Manager: Learning & Development

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To enable a positive workforce experience; interpreting business requirements in order to implement a fit for purpose learning and development strategy for the Country; collaborating with business stakeholders on integrated learning solutions which build capability and deliver the required skills and competencies whilst addressing the requirements of a transforming organisation.

Co-create the AR learning strategy as aligned to the wider Group, BL/CF to build Country strategies in order to fulfil the SLB macro skills requirement.

Foster effective teamwork, collaboration between employees, subordinates, internal and external stakeholders, while ensuring individuals perform optimally to achieve team objectives. Guide, coach and mentor, advice and counsel direct reports and other informal reports to foster excellence. Set objectives for the team and manage their performance in accordance with the performance management framework.

Facilitate positive communication to staff through appropriate structures and systems while gaining a deep understanding and knowledge of the learner (know your learner), and apply creativity to craft learning (where

applicable) to deliver stimulating and long-lasting learning experiences to meet learning needs.

Drive a 'quick market' delivery strategy to ensure relevant and continuous future fit learning content to enable a progressive workforce.

Identify the country's business outcomes and manage Country learning requirements and priorities (with line management) and identify SLB Learning experiences that will supplement the business specific learning initiatives.

Communicate the deployment of learning interventions and experiences and share defined learning needs, requirements, and capabilities with the Head: Learning AR in order to inform and prioritise learning experiences in country and leverage experiences across the region.

Keep abreast of the digital landscape, maximise the use of the digital learning content and platforms to capitalise on available learning and identify and assign skilled learning resources that meets the core and universal learning requirements. 

Type of Qualification: Degree

Added Advantage: Post Graduate Degree

Field of Study: Social Sciences

Experience Required

Learning & Development

Experience working within a learning design, development and delivery environment

with modern instructional design approaches.

8-10 years' experience working within the People & Culture environment with demonstrated experience within the area of specialisation and evidence of contribution to the P&C practice.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Developing Expertise
• Embracing Change
• Establishing Rapport
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Facilitation
• Learning & Development Implementation
• Relating and Networking
• Storytelling
• Teaming
• Workforce Insights