Learning & Development Specialist

Sasol; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol is a global chemicals and energy company seeking an experienced Learning & Development specialist in Sandton, Gauteng. The role focuses on providing targeted learning solutions, curating content, and supporting capability development aligned with business needs.

Responsibilities include engaging with the Learning Manager, managing providers, and delivering data-driven insights to improve performance. This role emphasizes cost-efficient learning, regional impact, and adherence to regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 6+ years of learning and development experience.
• Accredited Skills Development Facilitator certification.
• Experience with BBB-EE processes.

Responsibilities

• Act as Learning's point of contact for a business-critical function to provide learning solutions.
• Ensure alignment with broader learning initiatives, strategies, and talent management.
• Source learning products and services to enable scalable solutions for the business unit.
• Evaluate learning service providers and recommend suitable offerings.
• Ensure cost-effective training interventions with maximum transfer to the workplace.
• Provide required reporting and analytics for the assigned portfolio.

Skills

Stakeholder liaison

Training facilitation

Vendor management

Curriculum development

Learning analytics

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 75-year heritage. Through our talented people, we use our expertise and selected technologies to safely and sustainably source, manufacture and market chemical and energy products globally. When you join Team Sasol, you are joining a company that puts people at the center of everything we do.

Sasol invests in its employees along every stage of the career path and offers development opportunities to help you cultivate your career in a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.

Job Requisition ID

13132

Closing Date

25 September 2026

OME

PSR: Group Rewards & Human Capital Solutions

Location

Sandton, Gauteng

Purpose of Job

Provide specialised support and expertise to an assigned portfolio or customer to enable them with access to learning tools and learning programmes that support the capability development in line with business requirements. Proactively and continuously seek to understand and anticipate business requirements and translate these into competency development requirements to advice on the appropriate learning tools (solutions), methods and programmes that will enable business appropriately.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as Learning's point of contact for a business critical function or OME to provide learning solutions and support the Learning Manager.
• Ensure that the business unit is able to link with the broader learning initiatives and strategies, as well as projects, roll-outs, and aligns with talent management initiatives.
• Conduct and execute on the sourcing of learning products and services to enable agreed learning solutions for the business unit ensuring economies of scale.
• Evaluate preferred learning service providers and make recommendations as per the suitability of their offerings.
• Ensure vendor evaluation forms are completed and logged.
• Provide expert advice and recommendations regarding training providers and emerging learning service offerings.
• Assure learning interventions' quality and adherence to minimum standards and learning framework.
• Ensure awareness of minimum standards and communicate any changes or amendments.
• Interpret and propose implementation of standards which will be fit for the assigned business unit.
• Support the business unit in improving performance by assisting and delivering capability gap closing strategies.
• Support the business with the required reporting and analytics for the assigned portfolio.
• Analyse all interventions to determine which accredited courses are core to the BU's PIVOTAL Plan and should be NQF aligned (qualification; scarce & critical skills).
• Develop the improvement plan for Learning Functional Performance Enhancement.
• Provide the business unit with fit-for-purpose learning solutions.
• Find a solution for problems with regional reach, source solutions with a regional reach. This includes facilitating conversation and content development sessions and facilitating execution between service provider, systems and client.
• Integrate and align mandated cross OME training.
• Ensure that training interventions are cost effective, addresses business needs, aligned to the Sasol's learning delivery approach and designed for maximum transfer of learning at the workplace.
• Engage and manage Learning Management System Administrators to ensure the business can access the learning tools and that learning is registered.
• Ensure business processes are in place for efficient Learning Management System Administration activities.
• Manage requests from OME’s pertaining to additional reporting, large content updates and other that impacts on Learning Management System Administration workload.
• Act as an advocate and encourage Learning Manager’s contribution to Communities of Practice.
• Stay informed on competency frameworks and integration of learning and talent via the talent management system.
• Ensure adherence to required learning legislation.
• Support and enable functional learning requirement.
• Manage the Learning Practitioners and their output to business as well as supporting role to the L&DS Functions and Enablement
• Responsible for the SDF Role for Sasol Oil business. Generate and submit WSP/ATR, Apply and track Discretionary Grants (DGs)
• Budget input and management in line with BBB-EE SD element
• Manage and support learnerships initiatives within the area of responsibility including recruitment processes. Participate and provide inputs into third party annual BBB-EE audits (Commissioner’s Report and Board Report)
• Partner with Graduate Centre on early career development programmes in line with Business Strategic objectives

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree

Working Experience

• 6+ relevant years

Certification & Professional Membership

• Accredited Skills Development Facilitator

Required Personal And Professional Skills

• TC_HR_L&D Marketing and Communication
• TC_HR_L&D Research, Development and Innovation
• TC_HR_Learning and Development
• TC_HR_L&D Content Design and Development
• TC_HR_L&D Strategy
• TC_HR_L&D_Manage L&D people, processes and technology
• BC_Ensures Accountability
• TC_HR_Learning Administration
• BC_Optimizes Work Processes
• BC_Communicates Effectively
• TC_HR_L&D Auditing and Quality Assurance
• TC_HR_Learning Planning
• TC_HR_People Advocacy
• TC_HR_L&D as Leader and Cultural Catalyst
• TC_HR_Leading Projects
• TC_HR_Digital Integration
• BC_Manages Complexity
• TC_HR_Digital Literacy
• TC_HR_Business Acumen
• TC_HR_L&D Sustainability
• TC_HR_Learning Evaluation
• TC_HR_Coaching
• TC_HR_L&D Financial management
• BC_Action Oriented

Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Inspired by our Purpose of "Innovating for a better world", Sasol acknowledges that diversity is intrinsic to the fabric of our organisation and is the key to our growth and success. Sasol is committed to the full inclusion of all suitably qualified individuals. Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups and people with disabilities according to Sasol's Employment Equity Plan. This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

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