Skills Development Specialist at Discovery Limited

Job Purpose

Key Outputs may include but are not limited to:

• Manage the end-to-end best practice in data analytics in response to the legislative reporting requirement. Produce internal as well as external (INSETA, BANKSETA, ASISA, DoL, B-BBEE Scorecards, BEE Commissioner, Sustainability, Training Hours, Social & Ethics, etc.) reporting outputs.
• Support the Skills Development & Leadership and Learning Team through research, dashboard formulation and trend analysis of training measurement.
• Manage the Work Skills Plan and Annual Training Reports for INSETA and BANKSETA.
• Project manage the Skills Development verification process with the various auditing organisations.
• Report on predefined data quality governance and metrics to business and management on a monthly basis.
• Analyse and review data quality governance-related policies, using supporting frameworks and tools, root cause analysis. Identify gaps in Discovery’s learning data and make recommendations for potential process changes within business. Reporting on business adherence to data quality governance rules and policies.
• Refine and optimize data processes when it comes to specific data rules and business processes.
• Provide learning insights, trend analysis and recommendations for the Training Committee and other relevant learning related forums.  
• Formulate BU Level Skills Development Strategies to maximise their Transformation Plans and their B-BBEE Skills Development Scores.
• Consult business wrt Skills Development Legislative requirements.
• Implement and run business level Training Committees.

General:

• Provide support to the Skills Development Facilitator by conducting education and needs evaluation to assess the skills development needs of the organisation.
• Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancements of the Skills Development Data Warehouse project.
• Contribute to the development of skills and capabilities of other members of the People function by coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Supports strategic development and implement of Legislation into Business Strategy.
• Responsibly for allocation and coordination of work, and supervision of Interns and Learners.

Work Experience

• 1 - 2 years Data Analyst experience
• 1 – 2 years Skills Development (Credit Bearing Programmes) experience
• Project management experience
• Experience in SQL
• Experience in Power BI
• Data Science

Education / Qualifications / Accreditations with Professional Body

• Matric | Grade 12
• Degree in Human Resources
• Data Science

Technical Skills or Knowledge

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• Data analysis synthesis
• Data quality and data governance concepts
• Knowledge of INSETA & BANKSETA systems
• Knowledge of SQL