Learning & Development Specialist

The Learning & Development Specialist is responsible for driving workforce capability through the implementation and governance of learning and skills development initiatives. As the appointed Skills Development Facilitator (SDF), the role oversees statutory reporting, grant management, regulatory stakeholder engagement, and learning programmes to ensure compliance, support workforce planning, and develop a sustainable pipeline of skills aligned to business, transformation, and organizational growth objectives.

The Learning & Development Specialist is responsible for driving workforce capability through the implementation and governance of learning and skills development initiatives. As the appointed Skills Development Facilitator (SDF), the role oversees statutory reporting, grant management, regulatory stakeholder engagement, and learning programmes to ensure compliance, support workforce planning, and develop a sustainable pipeline of skills aligned to business, transformation, and organizational growth objectives.

• Lead the implementation and governance of the organization’s Skills Development Strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, workforce development priorities, Employment Equity targets, B-BBEE commitments, and Social and Labour Plan requirements.
• Monitor compliance with applicable skills development legislation and regulatory frameworks while providing oversight of skills development policies, programmes, processes, and reporting activities.

• Manage and coordinate WSP, ATR, PIVOTAL, and other statutory reporting requirements, ensuring accurate submissions, stakeholder consultation, and compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Monitor the implementation of approved skills development plans, maintain audit-ready documentation, and report on progress, risks, and corrective actions.

• Serve as the secondary organizational SDF and liaison with regulatory bodies, including MQA, SETAs, QCTO, and NAMB, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement and compliance management.
• Manage relationships with learning and regulatory partners, and coordinate responses to audits, verification reviews, monitoring visits, and compliance enquiries.

• Provide oversight of learnerships, apprenticeships, internships, bursaries, occupational qualifications, and other learning programmes, ensuring compliance with accreditation, quality assurance, workplace approval, and legislative requirements.
• Monitor learner progress, certification, retention, and absorption outcomes while supporting transformation and Employment Equity objectives through targeted development initiatives.

• Coordinate mandatory and discretionary grant applications, claims, reporting, and funding opportunities, ensuring compliance with legislative and organizational requirements.
• Monitor learning and development expenditure, grant recovery, and budget performance to maximize funding utilization and return on investment.

• Conduct skills gap analyses and workforce planning activities to identify future capability requirements, support succession planning, and develop sustainable talent pipelines.
• Advise leaders on qualification frameworks, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), career pathways, and scarce and critical skills development to support current and future business needs.

• Coordinating internal, external, SETA, B-BBEE, quality management, and regulatory audits.
• Maintaining accurate and auditable learning…