Training Manager (m/f)

Description

• Job Title: Training Manager Direct Line
• Job Grade Patterson: D-Lower Department Training
• Purpose statement: The purpose of this role is to support the company’s growth strategy through employee learning and development initiatives to ensure: Employee readiness and effectiveness after employment to Develop and enhance: the business’s talent and evolve the company’s future leaders
• Key performance areas (to translate into a measure of success); Regulatory compliance; Employee readiness; Employee effectiveness and Cost management

Duties

Regulatory compliance

• Ensure compliance with legislated training requirements
• Annual completion of Workplace skills development plan (WSP), Annual Training Report (ATR) to relevant body
• Keep abreast with regulatory developments in the skills development and L&D fields
• Brief the management team on any developments in legislation
• Ensure all training activities and materials meet the organizational and statutory policies, including Health & Safety

Employee readiness

• Welcome learners from the training department
• Daily follow up on with trainers on progress of the group
• Final sign off with trainer on the readiness of the group for the live environment
• Moderate sample of assessments
• Final assessment for learners found Not Yet Competent
• Conduct end of training meeting together with the trainer and campaign representatives
• Review evaluations after every training sessions
• Co-ordinate with recruitment in terms of when new starters and expected
• Custodian of the training calendar providing guidance to the L&D officers, business and recruitment in terms of scheduling for the month
• Provide support and guidance to trainers and support coaches in terms
• Project manage new products introduced into the business from a training perspective
• Identifying training and development needs within the organization through job analysis, regular consultation with business managers and human resources
• Devising individual learning plans for learners that have been identified within the business
• Managing the delivery of training and development programmes
• Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees through questionnaires and discussions with managers for a period of 1 month
• Ensuring that statutory training requirements are met by constantly evaluating training and development programmes to ensure that are aligned with training best practices
• Helping line managers and trainers solve specific training problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups
• Assists in managing external training provider relationships specific within the operational space
• Ensuring data/learner records all necessary data is stored as per appropriately
• Amending and revising programmes as necessary, in order to adapt to the changes that occur in the work environment
• Investigation into alternate training methods
• Lead the design, development, implementation and maintenance of a skills inventory to assist in human resource planning and identification of learning needs
• Ensure that resources are available to meet business request
• Keeping up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courses
• Researches and recommends a complement of internal and external learning programs that align with the organizations business objectives
• Works directly with the different business units to define and coordinate customized programs based on their group’s needs
• Project manage branch and site set up as and when required in Mozambique and other countries on a project support basis

Employee Effectiveness

• Facilitate Effective training of Machine operators
• Coordinate career development, succession planning and talent management in partnership with HR recruitment manager and the Regional HR Business Partner
• Receive assess and confirm nominations for formal training programs
• Deliver training courses personally where necessary
• Organize training venues, logistics, transport and accommodation as required, to achieve efficient training attendance and delivery Cost management
• Plan, propose, obtain approval and control all learning development expenses within the allotted budget
• Any other lawful and reasonable outputs and responsibilities that may be required

Requisites

• Minimum: Post Graduate qualification in Human resources management/training and development Advantageous
• MBA
• 5 years learning and development management managing at least 3 resources
• 3 years establishing a learning and development department
• Willing to travel locally and internationally
• A sound knowledge if skills development legislation
• Broad technical knowledge of learning and development
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Analytical skills
• Planning and organization skills
• Presentation skills
• Numerical skills
• Verbal skills
• Leadership skills
• Public speaking
• Relationship management
• Team player
• Well-developed management skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Internal customer service oriented
• Above average verbal skills English and Portuguese
• Open and approachable management style

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• Only CV’s submitted in English will be considered applicants must be fluent in Portuguese and able to communicate functionally in English