{"id":40154,"date":"2019-07-09T09:51:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T09:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=40154"},"modified":"2019-07-09T09:51:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T09:51:38","slug":"world-vision-international-vacancies-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/world-vision-international-vacancies-2019.html","title":{"rendered":"World Vision International Vacancies 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Director, Talent Management, is responsible for leading and delivering an integrated global talent management strategy supporting Our Promise \u2018people\u2019 requirements focusing on both the organizational needs and individual perspectives. Key responsibilities of this role include: understanding external trends, current internal workforce capabilities and delivering talent management models and \u2018people\u2019 pipelines for the implementation waves of, and enabling, strategic connections between Our Promise initiatives (i.e. 1-3 years, 5-10 years and Fragile, Transitioning Economies, Responses and Development Offices), workforce planning, and organisational design. This will ensure that executive\/senior leadership positions are defined and this group of globally diverse individuals is identified, assessed, developed, monitored and managed.<\/p>\n<p>This role will also ensure staff are living out our core competencies and modeling our mindsets and behaviors for placement into leadership roles driving maximum talent effectiveness and efficiencies, as well as building the organization and its sustainability. Another important aspect of this role, is actively influencing managers to own their talent activities, including, but not limited to, talent-related risk and driving the integrated talent management cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:\u00a0Director, Talent Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leads the globally integrated talent management strategy including succession planning process across the partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Responsible for delivering on \u2018best in class\u2019 integrated talent management strategy, working plans, and practices across the Partnership. Works closely with Executive\/Senior Leaders and P&amp;C leaders to ensure implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting on the strategy through the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fulfills WVI Board requirements for integrated Partnership Talent Management Strategy including Succession Planning for the key leadership positions\u2019 \u2013 delivery and presentation to International President\/CEO and WVI Board and prepare executive and Board reporting and materials as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Creates the \u2018talent story\u2019 through interpreting external trends (looking at the future), understanding current workforce analysis and interpreting\/sharing this data to build out future pipelines for leadership positions that other departments need to deliver on (i.e. sourcing and recruiting, leadership development and capacity building).<\/li>\n<li>In collaboration with Leadership Development, influence\u2019s talent approaches, products and standards utilized across the Partnership. This includes but not limited to: effective creating, influencing, engaging, monitoring with and reporting on career development activities. Meeting with key leaders to find out their organization&#8217;s talent aspirations (e.g. interests, mobility, strengths and gaps).<\/li>\n<li>Effectively engages and influences senior leaders to facilitate staff movement\/development and talent identification conversation for leadership roles.<\/li>\n<li>Creates new pools of leadership talent from a Partnership approach by identifying and determining \u2018next level or generation\u2019 leaders specifically aligned to and support of Our Promise \u2013 including new pools for Fragile, Transitioning Economies and Marketing\/Fundraising for offices.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures that tools, practices, and the work across the Integrated Talent Management portfolio are aligned, coordinated and happening \u2013 leveraging connections across Leadership Recruitment, Leadership Development, Performance Management, and Organization Development.<\/li>\n<li>Supports the talent review processes across the organization, providing guidance to line leaders to submit timely and accurate Succession Plans for annual WVI Board reporting.<\/li>\n<li>Creates a job matrix\/\u2019career path\u2019 for key leadership positions in order to clearly identify feeder positions. This includes job competencies, mindsets, and behaviors supporting Our Promise and based on validated talent data.<\/li>\n<li>In collaboration with the Leadership Development portfolio, establish high potential profile talent identification, assessment, and development.<\/li>\n<li>Inputs and uses the Our People Succession Planning tool to allow for optimal talent analytics, planning, and review.<\/li>\n<li>Identifies new talent approaches and continual improvement in the quality of information on \u2018talent\/people\u2019 for the Partnership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leadership Career Coaching:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Implements robust, timely and on-going conversations with line leaders in supporting and \u2018owning\u2019 their various leader&#8217;s talent activities and development. Sharing of information about how and where their talent is showing up in other places (i.e. through recruitment, participation in internal meetings, talent pools, SLDP, GLO) and supporting them to have meaningful career conversations with their staff \u2013 ensure the understanding that they have responsibility for their people.