Talent Portfolio Head: Rand Merchant Bank and Commercial and Corporate Bank
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Lead the talent capability strategy for the allocated portfolio in partnership with the Segment CPO, Group Talent Head, Business HC leaders and relevant centres of expertise. Translate Group Tale
- Lead the talent capability strategy for the allocated portfolio in partnership with the Segment CPO, Group Talent Head, Business HC leaders and relevant centres of expertise.
- Translate Group Talent philosophy, principles, standards and frameworks into consistent portfolio execution across talent acquisition, performance enablement and talent management.
- Drive portfolio talent planning and development outcomes, including executive and critical talent discussions, readiness decisions and actions that strengthen talent pipeline health.
- Define workforce planning, talent acquisition and executive hiring strategies that support current and future business capability requirements.
- Enable performance practices that align leaders, teams and individual contribution to Group outperformance objectives and portfolio priorities.
- Apply talent, performance and workforce insights to identify portfolio risks, opportunities and interventions, and strengthen insight-led decision making.
- Partner with Learning and Leadership Development, Reward and other HC stakeholders to shape integrated retention, employee value proposition, coaching, mentorship, leadership development and career development solutions.
- Build talent acquisition, performance enablement and talent management maturity across leaders and Business HC through standards adoption, capability building, structured feedback and continuous improvement.
- Provide subject matter expertise, thought leadership and innovative practice solutions that improve effectiveness, efficiency and integration across the talent value chain.
- Establish stakeholder relationships that enable integrated talent solutions, effective service delivery and alignment to organisational values and service standards.
- Manage portfolio budget, expenditure planning and variances within approved parameters to support delivery of tactical and strategic talent priorities where required.
- Develop the team to deliver against performance targets, human capital objectives, employee development priorities and inclusive culture commitments.
- Ensure governance, compliance, integrity, ethics, risk management and transformation requirements are implemented within the area of accountability.
- Represent the portfolio as a member of the Segment HC Exco and provide structured feedback to Group Talent CoE on product effectiveness, execution friction and portfolio requirements.
- Minimum: Degree in Human Resources, Psychology or a related field.
- Preferred: Post graduate degree in Human Resources, Psychology or a related field.
- Advantageous: Master’s in psychology related field or registration as a psychologist
- 6-8 years Human Capital experience
- People Leadership i.e. building and leading teams
- Analytical thinking and insight
- Business Acumen
- Capability building
- Change leadership and adoption
- Collaboration and integration
- Execution excellence
- Influence and executive presence
- Learning agility and curiosity
- Ownership and follow through
- Opportunities to network and collaborate
- Challenging work
- Opportunities to innovate
- Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough
- Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
- Love putting our clients at the forefront of what you do
All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.
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