Senior Group Transformation Manager

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Job Purpose

Manage the companies transformation journey including the implementation and administration of both the employment equity and black economic empowerment related legislation. Develop policies for promotion of diversity at all levels of the company, lead support on the implementation of these policies and programs, monitor progress, and takes action when required.

Responsibilities

Strategy Formation & Implementation

Assist with the development and implementation of the Transformation strategy at TIH, anticipating complex issues, challenges, and opportunities, and ensuring integration with wider functional strategy.
Review and ensure that the overall objectives of the intended Brand CSI strategies are clear, measurable and strongly aligned with TIH CSI objectives.
Prepare and implement an employment equity plan and actions which will achieve reasonable progress towards employment equity.

Regulatory & Compliance Management

Plan, lead and manage all activities of the regulatory/compliance function and lead the design and implementation of the organization's compliance policy to facilitate the overall assessment and sustainability of the established compliance strategy while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.
Compile and review the B-BBEE submission to the verification agency and relevant regulatory bodies.
Adhere to Company policies, procedures, and directives regarding standards of workplace behaviour in completing job duties and assignments. Address internal grievances concerning the non-compliance by the employer with the provisions of Act or the Employment Equity plan.
Support, monitor and improve the B-BBEE compliance of all TIH Business Entities as required.
Ensure that Transformation practices, standards, procedures and methods are reviewed, updated and applied.
Enforce the compliance effectiveness of the business units and pillar champions.

Stakeholder Engagement

Manage relationships with strategic internal and external clients and act as a business partner to them, building high levels of professional credibility and mutual trust and ensure that internal clients have access to high-quality advice and guidance to support in delivering business strategy and plans.
Manage relationships with senior managers and senior government officials and engage, collaborate, lobby and influence the Transformation activities with all relevant stakeholders to drive the TIH Transformation agenda.
Ensure that the Diversity & Inclusion Committee is formed and functions optimally.
In consultation with the various Board of Trustees review all grant making programmes of TIH against the strategic objectives in order to determine whether the programmes are aligned.
Identify synergies between TIH’s CSI initiatives, Skills Development and Enterprise and Supplier Development in an effort to maximise on the Group spend.

Policy Development & Implementation

Develop a comprehensive Transformation and EE policy framework for area of responsibility or department. Take responsibility for creating underlying procedures and monitoring their implementation.
Ensure proper document management of all the company transformation activities and collation of plans.

Transformational Change Management

Design and deliver projects within a transformational change program, ensuring integration with other disciplines/functions; build management commitment and use structured change management methodologies to drive acceptance of change and to embed desired culture and behaviors.
Manage key transformation projects and coordinate others, managing risks and opportunities associated with transformational change and business process reengineering, taking all steps to mitigate/exploit these to ensure that the transformation programme is successfully delivered.
Ensure transformation support to all Business Entities of TIH through a combination of project management and solutions development and ensure that projects are scheduled to meet expectations of all stakeholders and cost-effectiveness.
Set up and conduct B-BBEE workshops with respective business entity as required.

Corporate Social Responsibility/ Integrity

Manage the provision of a strategic CSR policy and services. Ensure the delivering of the organization's CSR strategy and services, ensuring full compliance and accountability.
Monitor the trends in development and social giving with a view to keeping abreast of new developments in effective social investment.

Supplier Management

Monitor, review, and highlight any gaps in the performance of suppliers, to recommend and ensure delivery of improvements by suppliers or to renegotiate or change contract/supplier.
Through the relevant service providers develop and implement appropriate monitoring procedures for all programmes included in TIH’s grant making strategy.
Guide the relevant service provider in the preparation and presentation of TIH’s annual programme report to TIH’s various Board of Trustees, setting out the social investments made on behalf of TIH, beneficiaries reached and the work conducted.

Information and Business Advice

Provide specialist guidance on EE and B-BBEE to the leadership team to guide the implementation of policy and the design and implementation of projects and change initiatives.

Budgeting

Manage budget plans for a department; could involve development or delivery (or both).
Facilitate the payments of approved grant according to the approved schedules in order for TIH to effect payment to the respective Beneficiaries.

Data Analytics and Insights

Utilize statistical information necessary to proactively assess employment trends and to evaluate progress of designated employees within occupational levels.
Compile an Annual report which must be submitted to the Department of Labour containing the prescribed information.
Report on progress against transformation plan and provide insights and recommendations on how to improve the plan or project, to ensure Transformation objectives are achieved.

Leadership and Direction

Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the business area or department; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision and values; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.

Performance Management

Manage and report on performance within the department or area of responsibility; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.

Education

A relevant 3 year Business related degree (Essential); Relevant Social Sciences or HR related degree (Advantageous); Post graduate qualification e.g. Honours Degree (Advantageous)

Experience

5 - 7 years working experience in either HR, Talent Management or Diversity and Inclusion (Essential);
Fluent in underlying legislation particularly the Revised B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice (2013), the BEE Act, Employment Equity Act, Skills Development Act and other supporting legislation.
High level of numeracy enabling the interpretation the B-BBEE scores and what they mean.
Financial understanding for the purposes of understanding the B-BBEE scorecard.
Project Management and Change Management experience (Essential)
BEE Consulting or BEE audit experience (Advantageous). 3 or more years experience in managing teams in the Diversity & inclusion portfolio (Essential)

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