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Manager Learning, Talent and Organisational Design
2026-02-06T08:03:54+00:00
Ecobank
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FULL_TIME
Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Banking
Human Resources, Management, Business Operations
UGX
MONTH
2026-02-12T17:00:00+00:00
8

Job Description

  1. BUSINESS AND FINANANCIAL OUTCOMES

1.1 – Strategic Capability & Workforce Readiness

Responsibilities

  • Conduct institution‑wide Training Needs Analysis (structured and informal) to identify current and future capability gaps.
  • Analyse affiliate skill pools and workforce capability trends annually.
  • Align L&D and talent interventions to business strategy, critical roles, and future growth priorities.
  • Leverage structured talent assessment tools to strengthen predictability of business success.

Outcomes

  • Clear visibility of current and future institutional capability gaps.
  • Improved readiness for strategic, leadership, and critical roles.
  • Reduced business disruption due to skills shortages or succession gaps.
  • Strong alignment between business priorities and people capability investments.

KPI 1.2 – Return on Learning & Talent Investment

Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive annual L&D Plan aligned to business and talent priorities.
  • Identify cost‑effective learning solutions (in‑house, external, digital, mentoring).
  • Prepare, manage, and track the annual L&D budget.
  • Monitor utilisation of learning and talent development investments.
  • Outcomes 
  • Optimised use of L&D budget with clear value for money.
  • Learning investments demonstrably linked to performance and capability uplift.
  • Reduced reliance on external hiring for critical skills.
  • Improved bench strength and internal talent supply.
  • KPI 1.3 – Organisational Structure Effectiveness
  • Responsibilities
  • Partner with business leaders to review and design organisational structures aligned to strategy and operating models.
  • Support organisation design initiatives including role sizing, spans of control, and layer optimisation.
  • Assess organisational effectiveness and productivity implications of structure changes.
  • Provide OD input into business growth, transformation, and change initiatives.
  • Outcomes 
  • Organisational structures aligned to strategic priorities and business models.
  • Improved decision‑making speed and operational efficiency.
  • Optimised spans and layers supporting productivity and cost effectiveness.
  • Reduced duplication of roles and unclear accountabilities.
  • Organisation design changes enable delivery of strategic and financial objectives.
  • KPI 1.4 – Workforce & Role Cost Optimisation
  • Responsibilities
  • Support workforce planning through organisation design analysis.
  • Assess role criticality, role overlaps, and capability deployment.
  • Provide OD insights to inform staffing, restructuring, and redeployment decisions.
  • Outcomes 
  • Sustainable workforce cost structures aligned to business volumes.
  • Improved deployment of skills and talent to priority roles.
  • Reduced role redundancy and misalignment.
  • Better alignment between headcount, capability, and financial performance.
  • PEOPLE OUTCOMES (Learning, Talent & Capability Development)
  • KPI 2.1 – Learning & Development Effectiveness
  • Responsibilities
  • Conceptualise and deliver flexible learning interventions (classroom, digital, mentoring, self‑learning).
  • Drive and facilitate implementation of the approved L&D Plan.
  • Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of all learning methods used.
  • Continuously improve learning approaches based on feedback and evaluation.
  • Outcomes 
  • Employees demonstrate improved competence and role effectiveness.
  • Learning interventions address identified development gaps.
  • Increased employee participation and completion of learning programmes.
  • Continuous improvement in learning quality and relevance.
  • KPI 2.2 – Talent Development & Pipeline Strength
  • Responsibilities
  • Manage affiliate Talent Management systems, processes, tools, and materials.
  • Ensure effective execution of Talent Reviews, 9‑Box, succession planning, and Talent Profiles.
  • Partner with L&D to design targeted programmes for High Potentials, successors, and key talent.
  • Develop and deploy coaching and mentoring programmes.
  • Outcomes 
  • Strong, visible pipelines for leadership and critical roles.
  • Measurable development progress of High Potentials and successors.
  • Improved depth and quality of internal talent pools.
  • Increased internal mobility and career progression.
  • KPI 2.3 – Career & Capability Ownership
