Manager, Youth Development & Employment

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

To drive and implement strategies to attract, develop and retain young talent within Standard Bank Group and South Africa. To collaborate closely with People & Culture, business leaders and external partners to create initiatives that foster the growth, engagement and professional development of young individuals entering the banking industry. To provide domain support to African countries where required, monitoring adherence to Group standards.

Post Graduate Degree in Human Resources Management / Learning & Development / Social Science / Psychology.

• Minimum of 10 years or more experience in talent development, Human Resources or a related field, with a focus on youth development strategies.
• Must be able to develop a deep understanding of the Bank's Group strategy, and contribute meaningfully to the Group's Youth Development & Employment strategy, ensuring this is aligned with the overall objectives. Align youth development programmes with these objectives to ensure they support and complement the Bank's mission, vision and strategic direction.
• Ability to identify, conceptualise and propose new special projects aligned with the objectives of youth development programmes. Manage special projects, by developing project plans, outlining objectives and key milestones to ensure projects are completed within the timeframe.
• Prior experience in devising and overseeing the execution of innovative methods to attract young talent, leveraging university partnerships, targeted outreach, recruitment events and social media platforms to create a pipeline of diverse, motivated candidates.
• Track record of employing data-driven insights and emerging technologies to craft and implement innovative recruitment strategies, forecast talent needs, manage succession planning and identify skills gaps among the youth workforce.
• Pro active collaboration with business leaders and People & Culture to understand departmental workforce of the future needs and identify opportunities for integrating youth development initiatives into strategic plans.
• Must have the ability to consider strategic alignment when co creating the business area(s)' pipeline build as well as the longer term (2-3 year) youth development approach to meet the future capability needs of the business.
• Prior experience in monitoring and interpreting future trends and shifts in the Youth Development and Employment (YDE) practice, implementing end to end solutions, prioritising and ensuring alignment of CoE initiatives implemented, and influence relevant internal and external stakeholders accordingly, to address needs.
• Demonstrated ability to forge partnerships with educational institutions, external organisations and community groups to create mutually beneficial initiatives that enrich the development of young professionals while positively impacting the Bank's brand and social responsibility efforts.
• Manage and report on financial performance against the approved budget. Conduct regular financial forecasting to anticipate program expenses and revenue streams, ensuring expenditure remains within budget allocations, implementing corrective measures when needed to ensure financial targets are met.