<\/li>\n<li>Support P&amp;C and line leaders to engage and understand coaching as a development tool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Talent and Succession Forum:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leads the Talent and Succession forum. This forum will ensure deeper, broader and more integrated approach to leadership talent identification and sharing, (i.e. talent spotting, mapping and talent exchanges \u2013 after each GLO, SLDP exchange of insights and data on talent), understanding partnership trends, proactively recommending talent for open positions and career planning\/discussions across the partnership. Initially launched for the SMT level roles, and then identifying and moving into \u2018next generation\u2019 leaders for long term organization sustainability (time frame to be agreed upon).<\/li>\n<li>Monitors leadership talent (GL 18+) to build out talent awareness, profiles\/plans, and recommendations for next development steps (part of talent career management).<\/li>\n<li>Drives talent exchanges and data sharing with P&amp;C BPs in the GC, Support and Regional offices to open up talent conversations and break down silos \u2013 encouraging a \u2018one partnership\u2019 approach to leadership talent management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Participates in various P&amp;C cross-functional projects as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to lead and attend devotional activities and Day of Prayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS &amp; ABILITIES:<\/p>\n<p>Required:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s Degree and a minimum of 10+ years\u2019 experience providing People &amp; Culture (HR) experience, consulting or coaching to executive and senior leaders with significant experience in roles with a global organization.<\/li>\n<li>Critical need for influencing skills working with executive and senior leaders \u2013 exhibits proven experience and success in this area (C-suite).<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of World Vision\u2019s ministry, National and Support offices focusing on key people\/business integration and intersection points.<\/li>\n<li>Successful ability to work through, and in ambiguous and continuously changing environments.<\/li>\n<li>Highly results-oriented in strategy delivery through influence.<\/li>\n<li>Broad HR experience to be able to make linkages between talent and succession planning and broader people and culture agenda, as well as the organizational strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Highly developed commercial and\/or business analysis skills \u2013 the ability to create \u2018meaningful stories\u2019 from various data points for decision-making purposes and delivery of these outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>Prior people management experience.<\/li>\n<li>Must understand the NGO context and the skills and experiences beyond the P&amp;C remit for talent to achieve their potential within WV.<\/li>\n<li>Strong project management capabilities. Proven collaborator, coupled with experience in indirect leadership of teams and virtual teams to achieve strategic agenda.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence effectively across cultures and all levels of the organization Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining strong, productive and mutually beneficial professional networks.<\/li>\n<li>Deep understanding of organizational infrastructure, P&amp;C strategic direction, People and OD practice challenges, trends and best practice within this industry and professional services type organizations.<\/li>\n<li>A clear understanding of integrated talent management, succession planning, and coaching skills with evidence of effective application across international contexts and cultures.<\/li>\n<li>Exceptionally strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills, especially with credibility at senior executive levels (C-suite), and capacity to adapt effectively across WV\u2019s different operating units.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, both oral and written, and ability to convey information effectively, write persuasively in a variety of styles for a variety of audiences, and communicate cross-culturally and within inter-faith settings.<\/li>\n<li>Able to develop and maintain professional relationships (internally and externally) at all leadership levels.<\/li>\n<li>Deep understanding and expertise in adult learning and development and organizational application of learning.<\/li>\n<li>Strong understanding of organizational politics and the demonstrated ability to navigate successfully within the same<\/li>\n<li>Highly developed and successful consultancy and influence skills.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent written and verbal communication in English (additional languages desirable) including Board paper writing and presenting to senior leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Master\u2019s Degree highly desirable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preferred:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clear and positive Christian faith commitment and capacity to provide leadership and guidance in this area, and to ensure WV\u2019s Christian identity is woven into the work delivered.<\/li>\n<li>Humility to be led by others, strength and confidence to provide strong leadership when required; 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