  • Responsibilities
  • Facilitate competency assessments for all employees annually.
  • Ensure effective use of Talent Management System and Career Portal on MyHR
  • Support managers and employees in development planning and career conversations.
  • Ensure at least one documented Talent Conversation for management and critical roles annually.
  • Outcomes 
  • Employees understand their strengths, gaps, and development pathways.
  • Managers actively own talent and development conversations.
  • Improved employee engagement and retention of key talent.
  • Clear and transparent career paths across the organisation.
  • KPI 2.4 – Role Clarity & Capability Alignment
  • Responsibilities
  • Review and refine job architectures, job descriptions, and role profiles.
  • Ensure alignment between roles, competencies, and capability frameworks.
  • Support managers to clarify accountabilities and expectations within teams.
  • Align role design to career paths and development frameworks.
  • Outcomes 
  • Clear role accountability and expectations across the organisation.
  • Improved employee understanding of performance and development requirements.
  • Reduced role ambiguity and role‑related performance issues.
  • Strong linkage between roles, competencies, and learning pathways.
  • KPI 2.5 – Organisation Change Enablement
  • Responsibilities.
  • Provide OD support to change initiatives, restructures, and transformation programmes.
  • Support leaders in managing people impacts of organisational change.
  • Align learning and talent interventions to OD changes.
  • Facilitate stakeholder engagement during OD initiatives.
  • Outcomes.
  • Smooth implementation of organisation changes with minimal disruption.
  • Employees understand and adapt to new structures and ways of working.
  • Faster stabilisation post‑change.
  • Reduced people risk during organisational transitions.
  • RISK, CONTROLS & GOVERNANCE
  • KPI 3.1 – Governance, Compliance & Data Integrity.
  • Responsibilities
  • Ensure adherence to Group Talent and L&D policies, guidelines, and timelines.
  • Ensure accurate and timely tracking within Talent and L&D systems.
  • Generate regular L&D and Talent MIS reports.
  • Maintain proper documentation of talent decisions and learning investments.
  • Outcomes 
  • Accurate, reliable, and audit‑ready learning and talent data.
  • Consistent and compliant application of talent and learning frameworks.
  • Zero or minimal audit findings related to talent and L&D governance.
  • Transparent and defensible talent and development decisions.
  • KPI 4.2 – Organisation Design Governance & Compliance
  • Responsibilities.
  • Ensure organisation design changes follow approved governance and approval processes.
  • Maintain documentation for organisation structures, roles, and OD decisions.
  • Ensure alignment with Group HR policies and regulatory expectations.
  • Partner with HRBPs and Group HR on OD standards and frameworks.
  • Outcomes.
  • Organisation design changes are controlled, documented, and auditable.
  • Consistent application of OD principles across the affiliate.
  • Reduced governance, people, and regulatory risk arising from structural changes.
  • Clear audit trail for OD‑related decisions and approvals.
  • 4) CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE (Internal – Employees & Managers)
  • KPI 4.1 – Learning & Talent Experience Quality.
  • Responsibilities
  • Design and maintain an up‑to‑date Training Calendar.
  • Track training attendance and capture feedback for programmes, workshops, and conferences.
  • Provide expert advisory support to managers on learning and talent matters.
  • Maintain effective communication of learning and talent opportunities.
  • Outcomes 
  • High satisfaction with L&D and Talent processes.
  • Managers perceive learning and talent systems as practical and value‑adding.
  • Reduced confusion, rework, and escalations around talent processes.
  • Positive employee perception of fairness and transparency in development opportunities.
  • KPI 4.2 – Onboarding & Acculturation.
  • Responsibilities
  • Organise and anchor the New Hire Orientation programme.
  • Continuously refine onboarding content and delivery.
  • Coordinate stakeholders involved in induction and early learning.
  • Outcomes 
  • Faster time‑to‑productivity for new hires.
  • Improved early engagement and retention of new employees.
  • Strong understanding of organisational culture, values, and expectations.
  • KPI 4.3 – OD Advisory & Manager Enablement
  • Responsibilities
  • Provide OD advisory support to managers on structure, role design, and team effectiveness.
  • Equip leaders with tools and guidance for organisation design and role clarity.
