Location: Sandton

Our client in the Manufacturing industry is looking for a Skills Development Facilitator.

Key responsibilities

Strategy Formulation and Implementation:
• Develops and aligns Skills development strategy in order to propel the organization forward and maximize employee skills and potential.
• Design methodologies aimed at enhancing employee effectiveness through accredited programs and/or institutions.
• Establishes practices and processes that drives an effective learning environment
• Conducts skills audits/skills needs analyses as required for workforce planning, including scarce and critical skills
• Maximizes return on investment on training spend
• Responsible for the planning, implementation and reporting of training in the organization and has a close working relationship with the relevant Seta’s.
• The SDF is responsible for the development and coordination of training interventions, management of the staff bursary scheme, sourcing of training vendors and facilitators, management of learnerships & skills programs, evaluation of training outcomes and conducting research.

Forum Management:
• Set up and manage the skills development forum
• Promote a positive work ethic in motivating and facilitating the implementation of agreed development programmer.
• Provide a conduit to management on key skills challenges in order to create a culture that fosters improvements and encourages participation.
• Provides statistical reports of learning and development behaviors and practices to facilitate effective decision-making and direct the focus and budget to targeted skills sets.
• Ensures that all company practices are compliant with all relevant legislation to minimize financial risk and eliminate discrimination.
• Creates opportunities to maximize financial return, by accessing the relevant discretionary grants for bursaries, learnerships, etc.

Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation:
• Ensures compliance with all relevant legislation
• Monitors the environment to ensure a culture of transparency and non-discrimination
• Reports on and make representation to the internal bodies such as the Skills Development Forum, Employment Equity Forum, etc.
• Keeps abreast of all changes in legislation ensuring that the organization stays ahead
• Proactively prepares the organization for changes in legislation ensuring minimal disruption to the workforce and integration with the desired culture.
• Contributes to the development of critical skills required to run the organization
• Research best practice training vendors and partners to deliver on this training
• Evaluate effectiveness of learning interventions.

Requirements:
• Matric
• Driver’s License – Code 08
• Own Transport
• Able to travel
• Must have Relationships and networks with Cath SETA and Services SETA
• Applicants must have SDF experience i.e. they must have worked on Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) annual submissions as well as applications to the SETA for non-mandatory grants.
• They must have a thorough understanding of these processes as well as other SETA compliance matters.
• Applicants must have a good understanding of the BBBEE scorecard and how Skills Development impacts the scorecard
• Tertiary qualification relevant to Human Resources/Training & Development or Recognition of Prior Learning
• A minimum of 5-6 years of experience as a skills development facilitator.
• Knowledge and understanding of the skills development framework and the relevant governing bodies
• Experience in completion of WSP, ATR and BEE reports
• Advising on and implementation of Quality management Systems for skills development
• Applied knowledge of legislation such as EEA, SDA, SDL.
• Managing relationships with the relevant SETA
• Experience in managing learning projects
• Experience in accreditation and validation of internal programmers
• Can address a conflict, seeing it as an opportunity.
• Is good at focused listening.
• Can settle disputes equitably.
• Can determine common ground and acquire cooperation with minimum disruption to business and people dynamics.
• Easily gains trust and support of peers.
• Encourages collaboration.
• Has a sound understanding of how the business works
• Is knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends and information affecting his/her business and organization.
• Is well versed on the marketplace and aware of how strategies and tactics may be applied to optimize business success.

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