Head: Organisational Effectiveness & Development

Who are we?

Glacier by Sanlam brings together leading experts and respected financial services companies to meet clients’ investment needs. We deliver focused investment services through specialist teams, partner with acclaimed financial intermediaries and pride ourselves on our superior products and solutions and high quality service. We offer a comprehensive range of investment solutions, designed to assist in the creation and preservation of wealth.

Our offering encompasses local investments, including fixed term investments and investments with guarantees, international investments, retirement saving solutions, and retirement income solutions. While each solution has its own distinct purpose, they all share the world-class quality and commitment that have come to distinguish Glacier.

What will you do?

Job Purpose

The Head: OE & Development will be responsible for research, design and delivery of Glacier Organisational Effectiveness strategic interventions through the Human Capital team. These include Workforce engagement, Organisation Design, Digital transformation, Performance Management, Change Management. Supports the culture initiatives in partnership with Clusters. The role will assist in the design of respective frameworks, practices and tools to effectively deliver the Glacier OE interventions, as well as build OE capability within the Glacier HC team.

Key Outcomes

These are the key outcomes expected from this role:

• Develop and lead organizational design initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
• Design and facilitate team effectiveness programs to boost performance
• Develop and manage a performance management framework aligned with organizational goals
• Drive Culture, Organisational Development & Change Enablement and transformation
• Create and implement employee engagement and culture initiatives
• Provide data-driven insights to inform strategic workforce planning decisions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent OD practices across the organization
• Development and implement the Employee Value Proposition & Experience practices
• Review, align and develop structures based on departmental strategic objectives and mandates
• Conduct organizational functionality assessments of the department’s internal systems and processes
• Manage and conduct job profiling and evaluation in line with HR Practices and national policy guidelines

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, or a related field (postgraduate qualification advantageous) with 8 to 10 years related experience or qualified by extensive experience.
• Expert knowledge and experience in developing and driving strategic organizational effectiveness objectives within the business
• Minimum of 5 years' Organizational Development experience
• Proven track record in organizational design and change management
• In-depth understanding of legislative framework that governs Job Evaluation and Organisational Design

Competencies

• Technical Expertise in Job Evaluation and Organisational Design methodologies
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Understanding of business process re-engineering methodologies and life cycle
• Performance evaluation and reporting
• Customer Focus and Responsiveness
• Applied strategic thinking

Attributes

• Organisational savvy
• Decision quality
• Plans and aligns
• Manages ambiguity

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience

Degree or Diploma with 5 to 8 years related experience or qualified by extensive experience.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Drives transformation and change organisational design and development
• Risk and Governance Management
• Leading others and resource management

Personal Attributes

• Organisational savvy - Contributing through others
• Decision quality - Contributing through others
• Drives engagement - Contributing through others
• Business insight - Contributing through others

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth.

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
• Customer focus - Contributing through others
• Drives results - Contributing through others
• Collaborates - Contributing through others
• Being resilient - Contributing through others

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.