  • Act as a trusted OD advisor during restructuring or growth initiatives.
  • Outcomes 
  • Managers feel supported and confident in OD‑related decisions.
  • Improved manager satisfaction with HR/OD advisory services.
  • Reduced escalations related to role confusion and structural issues.
  • Strong manager ownership of organisational effectiveness.
  • Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in HR, or related fields of study from a recognized university
  • At least 4-5 years’ experience, ideally in HR function 
  • CIPD is an added advantage.
  • Experience working with senior management team with the bank.
  • Exposure in any one of the below field: - Talent Management, Learning & Development or Organizational Design.
  • Proficiency in HR Analytics, data and AI.
  • Conduct institution‑wide Training Needs Analysis (structured and informal) to identify current and future capability gaps.
  • Analyse affiliate skill pools and workforce capability trends annually.
  • Align L&D and talent interventions to business strategy, critical roles, and future growth priorities.
  • Leverage structured talent assessment tools to strengthen predictability of business success.
  • Develop a comprehensive annual L&D Plan aligned to business and talent priorities.
  • Identify cost‑effective learning solutions (in‑house, external, digital, mentoring).
  • Prepare, manage, and track the annual L&D budget.
  • Monitor utilisation of learning and talent development investments.
  • Partner with business leaders to review and design organisational structures aligned to strategy and operating models.
  • Support organisation design initiatives including role sizing, spans of control, and layer optimisation.
  • Assess organisational effectiveness and productivity implications of structure changes.
  • Provide OD input into business growth, transformation, and change initiatives.
  • Support workforce planning through organisation design analysis.
  • Assess role criticality, role overlaps, and capability deployment.
  • Provide OD insights to inform staffing, restructuring, and redeployment decisions.
  • Conceptualise and deliver flexible learning interventions (classroom, digital, mentoring, self‑learning).
  • Drive and facilitate implementation of the approved L&D Plan.
  • Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of all learning methods used.
  • Continuously improve learning approaches based on feedback and evaluation.
  • Manage affiliate Talent Management systems, processes, tools, and materials.
  • Ensure effective execution of Talent Reviews, 9‑Box, succession planning, and Talent Profiles.
  • Partner with L&D to design targeted programmes for High Potentials, successors, and key talent.
  • Develop and deploy coaching and mentoring programmes.
  • Facilitate competency assessments for all employees annually.
  • Ensure effective use of Talent Management System and Career Portal on MyHR
  • Support managers and employees in development planning and career conversations.
  • Ensure at least one documented Talent Conversation for management and critical roles annually.
  • Review and refine job architectures, job descriptions, and role profiles.
  • Ensure alignment between roles, competencies, and capability frameworks.
  • Support managers to clarify accountabilities and expectations within teams.
  • Align role design to career paths and development frameworks.
  • Provide OD support to change initiatives, restructures, and transformation programmes.
  • Support leaders in managing people impacts of organisational change.
  • Align learning and talent interventions to OD changes.
  • Facilitate stakeholder engagement during OD initiatives.
  • Ensure adherence to Group Talent and L&D policies, guidelines, and timelines.
  • Ensure accurate and timely tracking within Talent and L&D systems.
  • Generate regular L&D and Talent MIS reports.
  • Maintain proper documentation of talent decisions and learning investments.
  • Ensure organisation design changes follow approved governance and approval processes.
  • Maintain documentation for organisation structures, roles, and OD decisions.
  • Ensure alignment with Group HR policies and regulatory expectations.
  • Partner with HRBPs and Group HR on OD standards and frameworks.
  • Design and maintain an up‑to‑date Training Calendar.
  • Track training attendance and capture feedback for programmes, workshops, and conferences.
  • Provide expert advisory support to managers on learning and talent matters.
  • Maintain effective communication of learning and talent opportunities.
postgraduate degree
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JOB-6985a06a5880b

