Manager, Business- People and Culture

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To support the People & Culture Head to implement programmes, projects and initiatives to enable strategy, achieve minimum standards of service, adherence to governance standards, manage costs and achieve budgets, while continuously improving operational efficiency of the team with clear objectives and established tools. Responsibilities are directed by the requirements of the People & Culture Head and align to the strategic objectives of the business unit.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders (Risk, Internal Audit and Compliance) to understand required risk management practices to implement across the Business Area.
• Collate data input from a variety of sources to enable reliable reporting and dashboards to enable monitoring and decision making across the Business Area.
• Co-ordinate the prioritisation of operational delivery and efficiency initiatives to ensure optimal use of resources and enable the biggest impact on strategic objectives of the Business Area.
• Develop artefacts required for the successful execution of approved interventions and participate in the execution these as appropriate
• Identify and escalate reputational risks, gaps or pain points which may jeopardise license to operate to line leaders.
• Participate in, and guide, the implementation of employee communication, engagement and organisational effectiveness initiatives and apply best practice standards within the local context to empower an efficient team.
• Track and analyse selected area metrics to identify gaps related to the implementation of strategic initiatives and make recommendations.

• Experience in managing projects to completion to achieve defined business objectives or metrics. Required
• Experience in influencing stakeholders at different levels across a multiple of disciplines to achieve shared outcomes
• The ability to coordinate multiple administrative activities to enable the efficient
  operations of a department.
•  The ability to provide due consideration to risks, rewards and the cost of control measures in evaluating business opportunities, process and system changes.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Embracing Change
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks

Technical Competencies:

• Business Administration Skills
• Written Communication
• Risk/ Reward Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Project Management