About the position
Postion Summary:
he National Research Foundation (NRF) seeks to make an appointment for the position of Specialist: Organisation Development and Design who will be responsible for implementing and leading the NRF’s organisational design strategy by overseeing job architecture, career path design, and workforce planning. Planning, executing and managing activity assessments and time and motion studies to conduct current FTE analyses and determine future FTE needs. Creating and managing the talent forecasting processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Translation of the organisational development and effectiveness and People strategy into organisation structure and governance models – more specifically, be responsible for managing the diagnosis, design, delivery and deployment of organisation design initiatives
- Lead the design and delivery of job architecture and develop career architecture with an organisation-wide scope
- Lead the process of workforce gap analyses and assessments to identify gap reduction strategies including an evaluation of operational effectiveness
- Managing and recommending cross-functional operating model designs for strategic initiatives across the NRF, ensuring end-to-end delivery of effective and efficient employee experience
- Managing organisation transformation exercises across the organisation, facilitating operating model analysis and defining roles and ways of working
- Evaluating all Organisation Design submissions and make remedial recommendations
- Reviewing business challenges, business intent and costs of all proposed org structure changes and ensure alignment with existing structures, budgets and Organisational Design Principles
- Engaging with People Partners, Remuneration and business owners to create alignment with business strategy and intent
- Calibrating all new and regraded roles
- Supporting the business in identifying limitations of existing structures and operating models
- Developing and managing the workforce strategic plans that incorporate future requirements and talent succession planning pipeline
- Supporting the line manager in developing workforce strategic plans that incorporate future requirements and succession planning needs
- Supporting line manager in conducting workforce gap analyses and assessments to identify gap reduction strategies
- Developing action plans to implement the strategies and measures for assessing strategic progress, including recruiting, training/retraining, restructuring organisations, contracting out, succession planning, technological enhancements, etc
- Developing comprehensive competency modelling approaches and baseline repositories, including core, technical, and generic competencies; job descriptions per role and draft proficiency levels; map competencies and position job descriptions to the organisation’s career paths
- Facilitating Organisational Development reviews and evaluations and provide feedback on Organisation Development interventions
- Analysing project success, including value creation, ROI and achieving results and outcomes
- Managing comprehensive project plans and reports to be shared with necessary authorities while maintaining confidentiality and data integrity
Minimum Qualification:
- Honours Degree / Post Graduate Qualification / Professional Qualification / NQF 8
Minimum Experience:
- An Honours degree in Industrial, Human Resources Psychology Management, Business Process Engineering, or related qualification
- A master’s degree in industrial psychology, Human Resources Management, Process Engineering, or related qualification is preferred
- Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as an Industrial Psychologist
- Have 5 - 8 years of experience in complex environments, of which 5 MUST be working knowledge and experience of Organisational Design methodologies and principles
- Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in Job Architecture/Career ladder DesignStrong working knowledge and experience of workforce planning, methodologies and principles
Experience:
- Excellent planning and organisational skills; and the ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines and effectively manage changing priorities
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills, including presentation and facilitation skills
- Computer literacy at an advanced level
- Well-developed ability to analyse and interpret complex information to make effective, well-reasoned decisions
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Proven ability to work independently using sound judgement and initiative and collectively within a team-based environment
Knowledge:
- Have knowledge of the full Human Capital value chain e
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- , organisational development, organisational design, talent management, performance management, reward and benefits, talent sourcing, and learning and development
- The design, development, and end-to-end delivery of initiatives across all areas of Organisational Development, including but not limited to Workforce Planning, Capability Development, Organisational Design, Leadership Development and Succession
The NRF website provides more details on the initiatives and activities Applicants should submit a comprehensive CV by registering and apply online through the NRF Recruitment and Selection Portal. Applications should be accompanied by a letter of motivation indicating the applicant·s suitability for the position. The names and contact details of at least three referees should be provided.
Desired Skills:
- Skilled in applied field of position
- Knowledge to be relevant
- Responsible in performing duties
About The Employer:
The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established by an Act of Parliament and mandated to contribute to national development by supporting, promoting and advancing research and human capacity development, through funding and the provision of the necessary research infrastructure, in order to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of science and technology, including humanities, social sciences and indigenous knowledge; and supporting and promoting public awareness of, and engagement with, science. The NRF is a well-established organisation that is highly networked within the knowledge system, nationally and internationally. It is the principal organisation responsible for promoting the national research enterprise and is the primary public funder of postgraduate students and researchers and provider of research infrastructure in the country. It has well-developed, best practice research evaluation and support systems.
