Talent and Performance Specialist

Job Description

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

Under the direction of Talent and Performance Lead, this role is ultimately responsible to drive high performance culture and shift the talent mindset in the organisation with the ability to mine data for drive business decisions. The role will be responsible to equip all people leaders with the skills, materials and knowledge to manage their team’s performance and potential. It will partner with the HRBPs in setting clear performance and talent management principles and guidelines across the business, holding all people leaders accountable and ensuring there is a smooth deliver of both Talent and Performance Cycles.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive high performance and talent culture in the organisation
• Built capability for all people leaders and HRBPs to drive high performance culture and talent mindset across the organisation
• Work with Employment Law to ensure there is a clear poor performance process and guidelines to manage poor performance across the organisation
• Set up clear talent and performance review process, templates, and guidelines to enable talent and performance review process across all levels in the organisation
• Drive the integration of all talent systems used in the organisation and ensure there once central data point for talent and performance data in the organisation
• Liase with Vodafone and plan for capability building whenever there is framework or system changes
• Awareness and Capability building of all people leaders (including newly promoted) are trained on both performance and talent management framework, and relevant systems
• Work with HRBPs to support their people leaders and holding them accountable for managing talent and performance according to Vodacom’s standard and policy guidelines
• Plan, communicate and execute via stakeholder management on for both Talent and Performance processes
• Track and report on all performance and talent metrics during critical deliverables
• Work with HRBPs to drive a culture of continuous conversation in ensuring that People Leaders are having performance conversations throughout the year
• Ensure outcomes of Talent reviews are integrated into talent management plans

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Matric/Grade 12 is essential
• 3 year Degree or Diploma in HR and relevant
• 3-5 years relevant HR work experience (essential)
• Advance Excel skills are essential.
• Advanced PowerPoint skills are essential
• Analytics and insights experience
• Interaction and reporting at C Suite level

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Advanced skills pertaining to numerical data capturing and analysis, spotting patterns and trends and using this to inform action taking and business decisions (accuracy and analytics) This includes Advanced excel and data analysis skills
• Advanced experience in driving high performance culture and shaping the Talent management narrative
• Comfortable with innovation, experimentation and applying learnings to programme development and implementation to ensure and enable progressive practices
• Knowledge of the full employee lifecycle, and behavioural development through people processes to support employee engagement
• Advanced business writing communication and presentation skills. This includes advanced and creative Powerpoint compilation skills
• Able to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to activate spirit and effective execution.
• Proven ability to influence and build relationships at all levels
• Project management experience with a track record of timeous delivery
• Facilitation/training experience-including presentation skills

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 27 January 2026

The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.