Specialist: Transformation & Empowerment

SUMMARY:
Specialist: Transformation & Empowerment - Johannesburg

POSITION INFO:

Job Title: Specialist: Transformation & Empowerment

Reporting Line: Manager: Strategy and Organisational Performance

Remuneration: R807 700 - R1050 000 per annum

Main Purpose of the Job:

Implement and project manage the organisational transformation strategy - Manage, monitor, oversee, and report on the company transformation scorecard inclyding the company BEE verification - provide advice, support and assistance on entity policies and procedures related to the area of focus - Ensure entity compliance with relevant policy, legislation and frameworks - Monitoring, tracking of processes and governance.

Key Responsibility Areas:

Quality Management

• Implement and execute the entity transformation and empowerment plan.
• Support the monitoring and reporting on the entity transformation and empowerment plan including implementation plans, processes, policies, targets, outputs, and outcomes.
• Support the entity in the management of programme stakeholder management to achieve the outcomes of the programme and in engaging on a regular basis with the key stakeholders for the purposes of updates on transformation progress.
• Compile and assist on the reporting of all related transformation imperatives related to transformation and empowerment objectives of the company.
• Assist and support the reporting of procurement monitoring to ensure required targets related to the designated groups and community initiatives are implemented and achieved.
• Assist in the development of evaluation tools, methods and frameworks that will ensure compliance and adherence to approved standards and procedures.

Programme Administration Management and Implementation

• Ensure and support efficient, effective, and good practice programme and project administration.
• Ensure appropriate programme and project document management, tracking and reporting.
• Ensure all company policy, legislative and administrative frameworks are applied and complied with in the management of the function optimally and information is integrated and readily available for reporting.
• Coordinate and manage project deliverables consistent with the required company administrative systems.
• Monitor and evalaute statusses of each project for reporting purposes.

Transformation and Empowerment Required Areas of Output and Outcome

• Report on entity B-BBEE interventions related to housing and human settlements development including targets, outputs, and outcomes.
• Initiate, design, and implement approved programme projects.
• Support and Assist Entity Units to advance transformation in the following regards:
• Women empowerment
• Youth employment
• Preferred procurement BEE for community benefit
• Preferred procurement transformation
• Empowerment of disabled persons within the sector
• Support the access to jobs and skills development
• Support entry of new firms in the construction sector
• Empowerment of military veterans
• Promotion of local content through transformation and empowerment

Eployment Equity Support

• Input in company human resources policy and planning and monitoring support thereof.
• Support the development of the company Employment Equity Plan and B-BBEE Strategy and Action Plan.
• Support problem solving and developing value-adding strategies align transformation and empowerment legislation and objectives.
• Support the Implementation and annual planning for transformation and empowerment targeting and outputs.
• Support and assist with interventions or training programs and advancement opportunity, identifying of obstacles that are present for specified designated groups.

Project Management

• Identify and facilitate engagements and interventions for economic participation for all designated groups for the advancement of transformation and empowerment.
• Implement and faciitate the implementation and support of policies, plans and frameworks where appropriate to enhance socio-economic impact.
• Develop and support plans that ensures that local communities derive maximum benefit from the investment through access to labour, sub-contracting opportunities, socio-economic investment, and income.
• Support successful conclusion of transformation project.
• Support principle that transformation targets are linked to the human settlement transformation score card.

Stakeholder Engagements

• Design, plan and support research, network with relevant role-players and make appropriate contact with public sector organisations.
• Gather relevant information data including key decision-making processes, strategic choices, and timing of priorities, to support evidence-based programme and project planning.
• Support CEO and supervisors in the compilation of reports and presentations to promote transformation in the sector and company functions, mandate and role.
• Advise and organize appropriate meetings, interventions, appointment, engagements, networking sessions and presentations as may be required.

People Management

• Manage and lead any personnel falling under the position scope of authority.
• Set clear objectives for the position and scope of work to measure achievements against objectives based on the company performance management system.
• Build and manage relationships with staff members.
• Implement and comply with the company policies and procedures as required.
• Manage risks within programme and projects.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Degree in Human Resources Management and/or Education and/or Development Studies
• Valid Driver''''''''s Licence
• Ability and willingness to travel
• Computer literacy and proficiency to research, write and compile and prepare reports and presentations
• Minimum 10 years'''''''' experience in the Social and Community Development and/or Transformation and/or Empowerment and/or Change Management
• Experience and knowledge of Skills Development and Training
• Experience in Enterprise Development and Corporate Social Investment Programmes
• A minimum of 3 years of this experience must be at management level

Competencies Required:

Leadership Competencies:

• Advocac and Lobbying
• Change Management
• Developing Others
• Delivery Leadership
• Organisational Awareness and Effectiveness
• People Management
• Public and Private Partnering
• Stategic Planning and Annual Performance Planning

Technical Competencies:

• Contractor / Service Provider Management
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Needs Analysis
• Policy and Procedure Development and Implementation
• Resource Management
• Administration Support
• Data Interpretation
• Budgeting and Budget Management
• Performance Management
• Business Modelling
• Economic Analysis
• Market Research and Analysis
• Programme Management
• Project Feasibility
• Project Financial Management
• Project and Programme Financial Modeling
• Project and Programme Scope Definition and Management
• Research
• Evaluation

Service Competencies:

• Concern for others
• Customer / Citizen Service and Orientation
• Environmental Awareness
• Networking
• Political Intelligence
• Relationship Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Team Player

Behavioral Competencies:

• Action Orientation
• Analytical Thinking Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Compliance
• Communication Written
• Communication Verbal
• Conflict Resolution and Resilience
• Contextual Application
• Continious Improvement
• Creative Thinking
• Decision Making
• Diligence
• Diversity
• Drive to Deliver
• Ethics and Integrity
• Influencing
• Learning and Development
• Mentoring
• Negotiation
• Planning and Organising
• Problem Analysis and Solving
• Professionalism
• Resilience
• Self-Management and Maturity
• Situational Responsiveness
• Thought Leadership
• Technical Curiosity and Expertise
• System and Process Thinking Skills