Director Talent Management and Capability

Job description
Human Performance Dynamics Africa is recruiting a Director,Talent Management and Capability for one of our clients; a non-profit organisation which aims to improve the lives of tens of millions of underserved people by transforming community health services across the developing world. Living Goods (LG), is seeking an expert in talent management and capability, with a strong-track record of delivering results, to join their team in the newly created role of Director of Talent Management & Capability.
This role has responsibility for the design and implementation of an integrated Talent Management and Capability strategy for Living Goods to ensure overall achievement of organizational goals while aligning to future business opportunities.
The role will be based in either our Nairobi or Kampala offices. Travel is estimated at 25% to effectively serve our current operations in Kenya and Uganda, as well as new countries.
KEY ACOUNTABILITIES:

Talent Acquisition

Lead the design and implementation of an integrated global talent sourcing strategy
Lead workforce planning strategies by analyzing and advising on short and long-term workforce requirements
Enable shaping of a future-fit organization by ensuring quality of hires. Influence and partner with senior leadership in making the right hiring decision. Responsible for the hiring of C-Suite/Senior leadership
Design and implement world class recruiting processes, systems and policies. Develop and manage Talent Acquisition reports, dashboards and metrics
Act as Subject Matter Expert on behalf of Living Goods for Employer Branding, Employee Value Proposition, diversity and providing Living Goods with best practices that include a digital agenda, external benchmarks and innovative solutions
Build talent acquisition capability across the People & Culture teams & line managers
Lead and manage country talent acquisition teams

Succession Planning

Lead the global organization-wide succession planning process to build bench strength to meet current and future business needs. Work with HRBPs & senior leaders to prepare individuals for future roles
Develop integrated talent strategies to address talent gaps (6 Bs)
Continuously review assessment tools to ensure that they meet best practice standards and business needs

Leadership Development

Conceptualize and design Leadership Development programs that cut across all levels (Global Leadership, Country Leadership, Managers & Supervisors) ensuring global best practices are reviewed and adopted locally
Develop programs to strengthen Living Goods leaders’ ability to align, drive and develop top performing teams through development of a Leadership Development platform and supporting HR Business Partners in offering the best sparring and coaching to the business leaders they support
Subject Matter Expert for leadership assessments, coaching, mentorship and other leadership related initiatives
Lead robust development planning ensuring that a cohort of key leaders are developed to take on larger roles to meet succession needs
Research latest development in management, leadership and organization development areas and keep abreast to serve as a subject matter expert and consult to organization regarding critical people issues.

Organization Capability Development

In partnership with HRBPs and senior leaders,

Facilitate organizational reviews to identify functional development needs through a structured approach
Drive the development of functional capability building frameworks
Create functional capability development plans ensuring alignment with overall organizational strategies

Design global talent development/feeder programs (Graduate Programs, Internship, etc)
Develop organizational training platforms and tools. Manage knowledge capture and establish a credible digitized learning
Evaluate and maintain functional skill/competency models that facilitate the assessment of employees and drive related development planning

Performance Management

Responsible for ensuring that the performance management process design and it’s implementation is clearly aligned to the achievement of business results. Incumbent partners closely with leadership teams to continuously review and ensure alignment of objectives, methodology, measures/KPIs across Living Goods.
Develop programs and initiatives to ensure that managers and employees possess the capability to ensure a consistent and high-quality Performance Management process that ensures the achievement of organizational goals

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. At least 10 years in talent and capability. Management experience of at least 5 years gained in a best-practice environment
Certified HR Professional from recognized institutions.
Strong performance track record specialized within Organizational Development, Talent Management and Learning on both the strategic and facilitative level.
Experience working broadly as an HR Business Partner thereby understanding from within what it takes to drive HR initiatives as a true partner to the business.
Ability to effectively demonstrate capabilities as a Leadership Coach, Performance Consultant and Talent Director
Astute at translating organizational strategy into talent development plans
An independent thinker, capable of functional conceptualizing, possesses strong organization skills, client focus and orientation
Recognized strong communicator with positive influential interpersonal skills; ability to communicate in both technical and non-technical terms to all levels of audience
Knowledge and practical experience working in Africa is essential, preferably across geographies