{"id":18413,"date":"2011-02-03T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/2011\/02\/03\/bat-operations-skills-developmen\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:58:13","slug":"bat-operations-skills-developmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/bat-operations-skills-developmen\/","title":{"rendered":"BAT Operations Skills Development Manager Job Vacancy in Nairobi Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/dutable.com\/bat-operations-skills-developmen\/#Requirement_Overview\" >Requirement Overview:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/dutable.com\/bat-operations-skills-developmen\/#Key_Responsibilities\" >Key Responsibilities:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/dutable.com\/bat-operations-skills-developmen\/#Skills_Experience\" >Skills &amp; Experience:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reference Number: wo\/ECA\/HR\/<br>Job Title: Operations Skills Development Manager<br>Location: Nairobi, Kenya<br>Reporting to: Head of HR, Operations<br>Requisition Number: 1<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Requirement_Overview\"><\/span>Requirement Overview:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Manage Learning in support of people development goals in the Operations Function by providing a first class service that secures people development through integrated learning according to role requirements, enabling individual performance levels that would realise BAT business and performance targets.<br>\u2022 The focus of this role is to drive the Learning strategy to equip people resources in the Operations function with the skills necessary to enable them deliver business results. <br>\u2022 The incumbent will be expected to deliver the global Culture and Learning strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Responsibilities\"><\/span>Key Responsibilities:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Manage the Learning Department in order to ensure that learning in support of People Development is delivered in an integrated way and according to learning principles, with outcomes properly assessed and progress properly recorded.<br>\u2022 Develop and define a capability and learning profile ensure that employees are trained in line with the integrated learning strategy.<br>\u2022 Identify the individual status of learning, covering all staff and establish the learning requirements derived from positional learning profiles and individual learning history.<br>\u2022 Prioritise required learning according to Operations Business and People Development Strategies in order to reach set targets.<br>\u2022 Consolidate individual learning and development requirements into a People Development Plan on an annual basis and set competency level improvement targets for the Factory.<br>\u2022 Execute and coordinate learning delivery through liaison and collaboration with Line Management and central stakeholders.<br>\u2022 Design, implement and maintain assessment methodologies to monitor progression and to ensure the effectiveness of learning.<br>\u2022 Ensure trainers are kept abreast of new developments, both organisationally and technologically in order to deliver learning within context of the new integrated learning strategy and development requirements.<br>\u2022 Maintain a high competency and awareness level amongst Learning Staff to secure learning to happen in an integrated way and for delivering a first class service to all Departments at the Factory.<br>\u2022 Implement learning data records system, ensuring that all staff will have a development history that would provide reliable Management Information according to requirements.<br>\u2022 Make sure that all employees have a proper Development Plan and follow up the progress.<br>\u2022 Compile and manage a budget for Learning, covering people development needs as identified for all departments at the Factory.<br>\u2022 Champion culture change in the Operations function through Your Voice Action Plans and some specific projects.<br>\u2022 Contribute to build the culture of a winning organisation and high performance working teams and a high-performance culture. Act as a role model for the BAT leadership behaviour.<br>\u2022 Facilitate the development and implementation of Leadership Agenda for the factory to drive leadership at all levels<br>\u2022 Benchmark against external organisations to identify key areas of opportunity to enhance current OD and Change approaches, methodologies, trends and processes<br>\u2022 Champion throughout the organisation initiative, innovation, teamwork leadership, Implement change strategies in consultation with Ops Top Team that will address focus area identified through organisational diagnostics and results in a high performance culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Skills_Experience\"><\/span>Skills &amp; Experience:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 People management experience within a production environment of at least 2 years<br>\u2022 Experience in Training &amp; Development an added advantage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education:<br>\u2022 Bachelors degree in Behaviour or other Social Science with a strong technical aptitude. <br>Equity statement: British American Tobacco is an equal opportunity employer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General: The company reserves the right not to make any appointments as a result of the selection process.<br>An attractive remuneration package commensurate with the role will be offered to the successful candidate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to apply<br>Visit the BAT Career Website <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batecacareers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong> to apply online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference Number: wo\/ECA\/HR\/Job Title: Operations Skills Development ManagerLocation: Nairobi, KenyaReporting to: Head of HR, OperationsRequisition Number: 1 Requirement Overview: \u2022 Manage Learning in support of people development goals in the Operations Function by providing a first class service that secures people development through integrated learning according to role requirements, enabling individual performance levels that would&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39996,25485,39995],"class_list":["post-18413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-british-american-tobacco-jobs","tag-kenya-job-vacancies","tag-operations-skills-development-manager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426791,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18413\/revisions\/426791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}