Job Description

Coca-Cola Kwanza Ltd has an exciting opportunity in the People & Culture Department. We are looking for a talented individual with relevant skills and experience in Learning & Development for a Learning & Development Manager position, based in Dar es Salaam. The successful candidate will report directly to the People & Culture Director.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Actively influencing the organisation’s Learning & Development strategies, and implementing such strategies in country to ensure required competence, enabling the achievement of the organisation’s long term growth strategy.

1. Learning and Development Strategic focus

• Interrogates country strategy and compares key competence requirements with current levels, to identify strategic focus areas and training needs, aligned to organisation objectives.

2. Learning & Development infrastructure development

• Leads the implementation of the development infrastructure in country, including career paths, competence frameworks, competency definition, curricula design, critical learning interventions and systems.
• Actively enables a learning culture in country, through utilisation of optimal learning approach, methodologies and assessment.
• Aligns Learning & Development processes, practices, frameworks and tools in country, as appropriate, aligned to Group Office (GO).
• Develops and manages relationships with external partners in country, such as educational institutions.
• Develops and implements effective Learning & Development metrics, aligned to GO, that drive and support country performance.

3. Competence Development

• Sources country specific Learning solutions, working in conjunction with other functional leaders and specialists in country and in GO.
• Implements effective leadership programs to build leaders at all levels, with the required skills and competencies to lead and generate confidence in the future.
• Ensures effective integration of talent management, performance management and Learning & Development in country, to ensure optimal organisation and individual development.
• Ensures alignment between Sector Scarce Skills priorities and business requirements for pipeline creation.

4. Governance

• Ensures legislative and governance compliance in all aspects of Learning & Development in country

Skills, Experience & Education

The applicant should have at least a Bachelor's Degree, with post graduate HR qualification, or equivalent. A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Learning & Development including managerial level experience or equivalent. Proficiency in Ms Office applications; excellent interpersonal, good communication skills and strong stakeholder/ relationship management at all levels with internal and external customers; highly professional standards of integrity and customer service.