Organisation Effectiveness and Change Specialist

Optimal Growth Technologies; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 670,000 - 1,116,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimal Growth Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist: Organisational Effectiveness and Change to drive OE initiatives and partner with HR leadership. The role focuses on organisation design, diagnosis, data analytics, and change management to enable efficiency and strategic alignment across business units.

The ideal candidate will have 5–8 years in OE, experience with transformation, and a strong grasp of job architecture and evaluation methodologies.

Qualifications

• BCom degree in Industrial Psychology, Human Resource Management, or related field (essential)
• Postgraduate degree in Human Resource Management or related field (advantageous)
• 5-8 years' relevant work experience with OE (organisation design & operating models)
• Experience with business restructuring, transformation and people change initiatives
• Knowledge of agile organisation design and methodology
• Understanding of workforce planning (headcount & employment cost)
• Familiarity with job architecture and job evaluation methodologies (e.g. Paterson, Hay)

Responsibilities

• Drive the OE agenda and provide SME guidance to HR teams
• Lead OE projects including organisation design, diagnosis, data analytics, and change initiatives
• Partner with HRBPs and senior leaders to align functions with business strategy
• Develop and drive continuous efficiency through OE metrics and operating models
• Support digital transformation projects and cross-unit change initiatives

Skills

Organisational Effectiveness

Organisation Design

Change Management

Workforce Planning

Job Architecture

Job Evaluation (Paterson, Hay)

Stakeholder Management

Agile Organisation Design

Data Analytics

Education

BCom in Industrial Psychology or HR Management (essential)

Postgraduate degree in HR Management or related field (advantageous)

Job description

Senior Specialist: Organisational Effectiveness and Change

Duration: 5 months

Location: Midrand

Role purpose:

• The role is accountable to drive the Organisation Effectiveness (OE) agenda and will be required to provide subject matter expertise and guidance to the HR teams as required.
• The role will support and enable the Organisational Effectiveness & Change strategy through identifying and leading the development and implementation of OE projects and initiatives that will include, amongst others, organisation design and diagnosis, data analytics, organisation effectiveness & efficiency, maintenance of organisational job architecture as well as change and cultural transformation.
• The incumbent will be required to partner and share expert knowledge and best practice with various internal stakeholders such as HRBPs, line executives and OE leads in the Group.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Work closely with functional leaders, executive leaders, HRBPs (and OpCo OE leads and HRDs, where relevant) to align functions to the business strategy through proactive and continuous diagnosis of organisational effectiveness, organisational sizing and implementing sustainable organisational improvements
• Support company-wide digital transformation projects as well as business unit specific change and transformation initiatives through effective macro level organisation design
• In partnership with the relevant HRBP/HRD, develop and drive a continuous efficiency agenda for defined business areas by assessing and improving OE metrics such as average span, deepest layers, management ratios, employment costs and other metrics.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• 5-8 years' relevant work experience with proven exposure to organisational effectiveness (organisation design & operating models), and organisation efficiency
• Proven exposure to business restructuring, transformation and people change initiatives (incl. working with senior business leaders)
• Knowledge and exposure to agile organisation design and methodology
• Understanding and experience of workforce planning (headcount & employment cost)
• Theoretical understand and working knowledge of job architecture methodology
• Good understanding of job evaluation methodology (e.g. Paterson, Hay System
• Shape and influence future thinking around organisational operating models and design, ways of working, efficiency and managing change by drawing best practice from Group teams and external market sources.
• Drive simplification and reduce duplication of activities & processes within defined business environments by sustainably re-focussing resources to new revenue streams and/or strategic enablers through detailed analysis.
• Create a strong and effective partnering relationship with the relevant HRBP(s)
• Support HRBPs with effective workforce planning through monitoring permanent and contractor employment costs/headcount
• Contribute to innovative approaches to project and initiatives, effective problem solving as well as a culture of new idea generation, calculated risk taking and knowledge sharing.
• A good understanding of change management frameworks and experience in developing change management plans.
• Strong relationship building and partnering skills
• Good understanding of Telco businesses and operating at a tactical level across multiple business and geographies
• Strong learning agility and curiosity

Must have experience and technical / professional qualifications:

• BCom degree in Industrial Psychology, Human Resource Management, or related field (essential)
• Postgraduate degree in Human Resource Management or related field (advantageous)