Vodacom Is Recruiting: Learning & Performance Business Partner – South Africa

[email protected]August 9, 2023

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Learning & Performance Business Partner
Posting Country: South Africa
Date Posted: 8 Aug 2023

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

At Vodacom, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it’s our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Role purpose:

The role is a strategic partner to Vodacom Group (VGL) HRBPs and Business Leaders, owning the plan and driving capability, learning, performance, and talent interventions (short-long term) within the Group Function.

This includes the identification of workforce requirements linked to short and long-term business needs and the development of capability and talent plans to address these needs

Your responsibilities will include:

Business partnering
Build partnerships with Business Leaders and HR Business Partners to identify workforce skill requirements linked to short and long-term business needs.

Build skills and talent
Build/own the plan to build diverse and inclusive talent and skills across a defined area.
Own the delivery of targeted learning, skill and talent projects working closely with areas of expertise and business leaders.
Lead development of business case requests for new skill/programme/learning services for defined areas.
Active involvement in evaluation of learning, talent, and skill interventions, working with area of expertise to continually improve and evolve services.
Track impact learning, talent, skill interventions have on closing organisational capability gaps. Lead interventions to improve/further accelerate progress.

Drive a learning and performance culture
Take ownership for creating a learning and performance culture that supports individual and organisational performance and growth.
Lead performance/development cycle for area of the business, using outcomes to drive improvement.

Internal and external relationships
Build strategic partnerships with business and market/functional HR teams to identify business priorities and identify appropriate learning solutions.
Drive relationships across the Vodacom Learning Organisation Areas of expertise to prioritise and develop programs relevant to the business requirements.
Drive relationships with centres of expertise to ensure a holistic approach in the development/delivery of learning, talent and skill solutions.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

Degree (or equivalent) in Human Resources but preferably post graduate
Minimum 6 years relevant experience in learning and development
3-5 years’ experience in HR Business Partnering or Talent and Performance Management

Experience

Experienced at identifying current and future capability needs and developing / implementing organisational solutions to build address needs.
Demonstrable experience at identifying individual learning needs based on data and insight and partnering with individuals and teams to drive improvements.
Experienced at constructing/delivering against inclusive talent development and performance management strategies.
Experienced at building a continuous learning and performance culture
Apt at establishing and driving multiple relationships across the business and HR teams at a senior level

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

You will have a deep expertise in the Talent and Learning & Development areas
You will have proven experience in building and developing strong trusted partnerships with business leaders and HRBPs.
You will have considerable experience in the design of learning and talent development initiatives.
You will have demonstrable experience in providing thought leadership within your area of expertise.
You will have the ability to influence strategically up, down and across the organisation.
You will be obsessed with the employee experience ensuring high levels of employee retention and engagement.
You will have external and internal insights to design experiences that can differentiate us from our competitors to ensure we are Future Ready.
You will be a passionate advocate of the diversity and inclusion agenda.
You will be dynamic and curious as to how you can improve business performance and agility through talent and learning & development.
Excellent presentation and facilitation skills and proven ability to understand and effectively handle interpersonal and group dynamics.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while working with ambiguity.
Proficient in MS Office suite.