Senior Manager: Training

FlySafair • Full-time • City of Johannesburg, ZA • 2h ago

Develop and implement a multi-year training strategy that integrates business-driven L&D priorities with regulatory compliance requirements.
Oversee the governance of L&D frameworks and policies, ensuring quality assurance, compliance with regulatory requirements, and alignment with long-term organisational goals.
Lead organisation-wide capability reviews to identify and mitigate future workforce risks, ensuring readiness for business transformation.
Provide leadership and oversight of the L&D strategy, ensuring alignment with business transformation, and long-term talent needs.
Oversee organisation-wide capability planning by consolidating skills gap analyses into long-term workforce and succession strategies.
Ensure that learning and development initiatives are directly aligned to these strategies, supporting organisational transformation and future capability needs.
Partner with business leaders to ensure L&D priorities address current and emerging capability gaps.
Guide the design and governance of leadership, technical, and soft skills programmes, ensuring consistent quality, impact, and alignment with organisational goals.
Foster a culture of continuous learning through modern approaches, including blended learning, digital platforms, and coaching/mentoring frameworks.
Oversee the Learning Management System (LMS), ensuring content relevance, accessibility, and user engagement.
Ensure compliance with all statutory, industry, and professional regulatory training requirements (e.g., aviation, safety, occupational health regulations etc).
Liaise with regulatory bodies, accreditation authorities, and internal compliance stakeholders to ensure programmes remain valid, accredited, and up to date.
Monitor and report on training compliance levels, proactively addressing risks and gaps.
Drive the standardisation and documentation of training practices to meet audit requirements.
Deliver accurate, timely, and comprehensive monthly and quarterly training reports (including training hours, completion rates, costs vs. budget, ROI, and impact metrics) to ExCo/HR leadership.
Ensure 100% accuracy of training data and provide trend analysis with actionable insights to support workforce planning and skills development strategies.
Maintain 100% compliance with statutory/regulatory training reporting requirements (e.g., TETA submissions, aviation/regulatory training logs where applicable).
Develop and maintain training dashboards for senior leadership that highlight key trends (e.g., compliance rates, skills gaps, L&D effectiveness).
Translate training data into recommendations, ensuring actionable insights are incorporated into strategic HR/OD plans per quarter.
Establish training governance frameworks, policies, and systems that meet both business and regulatory expectations.
Implement robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to measure ROI, learning effectiveness, and compliance outcomes.
Ensure training providers and facilitators meet professional and ethical standards (where applicable).
Own and manage the Training budget, ensuring cost-effectiveness, ROI, and alignment to priorities.
Negotiate and manage vendor and provider relationships at a strategic level.
Champion learning innovation (AI-driven learning, digital platforms, predictive analytics, skills marketplaces).
Position the organisation as a learning organisation, embedding continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
Anticipate and prepare for future skills trends (digital, regulatory, AI etc).
Lead and develop a high-performing training team across L&D and regulatory training portfolios.
Partner with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., HR, Compliance, Safety, Line Managers, Regulatory Authorities) to deliver integrated training solutions.
Influence and advise senior leadership on talent and compliance risks related to training gaps.
Grade 12 or Equivalent (Essential);
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, or related field (Esential);
Honours degree in relevant field or Business Leadership (Essential);
ETDP SETA accredited (Advantageous);
Master’s degree in relevant field or Business Leadership (Advantageous);
10-12 years’ relevant experience in a mid-size organisation, of which, at least 5 years should be in the aviation training industry (Essential);
Minimum of 5 years managerial experience (Essential);
Proven experience in developing and managing soft skills training across various departments (Essential);
Proven experience in managing Aviation Regulatory training (Essential);
Excellent knowledge and understanding of relevant CATs and CARs regulations (Essential);
Sound knowledge of SACAA regulations, and company policies (Essential);
Knowledge of Standard Operating Procedures (Essential);
Knowledge of educational and training techniques and methods (Essential);
Knowledge of aviation training systems (Essential).

Personal Attributes

Professional;
High ethical standards and integrity;
Impartial and objective;
Approachable and compassionate;
Immaculate time management;
Assertive;
Flexible and adaptable;
Influential.

Application Guideline

Email applications will not be accepted;
Preference will be given to members of under-represented designated groups;
Should no feedback be provided within two (2) weeks from the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

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