Talent Development Specialist

Job Advert Summary

Who we are:

PPS Investments is part of the PPS Group, which for over 8 decades has been the trusted financial partner for graduate professionals in South Africa. Unlike a company that is listed on a stock exchange, PPS belongs to its members and operates under the ethos of mutuality. This means that qualifying members can exclusively share in the profits of the Group, through the unique PPS Profit-Share Account.

PPS Investments exists to create and grow the wealth of graduate professionals and their families to live the lives they want in a world worth living in. We offer diversified and flexible investment solutions that are mutually beneficial to our clients in the long run because we believe that success is better shared.

Purpose of the job:

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Talent Development & Organisational Effectiveness professional to help build organisational capability, strengthen employee performance and support an engaging future-ready employee experience. The successful candidate will partner with leaders and employees to identify development needs, deliver impactful learning and talent interventions, support performance and career development, and contribute to culture, change and organisational effectiveness initiatives. This role will suit someone who combines strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills with an analytical and practical approach to people development.

Minimum Requirements

Ideal experience:

• 3 - 5 years relevant experience in talent development, learning, organisational development, performance development and/or change management.
• Experience within the financial services / asset management industry would be an advantage.

Ideal qualifications:

• A relevant qualification in Human Resources, Industrial/Organisational Psychology or a related discipline.

Competencies & ideal personality attributes:

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills
• A practical understanding of learning, talent and organisational development
• An understanding of performance development, coaching and assessment practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• The ability to translate employee and business insights into practical interventions
• Sound project coordination and organisational skills
• A collaborative, client-focused and solutions-oriented approach
• An interest in employee experience, culture and organisational effectiveness
• Strong facilitation and presentation capability
• The ability to work effectively in a changing and evolving business environment

Systems knowledge:

• MS Office suite
• HR and / or Learning Management System experience

Please note:

• You acknowledge that any information supplied to PPS is provided voluntarily and therefore constitutes unconditional, specific and voluntary consent to the processing of such information by PPS. Your personal information will be processed for facilitating your employment application with PPS including any statutory or regulatory compliance with which PPS must comply (where applicable) and for the legitimate interests of PPS and yourself, both during the recruitment process and thereafter. You may instruct PPS by written notice to cease the processing of your personal information at any time and, subject to the requirements of applicable South African law, request that PPS delete and/or de-identify such personal information.
• Based on the nature of our business, honesty and integrity are inherent requirements for our roles.
• All appointments are made in line with the Company's Employment Equity targets.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with the business to identify learning and development needs, conducting learning needs analyses and translating business and individual development requirements into appropriate learning plans and interventions.
• Design, coordinate and facilitate learning and development initiatives, including behavioural programmes, using appropriate internal and external learning methodologies.
• Support effective onboarding and employee development, ensuring employees have access to relevant learning experiences that strengthen capability, engagement and organisational readiness.
• Monitor critical and scarce skills requirements and emerging talent trends, supporting the development and implementation of interventions that build future capability and address priority skills needs.
• Support talent reviews, talent mapping and career development, including career paths, development plans and interventions aimed at strengthening employee readiness and internal talent pipelines.
• Use psychometric assessments, coaching and development tools to support individual career development, team effectiveness and broader talent development initiatives.
• Partner with managers to improve team and workforce performance, identifying capability, performance, process and resourcing challenges and supporting practical interventions that enhance productivity and employee experience.
• Support culture initiatives that promote an innovative, collaborative and client-centric culture, while providing guidance to leaders and employees on learning, talent and organisational development matters.
• Support organisational change initiatives, helping employees prepare for business changes and contributing to the implementation, tracking and measurement of change management activities.
• Coordinate talent and organisational effectiveness projects and measure their impact, including analysing engagement and climate survey feedback, preparing reports and scorecards, and supporting initiatives that strengthen collaboration, employee development, mutuality and shared success.