reskilling, upskilling, and / or enablement requirements for employees.
• Redesign our executive leadership programme and build industry thought leadership.
• Design an integration and assimilation programme for new leaders.
• Design and implement a technical skills academy to enable upskilling and reskilling of employees for sustainable business performance.
• Facilitate the development of FSC skills development targets and ensure that delivery of the L&D strategy contributes to achievement of the targets. Monitor and support the ongoing achievement of the FSC scorecard and transformation initiatives.
• Business engagement in reviewing the BU-specific strategy to identify needs and align strategic priorities for learning and development.
• Identification of future skills needs for Sanlam Corporate and the Employee Benefits industry and ensuring relevant solution design and digital learning delivery.
• Positions the learning and development function in Sanlam Corporate as a world-class learning organisation that applies industry leading practice.
• At a strategic level, direct and co-ordinate L&D activities across the organisation in partnership with relevant department heads to ensure that L&D strategic objectives and outputs are being met in a cost effective and sustainable manner.
• Forges relationships with Sanlam Group, the business and key learning partners, including, but not limited to government institutions learning solutions providers (e.g. business schools) and industry professional associations.

Qualification and Experience

• Relevant Post Graduate Degree in Human Resources/Organisational Psychology
• 8 – 10 years experience in the following areas:
• Demonstrated success in developing, building and delivering on a corporate L&D strategy.
• Integrating, aligning and executing strategy.
• Developing a stakeholder management grid for the business.
• Developing resource plans to execute functional strategies.
• Identify opportunities to improve the learning experience to Sanlam Corporate 
• Support the executing of major organisational changes through workforce reskilling programs.
• Design and implement learning and leadership development frameworks.