Learning and Development Manager Job Placement – DFCU Bank
Job Title: Learning and Development Manager
Organisation: DFCU Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head Human Capital
About US:
DFCU Bank is a fast growing commercial bank offering a variety of innovative products and services. DFCU Limited was started by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Later restructuring brought in DEG (of Germany) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as equal partners with CDC and UDC, each having a 25% stake in the company. Its objective was to support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not appeal to the then existing financial commercial lending institutions.
Job Summary: The Learning and Development Manager is accountable for achieving high performance standards of all employees in the Bank through development and implementation of comprehensive and cost-effective training and development solutions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Drive culture initiatives within the Bank and manage the team-based performance programs across all competencies.
- Identify performance improvement opportunities and gaps, conduct analyses, and develop solutions that will deliver the desired results through training programs.
- Provide direction and development of lasting leadership development programs within the business
- Oversee the creation of content, e-learning tools, and other training materials that will impact behaviour-changing training using various training methods including but not limited to job aids, facilitator and participant guides, on-the-job training systems and simulation exercises.
- Design training manuals and conduct on-going training for employees.
- Lead change management in liaison with the functional heads.
- Initiate and prepare an annual training calendar, manage the training administration and budget.
- Conduct induction sessions and arrange on-the- job training for new hires and existing staff as well as develop online training modules for staff within established budgets.
- Liaise with functional heads to identify training needs and design cost effective interventions in line with business demands.
- Undertake evaluation of all L&D interventions to ensure that they are effective and have met the objectives using feedback from among others; course evaluations and picking out lessons from each training for action by management.
- Manage the logistical aspects of all training interventions from sourcing of consultants/institutions, to the procurement process, actual training and ensure that evaluation and impact is carried out within the agreed time frame.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant for the DFCU Bank Learning and Development Manager job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business related field or Education from a reputable University.
- A postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Management is an added advantage.
- Five years of working experience in a training and development capacity, in a large business setting.
- Ability to develop strong relationships with others and leverage those relationships across the business by influencing management to take up training programs that ultimately influence the overall performance of the business.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills to identify performance improvement opportunities and gaps, conduct analyses, and develop solutions that will deliver the desired results through training programs.
- Well-developed people skills with ability to influence others.
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and time management skills.
- Excellent planning, organizing and coordinating skills.
- Ability to initiate new ideas and practices and to carry them forward.
- Good understanding of the HR policies and procedures and ability to interpret them to employees.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send applications with detailed CV’s including present position and copies of relevant professional/academic certificates (University Transcript, O & A level) to the email address indicated below; Vacanciesbank@dfcugroup.com
Deadline: 28th February 2020