61001220 - Senior Manager (Organisational… at eThekwini… · Durban

61001220 - Senior Manager (Organisational Diagnostics)

Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Job Purpose:

Direct and manages the Human Capital Metrics functionality, by the development of data points to track the Human Capital environment in the key area of, recruitment, performance, retention, compensation engagement systems, workforce age studies, cost per hire, and cost per time amongst others through the development of hypothesis, methodologies of research, analysis and tools of assessment in order to determine enablers, dis-enablers and solutions to development of Human Capital effectiveness and efficiency.

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Conceptualises and guides the development and implementation of strategies, research and proposals for contributing to organizational effectiveness.

• Provides a specialist advisory and supervisory service for the assessment function.

• Oversees and conducts research in accordance with guidelines for professional practice of the HPCSA and the Professional Board for Psychology.

• Measures effectiveness and contributes to the improvement to organizational culture/climate.

• Responsible for the strategic direction and control of the employment equity functionality.

• Manages the development of research interventions geared towards the development of strategy and policies to guide and govern the implementation of Employment Equity.

• Provides strategic advice and specialist input where required in order to facilitate appropriate and faster decision making.

• Provides a specialist consultancy service to various stakeholders on the development and implementation of Employment Equity plans and related policies.

• Develops, directs and controls the Municipality’s strategy of Employment Equity

• Transformation and Compliance performance areas in terms of situational planning for adoption.

• Represents the Municipality in gatherings/ meetings convened by the DoEL and makes contribution on behalf of the Municipality in developing new proposed EE legislation, amendments and recommendations.

• Develops forward plans and strategies the alignment of the functional area capturing the intent and the intended deliverables.

• Controls outcomes associated with utilization and performance of personnel within the function.

• Disseminates functional and operational information of the immediate, short- and long-term objectives and current applications and constraints.

• Planning and preparing capital and operating estimates and controlling expenditure against the approved budget allocations.

Competencies:

• Organisational awareness.

• Consulting.

• Planning and organising.

• Monitoring and control.

• Strategic HR Management.

• Service delivery orientation.

• Action and outcome orientation.

• Problem solving and analysis.

• Direction setting.

• Impact and influence.

Essential Requirements:

• Post graduate qualification (NQF level 9) in Industrial or Organisational Psychology.

• Current registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa as an Industrial or Organisational Psychologist.

• Valid motor vehicle driving license

• 8 years relevant experience in Industrial or Organisational Psychology of which 3 years must be as a registered Industrial or Organisational Psychologist.

• Computer Literacy.

Preferred Requirements:

• Post graduate qualification (NQF level 10) in Industrial or Organisational Psychology.

• 9 years relevant experience in Industrial or Organisational Psychology of which 4 years must be as a registered Industrial or Organisational Psychologist.

Special conditions:

• Maintenance of current registration with the HPCSA in the category if Industrial or Organisational Psychologist.

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.