Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.
Job Description
As Program Lead: Early Careers and Graduate Development, you will work with internal stakeholders and external partners to lead Old Mutuals youth and graduate development strategy across the African continent. The incumbent will lead investments and support work to develop and execute on the groups Pan African strategy of identifying, developing and connecting youth and graduates with opportunities in the markets Old Mutual operates in. Additionally, the role incumbent will lead and consolidates efforts across the Group to position OML as a preferred employer for graduate and scarce skills, including bursars, graduates and interns.
Key Outputs:
- Design the direction for the program including a clear set of business and talent outcomes.
- Custodian of relevant policies and processes and act as escalation point for these - i.e. approve exceptions to policy/changes.
- Lead the work on the development on new policies, processes, products, innovation and breakthrough solutions in the Early Careers space.
- Management and coordination of bursary programs to provide a constant and high-quality source of future identified critical skills, establishment of qualified talent and shared talent databases, as well as administration and monitoring of programs and bursars.
- Coordination of Graduate program intakes that support OML talent objectives, in close collaboration with Talent Management, segment HC Executives, and segment TA.
- Coordination and advisory with regard to intakes for specialist early career programs that support OML talent objectives, in close collaboration with Talent Management, segment HC Executives, and segment TA.
- Thought leadership, research and benchmarking leading practices, frameworks and market trends.
- Contribute to a culture of data driven talent decisions, supporting OML objectives to attract and select high performing, value-aligned talent.
- Relevant tertiary qualification equivalent to a bachelors degree, with an Honours Degree preferred.
- 5-8 years experience leading outcomes-based education related programs, covering multiples geographies.
- Proven track record of impactful contributions at industry level, e.g., conference speaking, leading webinars, contributing to respected subject matter publications, etc.
- Ability to build high quality, credible and sustainable relationships and networks across all functions and levels within the organisation and externally.
- Outstanding communication skills both written and verbal.
- Organised & efficient, attention to detail, implementation, planning & execution.
- Superior time and project management skills
- Ability to handle ambiguity & complexity.
- Superior data, analytical and reporting skills
- Strong overall business acumen
- Ability to solve problems; working collaboratively.
- Examining Information
- Taking Action
- Interpreting Data
- Producing Output
- Articulating Information
- Embracing Change
- Providing Insights
- Upholding Standards
Skills
Analytical Thinking, Communication, External Partners, Internal Stakeholders, People Management, Project Management, Strategic Objectives, Thought Leadership, Work Collaboratively
Education
Bachelors Degree (B) (Required)
Closing Date
03 January 2024
The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
Old Mutual Limited is pro-vaccination and encourages its workforce to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
All prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination status as part of the recruitment process.
Please refer to the Old Mutuals Covid-19 vaccination policy for further detail. Kindly note that Old Mutual reserves the right to reinstate the requirement to vaccinate at any point if it is of the view that it is imperative to do so.
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