30 Jan 2025

Director, Talent & Leadership Development, AFCAN at Newmont Corporation

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Job Description


Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead. The Company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social and governance practices. The Company is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution and technical proficiency. Newmont was founded in 1921 and has been publicly traded since 1925.

At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together.

Our Africa operations employ approximately 5,900 employees and contractors, with the majority working at the Ahafo Mine. We offer an unparalleled blend of opportunity and career satisfaction with all the benefits you would expect from a global company. This, combined with our growth opportunities, makes Newmont a great company to work.

Our Akyem and Ahafo mines have made significant sustainable community development investments in our host communities. These include establishing Development Funds at our Akyem and Ahafo operational areas with each mine contributing US$1 per ounce of gold sold and 1% of net pre-tax annual profit into its community development fund.

Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.

Your Impact

  • Design and manage talent management and leadership development strategies for business unit to improve individual capability, organizational bench strength, employee engagement, and business performance; in alignment with global talent management, leadership development, and Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity systems.

As Part Of Our Team You Will

  • Create a Business Unit (BU) talent and leadership development strategy that aligns with the global strategy.
  • Diagnose BU-specific leadership development needs; share requirements with enterprise leadership development and learning team; partner to tailor or develop programs that optimize for the right balance of standardization and localization.
  • Deliver leadership development programs for employees in the BU and Projects in the BU geography.
  • Diagnose BU-specific talent development needs; share requirements with enterprise talent team; partner to tailor or develop programs that optimize for the right balance of standardization and localization.
  • Deliver programs to assess talent and plan for leadership succession in BU.
  • Build, govern, and improve nationalization / localization plans for talent (i.e., building capability among national / local talent to reduce reliance on expats).
  • Build, govern, and improve talent development programs such as graduate and internship for the BU and Projects in the BU geography, in alignment with enterprise framework.
  • Implement performance management system for employees in BU and Projects in the BU geography; diagnose challenges and recommend improvements to enterprise system.
  • Prepare materials to communicate BU talent strategy and leadership development to executives and Newmont’s Leadership Development & Compensation Committee.
  • Build, govern, and improve new hire orientation for business unit.
  • Build, govern, and improve programs to provide financial assistance to employees pursuing additional study.
  • Build, govern, and improve programs to invest time and resources in education institutions that prepare people for careers in mining for BU geography.
  • Develop tactics to improve inclusion, diversity and equity through talent management and leadership development programs.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

  • Bachelors’ Degree in Human Resource Management / Social Sciences / Arts / Business Administration or related field.

Additional Knowledge

  • In-depth knowledge of talent management program design and governance, including performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, employee development planning, and career frameworks.
  • Expertise in leadership development program design and governance.
  • Strong understanding of change management principles and communication strategies.
  • Formal education qualifications in Organization Development, Human Resources, or related fields.
  • Familiarity with Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity strategies and their implementation within a business unit.
  • Knowledge of global talent management systems and the ability to align local strategies with global frameworks.
  • Experience improving individual capability, organizational bench strength, employee engagement, and business performance through strategic talent initiatives.
  • Experience managing other team members and knowledge of good people management practices.
  • Experience working in a large multinational organization and knowledge of how to get work done in a global organization.

Problem Solving Ability

  • Develops and refines existing systems, and develops new systems, by understanding trends within a single field of knowledge.
  • Recognizes the interconnections of data from a flow of real events within a system (or knowledge field, or discipline).
  • Thinks about alternative means to achieve a goal by forming chains of hypothetical activities (if this, then that; if that, then the other).
  • Generates and tests hypotheses within a single field of knowledge.
  • Determines the difference between special and systemic cause.

Technical Skills

  • Advanced proficiency in leadership development program design and governance.
  • Advanced proficiency in talent management program design and governance including performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, employee development.
  • Proficiency in talent management technology.
  • Advanced proficiency in change management and communication.
  • Advanced proficiency in facilitation.
  • Proficiency in project management.

Social Process Skills

  • Self-awareness: adapts behavior to suit context, reflects on interactions for improvement, seeks feedback, and prioritizes business needs over personal preferences.
  • Team process: understand team dynamics, adjust behavior as needed, resolve conflicts, and lead effectively by fostering an inclusive environment where members feel safe to contribute, collaborate, and receive feedback and coaching.
  • Collaboration: establish and nurture stakeholder relationships by actively listening and asking questions, understand how to influence or negotiate for productive outcomes, and effectively balance positive interactions with task completion.

Your work environment

  • The position is located at our Accra Regional Hub.
  • The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job.

We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

Our business success comes from the accomplishments and well-being of our employees and contractors. Our goal is to build a workplace culture that fosters leaders and allows every person to thrive, contribute, and grow. We are committed to selecting and developing our employees, and to establishing a work environment where everyone can take an active part in reaching our strategic goals while feeling a sense of pride in working at Newmont.

Newmont seeks to recruit, hire, place and promote qualified applicants, meaning applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the position, without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnic, social and indigenous origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. As part of our diversity efforts. females are encouraged to apply.

NOTE: Newmont does not ask for or require job applicants to pay money to apply or be considered for employment with the Company. In addition, Newmont does not ask potential job candidates to provide sensitive personal data without first submitting a job application through our secure, online portal, and only as requested for legitimate business purposes. If you are asked to provide money or sensitive personal data through any other means, do not respond and please report this immediately to [email protected].



Method of Application

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Closing Date : 28th February, 2025




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