Senior Specialist, Performance Management II

1. JOB DETAILS:

 

Position Title: Senior Specialist: Employee Performance Management

Broad Band: M11: Experienced professional

Department & Function: CoE

Talent Pipeline Layer: Managing Self Principal Expert Consultant (MS)

2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:

Implement, optimise and coordinate Ma’aden’s Performance Management process and procedures to ensure that employees’ activities and outcomes are congruent with the organisation’s objectives (ensure PM entails those activities and outcomes that will result in Ma’aden successfully implementing the strategy).

 

3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

 

Qualification: 

Relevant B Degree 
Higher Degree preferred

Experience: 

6 Years relevant experience

Skills:

* Effective management skills 
* Sound knowledge and understanding of practical impact of all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements 
* Sound knowledge and understanding of Ma’aden codes, regulation, rules, procedures and processes 
* Subject matter expert on the specific processes 
* Competent in using applicable technology software and/or systems 
* Teamwork and ability to deal with diversity 
* Sound understanding of fundamentals of business processes 
* Proficient attention to detail 
* Coping with pressures and setbacks 
* Advanced ability to gather information and accumulate data 
* Results driven 
* Design thinking 
* Facilitation and influencing skills 
* Curios and innovative 
* Ability to adapt to and facilitate change 
* Proficient knowledge of Ma’aden commercial practices 
* Effective oral and written communication 
* Analytical and critical thinking 
* Advanced knowledge of discipline processes and procedures 
* Advanced problem solving and decision making skills 
* Advanced writing and reporting skills 
* Following rules, regulations and procedures 
* Advanced proficiency at application of theory to practical design and detailed design 
* Apply and demonstrate sound problem analysis techniques 
* Sound emotional intelligence

4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Focus Area

Get results through individual expertise (broader than own)

 

Operational / Functional

1. Consistently deliver business solutions which contribute to business results and improved competitiveness (consulting advice, business options) 
2. Deliver quality solutions/ service cost effectively on time and within risk parameters 
3. Provide advice that are generally accepted and implemented on programmes and systems, creating a competitive advantage for organization, leading to quality results 
4. Deliver Cost effective results 
5. Risk results 
6. HSE targets

* Design, standardise and ensure consistent application of performance management throughout Ma’aden (process, quality, cycles, reporting)

* Coordinate and assist to manage Ma’aden’s IPMS process and cycle (ensuring timely and effective delivery)

* In collaboration with Strategy & Development, assist to cascade Ma’aden’s strategy throughout the organisation and assist to ensure PM design and execution drives performance aligned to respective business plans (e.g. including core strategic competencies/KPAs into PM, etc)

* Support and enable integration between PM and L&D

* Identify and implement change initiatives building and driving Ma’aden’s high performance culture

* Identify and implement (in collaboration with L&D) programs building and enhancing manager’s capabilities managing performance (e.g. conducting difficult conversations, effective performance dialogues, etc)

* Support and promote digitalisation within PM

* Actively contribute to develop, implement and manage – in collaboration with Snr Director OE – people analytics metrics that drives performance and enable real time data driven strategic business decisions

Leadership

1. Understand, support and live the Ma’aden vision, values and goals 
2. Expert utilization & direction through selling and obtaining support for value adding ideas leading to business improvement 
3. Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness 
4. Expertise transfer, sharing and development 
5. Continuously develop extensive knowledge relating to own field work and personal mastery in technical skills application through Talent Development 
6. Expertise integration, sharing and developing expertise in others 
7. Established technical and professional policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods; application, review and development 
8. Deliver expert solutions as a thought leader, to meet changing business & work requirements through Trends, analysis, problem solving and quality decision making 
9. Minimise Corporate risk through applied expertise, understanding Process and risk impact, reporting risks in the workplace and taking corrective action 
10. Statutory & professional practice development 
11. Extract, benchmark, enrich, capture and disseminate knowledge within knowledge management standards 
12. Focused development of expert networks

* Get results through empowering others to act 
* Enable team members to achieve competence for career progression 
* Coaching and development of own staff 
* Mentor 
* Avail staff for training and development required due to change initiatives 
* Avail staff for development opportunities (incl. rotation to other Affiliates; International assignments) 
* Ensures team motivation and team wellness 
* Lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values 
* Apply new ideas and work methods and opportunities for improving business results through team engagement

 

Relationships

 

1. Creating effective stakeholder and expert networking relationships (e.g. customers, suppliers, universities and specialist bodies) 
2. Demonstrate influential relationships with manager peers and company business leaders 
3. Contractor/consultant relations & management 
4. Communication of expertise (best practices, technical reports, position statement) 
5. Develop and facilitate the implementation of new solutions in area of expertise 
6. Research & Development

* Facilitate effective communication up and down from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams 
* Network and collaborate with service providers (e.g. Finance, SC, IT, Communications, etc) 
* Build and maintain sound relationships with consultants and external service providers 
* Identify and support inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain 
* Build and maintain sound networking with external professional bodies/forums

* Close collaboration with Strategy & Development function, Rewards, L&D

5. COMPETENCIES:

 

Technical/Functional

 

Core competencies:

People practices – Understanding the range of people practices needed to be an effective people professional

Culture and behaviour – Understanding people’s behaviour and creating the right organisation culture

Business acumen – Understanding your organisation, the commercial context and the wider world of work

Analytics and creating value – Understanding analytics and its use in creating insight and measuring value

Digital working – Understanding the digital environment and how to apply technology in a people context

Change – Understanding how to effectively enable change

Policy, regulation and law relevant

Specialist Competencies:

Employee experience – Creating a holistic approach around engagement and well-being which enables workers to have a voice and be their best

Employee relations – Ensuring the relationship between an organisation and its people is managed through transparent practices and relevant law

Diversity and inclusion – Creating inclusive cultures where individuals can thrive

Learning and development – Ensuring workers have the knowledge, skills and experience to fulfil individual and organisational needs and ambitions

Organisation development and design – Using a systemic approach and application of behavioural science to drive organisation performance

People analytics – Using analytics to inform organisation decision-making

Resourcing – Identifying, attracting and assessing to get the right people for the organisation

Reward – Creating remuneration and benefits approaches aligned to current and future organisation needs and market conditions

Talent management – Maximising potential through talent identification, engagement and planning

Leadership

 

• Developing self and others 
• Drive digitalisation within the function 
• Teamwork and collaboration 
* Continuous improvement

 

Safety

 

• Safety advocate – anywhere and everywhere 
• Advanced knowledge and application of HSE rules and procedures 
• Sound knowledge of applicable HSE legislation and regulations and its practical implications 
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others 
• Ability to contribute to fostering a safety culture 
* Drive and facilitate Ma’aden Safety Culture Transformation Program