Specialist: Change Management and EDIT at Transnet

Position Purpose

• Contribute to the conceptualisation, formulation and development of Transnet Freight Rail transformation and change management strategy, plans and initiatives that enable the strategic direction of the business, with emphasis on ensuring a coherent, consistent and values-driven organisation culture.
• Facilitate positive employee engagement, inclusivity and diversity in a way that will ensure that TFR is experienced as an equitable, diverse, inclusive and transformed employer of choice.
• Drive the people side of change linked to the digitisation agenda of the business, with integration to the broader change agenda of the business.
• Provide consultation, coaching and advice in all areas of Organisational Effectiveness to support team effectiveness.

Position Outputs

• Organisation transformation strategy and plan development: Actively involved in the development of TFR’s Organisation Change Strategy and Plan, including researching best practice tools, models, processes and programmes. Work with the Corridor’s People Management teams in ensuring a coherent roll-out of appropriate programmes and initiatives that will ensure a harmonised TFR change management that supports a high performance organisation.
• Organisation change readiness and capability diagnostics: Develops and coordinates facilitation of change readiness workshops to support the organisation’s change capability based on needs identified within the business towards achieving the mission, vision and strategy. Also advise Corridors on change initiatives and interventions e.g. effectiveness reviews, focus groups, team building, etc.
• Develop appropriate metrics, conduct analytics and insights relating to organisation transformation and change readiness/capability to inform appropriate decision making across TFR. Identifies and uses instruments and surveys to analyse individual and group behaviour and recommends strategies for making needed changes.
• Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation and TFR-wide compliance with the Transformation and Change Strategies and Plans. Monitor and advise on Transnet-wide efforts to embed and sustain organisational changes and practices and their effectiveness. Compile periodic reports to the various stakeholder and governance bodies on the organisational climate and change dynamics.
• Performs a range of organisational effectiveness functions, including project coordination relating to strategic transformation plans, work studies, business process re-engineering and structure reviews.
• Coordinate Transnet Freight Rail’s Employment Equity (EE) initiatives, to ensure compliance with regulatory prescripts/milestones and Transnet’s corporate strategic objectives and targets.
• Contribute to the development of the Division’s Employment Equity and Diversity Strategy and Plans, including researching best practice tools, models, processes, and programmes. Work with the Operating Division’s Diversity and Inclusion Leads and teams in ensuring a coherent roll-out of appropriate programmes and initiatives that will ensure a harmonised employment equity, diversity and inclusion roadmap that supports a high-performance organisation.
• Champion Diversity and Inclusion Programmes: Research and develop tactical plans and programmes that are aimed at embedding the coherent diversity and inclusion roadmap, pathways, and tactical implementation. Build trusted and valuable partnerships at all levels across the business to translate the diversity and inclusion strategy, roadmap and plans into practical and pragmatic solutions.
• Support the Head: Change Management in the development of an integrated transformation and change strategy and implementation plans to realise organisation-wide equity, diversity, inclusiveness and transformation. Assist in the development and implementation of change tools, techniques and governance processes across various operating divisions to ensure alignment and standardisation.
• Provide specialist support to People Management Leadership in managing implementation of key strategic change initiatives and organisation programmes that supports transformation strategy across the organisation, including business process re-engineering, organisation design and culture programmes.
• Stakeholder relations management: Engage all key stakeholders on an ongoing basis, establish sound relationships, and ensure that obligations are honoured. Collaborate with and build solid relationships with key stakeholders and other functional areas to enable insight, understanding and effective functioning.
• Coordination the activities of the TFR Change Activation Network in order to ensure common approaches and standardisation of tools and techniques that support organisation change programmes and interventions.

Perform people management functions including but not limited to:

• Workforce, recruitment and demand planning
• Talent management and succession planning
• Mentoring and coaching
• Management of discipline and grievances
• Performance development
• Reward and recognition management
• Training and development 
• Collate and analyse the management information for all strategic programmes and projects for presentation to the appropriate stakeholders in the appropriate style and in a timely fashion to allow informed decision making.

Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications, Experience & Inherent Job Requirements:

• Minimum of a bachelors degree in Human Resources or Industrial Psychology.
• Minimum of 8-10 years’ practical experience in developing and implementing transformational change programmes and initiatives in a medium to large organisation.
• At least 3 years must have been in a consulting or at management level.
• Demonstrable experience in driving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programmes.
• Change management certificate advantageous.

Standard Job Requirements:

• Driver’s license code 08
• Regular local, regional and international travel as required