Performance Development Consultant

Recruiter:

The Working Earth

Job Ref:

TWE001906/KM

Date posted:

Monday, January 26, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

700000 Annually

SUMMARY:
A leading company based in Sandton, who are JSE-listed, is recruiting for a Performance Development Consultant. This role is perfect for a candidate that is passionate about performance management.

POSITION INFO:
The role requires a candidate with the following experience:

Experience within a large organisational and corporate and be based at Head Office
5+ years’ experience in performance management and organisational development
Proven experience designing, implementing, and governing performance management frameworks
Strong background in performance calibration, moderation, and differentiation
Experience coaching senior leaders on goal setting, feedback, and performance conversations
Demonstrated experience integrating wellbeing or mental wellness into people practices
Deep expertise in performance management design, analytics, and governance
Strong understanding of goal setting, talent, leadership, and succession frameworks

The responsibilities of the role will include:

Design, implement, and continuously refine a Groupâwide performance management framework that is fair, consistent, and impactful
Embed effective goalâsetting and cascading aligned to Group and divisional strategy
Drive meaningful performance differentiation through ranking, calibration, and moderation processes
Facilitate calibration sessions with leadership teams, ensuring equity, rigour, and bias awareness
Analyse performance data and trends to inform evidenceâbased leadership decisions
Build leader capability in goal setting, feedback, and performance conversations
Enable leaders to confidently manage underperformance and accelerate high performance
Design and deliver performanceârelated learning interventions, tools, and frameworks
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on complex performance and people matters
Ensure performance outcomes inform development, talent identification, and succession planning
Integrate performance insights into talent reviews and highâpotential discussions
Design and implement wellness and resilience initiatives that support sustainable high performance
Embed mental wellbeing, psychological safety, and workload balance into performance practices
Translate engagement and wellness insights into actionable improvement plans
Measure the impact of wellness initiatives on performance, engagement, and retention

Please consider your application as unsuccessful if you have not received a response, within 14 days of submitting your application. We will keep your CV on our database for any suitable roles.

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