Vacancy title:
Manager Learning, Talent and Organisational Design

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Banking, Category: Human Resources, Management, Business Operations]

Jobs at:
Ecobank

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, February 12 2026

Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 6 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Description

  1. BUSINESS AND FINANANCIAL OUTCOMES

1.1 – Strategic Capability & Workforce Readiness

Responsibilities

  • Conduct institution‑wide Training Needs Analysis (structured and informal) to identify current and future capability gaps.
  • Analyse affiliate skill pools and workforce capability trends annually.
  • Align L&D and talent interventions to business strategy, critical roles, and future growth priorities.
  • Leverage structured talent assessment tools to strengthen predictability of business success.

Outcomes

  • Clear visibility of current and future institutional capability gaps.
  • Improved readiness for strategic, leadership, and critical roles.
  • Reduced business disruption due to skills shortages or succession gaps.
  • Strong alignment between business priorities and people capability investments.

KPI 1.2 – Return on Learning & Talent Investment

Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive annual L&D Plan aligned to business and talent priorities.
  • Identify cost‑effective learning solutions (in‑house, external, digital, mentoring).
  • Prepare, manage, and track the annual L&D budget.
  • Monitor utilisation of learning and talent development investments.
  • Outcomes 
  • Optimised use of L&D budget with clear value for money.
  • Learning investments demonstrably linked to performance and capability uplift.
  • Reduced reliance on external hiring for critical skills.
  • Improved bench strength and internal talent supply.
  • KPI 1.3 – Organisational Structure Effectiveness
  • Responsibilities
  • Partner with business leaders to review and design organisational structures aligned to strategy and operating models.
  • Support organisation design initiatives including role sizing, spans of control, and layer optimisation.
  • Assess organisational effectiveness and productivity implications of structure changes.
  • Provide OD input into business growth, transformation, and change initiatives.
  • Outcomes 
  • Organisational structures aligned to strategic priorities and business models.
  • Improved decision‑making speed and operational efficiency.
  • Optimised spans and layers supporting productivity and cost effectiveness.
  • Reduced duplication of roles and unclear accountabilities.
  • Organisation design changes enable delivery of strategic and financial objectives.
  • KPI 1.4 – Workforce & Role Cost Optimisation
  • Responsibilities
  • Support workforce planning through organisation design analysis.
  • Assess role criticality, role overlaps, and capability deployment.
  • Provide OD insights to inform staffing, restructuring, and redeployment decisions.
  • Outcomes 
  • Sustainable workforce cost structures aligned to business volumes.
  • Improved deployment of skills and talent to priority roles.
  • Reduced role redundancy and misalignment.
  • Better alignment between headcount, capability, and financial performance.
  • PEOPLE OUTCOMES (Learning, Talent & Capability Development)
  • KPI 2.1 – Learning & Development Effectiveness
  • Responsibilities
  • Conceptualise and deliver flexible learning interventions (classroom, digital, mentoring, self‑learning).
  • Drive and facilitate implementation of the approved L&D Plan.
  • Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of all learning methods used.
  • Continuously improve learning approaches based on feedback and evaluation.
  • Outcomes 
  • Employees demonstrate improved competence and role effectiveness.
  • Learning interventions address identified development gaps.
  • Increased employee participation and completion of learning programmes.
  • Continuous improvement in learning quality and relevance.
  • KPI 2.2 – Talent Development & Pipeline Strength
  • Responsibilities
  • Manage affiliate Talent Management systems, processes, tools, and materials.
  • Ensure effective execution of Talent Reviews, 9‑Box, succession planning, and Talent Profiles.
  • Partner with L&D to design targeted programmes for High Potentials, successors, and key talent.
  • Develop and deploy coaching and mentoring programmes.
  • Outcomes 
  • Strong, visible pipelines for leadership and critical roles.
  • Measurable development progress of High Potentials and successors.
  • Improved depth and quality of internal talent pools.
  • Increased internal mobility and career progression.
  • KPI 2.3 – Career & Capability Ownership
  • Responsibilities
  • Facilitate competency assessments for all employees annually.
  • Ensure effective use of Talent Management System and Career Portal on MyHR
  • Support managers and employees in development planning and career conversations.
  • Ensure at least one documented Talent Conversation for management and critical roles annually.
  • Outcomes 
  • Employees understand their strengths, gaps, and development pathways.
  • Managers actively own talent and development conversations.
  • Improved employee engagement and retention of key talent.
  • Clear and transparent career paths across the organisation.
