Head of Organisational Effectiveness | Rivonia (Contract)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

We are seeking a strategic and insight-led Organisational Effectiveness leader to shape culture, leadership capability, and employee experience across the organisation. This role plays a critical part in translating people data and behavioural insights into measurable, sustainable business impact.

Key Purpose of the Role

To drive enterprise-wide organisational effectiveness by leveraging employee insights, behavioural science, and data analytics to enable a high-performance, inclusive, and future-ready culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of organisational effectiveness strategies aligned to business priorities
• Translate employee insights (VoE, engagement surveys, OHI, pulse data) into actionable interventions
• Drive culture transformation and inclusion strategies across the organisation
• Partner with senior leaders to embed leadership capability and behavioural change
• Apply behavioural science and organisational psychology principles to solve complex people and performance challenges
• Use people analytics and diagnostic tools to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Design and implement employee experience and engagement frameworks
• Support enterprise change initiatives to enable sustainable performance and transformation
• Influence and advise executive stakeholders on culture, engagement, and organisational design priorities

Required Experience & Skills

• Proven experience in Organisational Effectiveness, Organisational Development, or Senior HR Strategy roles
• Strong background in people analytics, employee engagement, and culture diagnostics
• Demonstrated experience translating data and insights into business interventions
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing executive leadership
• Deep expertise in change management and culture transformation
• Solid understanding of behavioural science, organisational psychology, or related disciplines

Education

• Degree in Organisational Psychology, Behavioural Science, Industrial Psychology, HR, or related field
• Postgraduate qualification advantageous