Group Talent Acquisition Specialist

at  Nedbank

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS - NQF LEVEL

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION

• Honours Degree in Industrial Psychology

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE LEVEL

• 7+ years experience in a Human Resources role, preferably in a specialist capacity

TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Business Acumen
• Business writing
• Competency management
• Human Resources value chain
• Industry trends
• Job Profiling
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Talent management
• Career Management
• Career Choices Model
• Manage Project Cost
• Data Analysis and Interpretation

JOB PURPOSE

To provide group standards and advisory services for Talent Acquisition practices in Nedbank by benchmarking best practices; establishing frameworks; policies and processes and consulting with Nedbank clusters.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g. Fairshare 2030).
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
• Improve stakeholder relationships by developing an understanding of their business context; structure and needs.
• Engage internal stakeholders by initiating formal and informal meetings and community of practice meetings.
• Address business needs by collaborating with stakeholders through the provision of advice ; education and support.
• Monitor performance by tracking against business plan and taking corrective actions.
• Maintain existing frameworks; documents; policies; systems and websites by reviewing and updating as required.
• Embed talent acquisition practices by training and accreditation of stakeholders.
• Coordinate advisory projects by clarifying stakeholder expectations against required resources and deadlines.
• Mitigate risk by documenting decisions and protecting confidentiality of information.
• Ensure legislative compliance.
• Resolve work obstacles by putting contingency plans in place and taking corrective action.
• Delivered Talent Acquisition frameworks; policies; procedures; toolkits and guidelines through research and compilation of documents for stakeholder approval.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy; objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems; process; services and solutions are aligned.
• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders’ businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
• Tailor Talent Acquisition systems and processes by aligning practices with business strategic intent in collaboration with Cluster Human Resources.
• Ensure continuous improvement of Talent Acqusition practices by providing thought leadership Co-ordinate Group-wide Talent Acqusition initiatives and cluster projects by providing structure; timelines; processes and advice within risk; time and cost parameters.
• Provide consulting services regarding cluster projects by conceptualising alternatives; compiling proposals and costing for sign -off.
• Guide the execution of projects and the maintenance of Job Family Frameworks by providing specialist advice; support and governance.