  • KPI 2.4 – Role Clarity & Capability Alignment
  • Responsibilities
  • Review and refine job architectures, job descriptions, and role profiles.
  • Ensure alignment between roles, competencies, and capability frameworks.
  • Support managers to clarify accountabilities and expectations within teams.
  • Align role design to career paths and development frameworks.
  • Outcomes 
  • Clear role accountability and expectations across the organisation.
  • Improved employee understanding of performance and development requirements.
  • Reduced role ambiguity and role‑related performance issues.
  • Strong linkage between roles, competencies, and learning pathways.
  • KPI 2.5 – Organisation Change Enablement
  • Responsibilities.
  • Provide OD support to change initiatives, restructures, and transformation programmes.
  • Support leaders in managing people impacts of organisational change.
  • Align learning and talent interventions to OD changes.
  • Facilitate stakeholder engagement during OD initiatives.
  • Outcomes.
  • Smooth implementation of organisation changes with minimal disruption.
  • Employees understand and adapt to new structures and ways of working.
  • Faster stabilisation post‑change.
  • Reduced people risk during organisational transitions.
  • RISK, CONTROLS & GOVERNANCE
  • KPI 3.1 – Governance, Compliance & Data Integrity.
  • Responsibilities
  • Ensure adherence to Group Talent and L&D policies, guidelines, and timelines.
  • Ensure accurate and timely tracking within Talent and L&D systems.
  • Generate regular L&D and Talent MIS reports.
  • Maintain proper documentation of talent decisions and learning investments.
  • Outcomes 
  • Accurate, reliable, and audit‑ready learning and talent data.
  • Consistent and compliant application of talent and learning frameworks.
  • Zero or minimal audit findings related to talent and L&D governance.
  • Transparent and defensible talent and development decisions.
  • KPI 4.2 – Organisation Design Governance & Compliance
  • Responsibilities.
  • Ensure organisation design changes follow approved governance and approval processes.
  • Maintain documentation for organisation structures, roles, and OD decisions.
  • Ensure alignment with Group HR policies and regulatory expectations.
  • Partner with HRBPs and Group HR on OD standards and frameworks.
  • Outcomes.
  • Organisation design changes are controlled, documented, and auditable.
  • Consistent application of OD principles across the affiliate.
  • Reduced governance, people, and regulatory risk arising from structural changes.
  • Clear audit trail for OD‑related decisions and approvals.
  • 4) CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE (Internal – Employees & Managers)
  • KPI 4.1 – Learning & Talent Experience Quality.
  • Responsibilities
  • Design and maintain an up‑to‑date Training Calendar.
  • Track training attendance and capture feedback for programmes, workshops, and conferences.
  • Provide expert advisory support to managers on learning and talent matters.
  • Maintain effective communication of learning and talent opportunities.
  • Outcomes 
  • High satisfaction with L&D and Talent processes.
  • Managers perceive learning and talent systems as practical and value‑adding.
  • Reduced confusion, rework, and escalations around talent processes.
  • Positive employee perception of fairness and transparency in development opportunities.
  • KPI 4.2 – Onboarding & Acculturation.
  • Responsibilities
  • Organise and anchor the New Hire Orientation programme.
  • Continuously refine onboarding content and delivery.
  • Coordinate stakeholders involved in induction and early learning.
  • Outcomes 
  • Faster time‑to‑productivity for new hires.
  • Improved early engagement and retention of new employees.
  • Strong understanding of organisational culture, values, and expectations.
  • KPI 4.3 – OD Advisory & Manager Enablement
  • Responsibilities
  • Provide OD advisory support to managers on structure, role design, and team effectiveness.
  • Equip leaders with tools and guidance for organisation design and role clarity.
  • Act as a trusted OD advisor during restructuring or growth initiatives.
  • Outcomes 
  • Managers feel supported and confident in OD‑related decisions.
  • Improved manager satisfaction with HR/OD advisory services.
  • Reduced escalations related to role confusion and structural issues.
  • Strong manager ownership of organisational effectiveness.
  • Experience & Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in HR, or related fields of study from a recognized university
  • At least 4-5 years’ experience, ideally in HR function 
  • CIPD is an added advantage.
  • Experience working with senior management team with the bank.
  • Exposure in any one of the below field: - Talent Management, Learning & Development or Organizational Design.
  • Proficiency in HR Analytics, data and AI.

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Level of Education: postgraduate degree

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Job Category: Human Resource jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Thursday, February 12 2026
Duty Station: Kampala | Kampala
Posted: 06-02-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 06-02-2026
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