OD and Strategy Manager at Workforce Group

Workforce Group is a Management Consulting and Outsourcing Professional Services Firm. Following its inception in July 2004, Workforce Management Centre Limited (Workforce) has built an enviable reputation as the leading indigenous management and professional services consulting firm in Nigeria. Drawing from its Deep Domain Expertise, in the area of organizational effectiveness and employee performance, the Company is positioned to assist businesses across diverse sectors of the economy in their quest to create sustainable value for their stakeholders.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: OD and Strategy Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Reports To: EVC/ Board

Job Objectives

• Responsible for managing OrganisationDesign and Development across the Group and it’s operating companies
• Responsible for supporting the Group & Operating businesses in setting their strategic direction to drive growth and expansion as well monitor the Group’s performance against set objectives.
• Responsible for project management across the Group

Principal Duties / Responsibilities
Organization Design:

• Lead all organizational design and development activities, ensuring adequate structures, capabilities, skills and manning areinplace to support organisationalstrategy, objectives and goals
• Serve as a strategic advisor, functional expert and thought partner to management, regarding key talent strategies and issues, including recruitment, succession planning, leadership development, and employee retention.
• Oversee the development of a Group wide HR strategy and leadership focused on the strategic facets of human resource management activities including Recruitment, Talent and Performance Management
• Define a distinctive organisationculture, values and employer brand, and facilitate its implementation across the organization
• Drive the development of a robust performance management framework and oversee the effective implementation of same across the organization
• Oversee full-cycle executive sourcing activities (including sourcing, interviewing, reference checking, negotiating and extending offers) for C-suite level executives

Strategic Planning and Corporate Performance Management:

• Lead the annual strategic planning process to ensure that it is timely, focused, and value adding
• Translate key strategic priorities into actionable and quantitative plans for the organization and its Operating businesses
• Champion the distilling of insights from research and analysis (competitor analysis, operational performance, market/industryinnovation, etc.) to drive the development of key strategies to support the achievement of overall business objectives
• Develop robust forecasting and planning tools and models to be utilized for business operations and projections and obtain management’s buy-in
• Design tools and platforms for coordinating and monitoring the measurement of milestones

Market and Business Viability Analysis:

• Assist the evaluation of new business opportunities, projects, operational and growth plans
• Oversee the identification of new business initiatives across the Group and the management and development of same until theybecome fully operational
• Coordinate the preparation of presentations and analyses to support Executive Management in making key business decisions

Project Management:

• Drive the development and institutionalization of project management frameworks and practices across the Group
• Maintain overall responsibility and accountability for ensuring efficient and effective delivery of projects

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform other duties as required by the EVC and the Board

Job Requirements
Education:

• First Degree.
• A postgraduate qualification or an MBA would be an advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years experience in Management Consulting.

Knowledge, Skills and Competency Requirements:

• In-depth understanding and hands-on experience of talent and career management.
• Knowledge and understanding of human resources concepts ( learning and development, performance management, career management, succession planning etc).
• Ability to think strategically, and drive for results.
• Strong global, cultural and business awareness.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with a high degree of ethical standards and integrity.
• Strong interpersonal skills, a collaborative and flexible style.
• High sense of responsibility, accountability and dependability.
• Excellent communication, business presentation, persuasion, and analytical skills
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office tools.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Capability to manage change effectively.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.