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Design your future. Discover leading-edge guidance, tools and support to unlock your potential. You are Absa. You are possibility. Job Summary To provide direction, in partnership with Functional business leadership teams and HC colleagues on the HC agenda by: • Influencing, shaping and contributing to the development of the functional business area’s agenda and strategy and translating this agenda into action via a fully integrated HC plan • Contributing to the leadership of the functional business area by bringing in external best practice, thought leadership and challenging the status quo.
• Being an active, influential partner, coaching and challenging the business to effectively diagnose and implement world class HC solutions that transform the business and deliver stretch goals Lead business leadership teams, through the interpretation and execution of the HC agenda by: • Turning strategy into real action plans that are aligned to functional business area objectives, driving the plans through to full realization of stated benefits • Excelling at bringing together best practice within the HC community and the resources within the business areas, to shape and brilliantly execute the people agenda in a timely manner • Challenging and provoking business leaders on employee engagement by addressing resulting people issues, build organizational capability which delights customers and ensures shareholder satisfaction Job Description Main Accountabilities HC Strategy Implementation/ Transformational Change Work as a full member of the functional business leadership team to develop people strategy and turn into actions, which clearly contribute to business outcomes.
Drive and actively contribute to the implementation of the HC Strategy initiatives and work streams. Ensure the implementation approach is supported, delivered and appropriately ‘landed’ by business leaders. Work with Business and HC colleagues to assist business in execution of HC strategy, embed change into day-to-day working practice and organisation culture so that high performance becomes the norm.
High-Performance Agenda Implement the mindset of high-performance culture, effective consequence management and consistently ‘raise the performance bar’. Drive commitment from leaders and colleagues into all aspects of Performance Management including consistency challenge leadership meetings, consequence management of top, high, low and under performers and create an environment in the business where great performers are known and their contribution recognized/valued and rewarded accordingly.
Capability, Succession, Development Work closely with leadership teams to implement function’s talent action planning processes, understand and drive short- and longer-term capability requirements, succession and talent pipeline. Support and coach business leaders in developing solutions which enable successful retention strategies and solve capability gaps using internal/ external levers including development, resourcing, training and innovative stretch career experiential opportunities.
Work directly with key stakeholders in the business to assist them in identifying their own capability gaps and solutions to enhance their ability. Assist in the development, execution and maintenance of skills development strategy in the functions Talent Acquisition Support the business in resourcing and developing talented performers that meet current and future business capabilities Ensure exceptional standards of professional capability in resourcing our professional