Senior Manager, Learning & Organisational 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.

The incumbent will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing and monitoring organisation‑wide leadership, learning and development solutions that drive meaningful behavioural change. This includes delivering against the Bank’s Leadership Effectiveness agenda, succession and workforce pipeline priorities, development planning, team effectiveness, culture initiatives, and overall learning objectives.

The role will ensure the effective deployment, adoption and continuous enhancement of leadership, development and learning programmes across Standard Bank Namibia, aligned to the evolving and future skills requirements of the organisation.

In addition, the incumbent will own and drive the strategic execution of Standard Bank Namibia’s integrated Learning and Organisational Development strategies in a commercially viable and agile manner. This includes leveraging stakeholder insights, culture and organisational development practices to create efficiencies, strengthen capability and support long‑term organisational performance inclusive of succession planning.

A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or related

Experience:

8-10 years' experience in working within a learning design, development and delivery environment with modern instructional design approaches.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct research, consolidate data, and generate insights to contribute to the design and development of leadership and learning solutions aligned with strategic objectives inclusive of Succession and workforce pipelining management.
• Analyze learning needs and desired leadership behaviors to develop solutions that enhance leader, team, and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead the implementation of targeted leadership and learning solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure effective rollout.
• Collaborate with Diagnostics & Monitoring teams to leverage data-driven insights for decision-making and program planning.
• Partner with Executive Officer : People and Culture and business leaders to define and manage budgets for leadership and learning initiatives.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Embracing Change
• Interpreting Data
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

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