Senior Specialist: Learning & Development

Absa Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading African banking institution seeks a Senior Specialist: Learning & Development to provide specialist expertise in creating impactful, future-focused learning strategies. This role will require partnership with HR and business leaders to enhance leadership capabilities and support strategic goals, leveraging technologies like Generative AI. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor’s degree in HR and have 5-7 years of relevant experience in investment banking and consulting environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years in a similar specialist-level role within a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Experience in Investment Banking, Banking, Learning, and Consulting is highly preferable.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support in practice formulation and improvement tactics.
• Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to drive impactful learning strategies.
• Consult to ensure global consistency of L&D objectives aligned with CIB Strategy.

Skills

Learning and Development Expertise

Partnership with HRBPs

Data-informed Solution Design

Use of Generative AI

Design Thinking Principles

Education

Bachelor’s Commerce Degree in HR or HR Related Field

Honours Degree in HR or Business-Related Fields

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

The Senior Specialist: Learning & Development role is designed to provide advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics, enabling the provision of specialist learning and development expertise. The role focuses on partnering with HRBPs and business leaders to design, implement, and drive impactful, future-focused learning and development strategies that empower individuals and teams to perform at their best.

The successful incumbent will have a Bachelor’s Commerce Degree in HR or HR Related Field (Honours Degree in HR or Business-Related Fields Experience highly preferable with a minimum of 5 to 7 years in a similar specialist-level role within a complex, fast-paced environment i.e. Investment Banking, Banking, Learning and Consulting).

Job Description

The Senior Learning and Development Specialist will work in close partnership with business leaders and HR to design and deliver innovative, data-informed, and learner-centric solutions that build critical skills, enhance leadership capability, and support the organisation’s strategic objectives. By leveraging emerging technologies such as Generative AI and applying design thinking principles, the Senior Specialist will ensure that learning is not only aligned with business needs but also accelerates performance, fosters agility, and delivers measurable value across the enterprise.

Accountabilities

To provide advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics, enabling the provision of specialist learning and development expertise.

Partner with the HRBP’s and CIB Lead – Learning and Development (LLD) to support the analysis and scoping of the L&D and talent management components of the overall CIB Strategy.

Consult and partner with HRBPs and LLD to ensure global consistency and execution of all L&D objectives and strategy aligned to CIB Strategy.

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Education, Training and Development (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.