Senior Talent Management Specialist Job CIMMYT
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Specific Duties
Performance Management
- Design and implement CIMMYT’s talent and performance review process in line with CIMMYT talent management strategy, ensuring a unified approach to goal setting, development, and promotion readiness.
- Provide analytics and reports linking performance outcomes with compensation, promotion, and development decisions.
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Succession & Organizational Planning
- Maintain a dynamic succession planning framework covering critical and leadership roles across all programs, functions, and countries.
- Collaborate with HR team members, Directors, and Program Leads to identify successors, readiness levels, and development plans.
- Lead annual talent reviews and update succession risk maps to inform workforce planning.
- Support leadership capability assessments, career path mapping, and high-potential development initiatives.
- Monitor the implementation of individual development plans to strengthen readiness pipelines.
- Support organizational design discussions and talent moves that enhance structure, agility, and cross-functional collaboration.
Analytics and Continuous Improvement
- Generate dashboards and insights that integrate performance, succession, and development data for senior management, inc. evaluation of effectiveness.
- Prepare institutional talent management reports and briefings for leadership, governance bodies, and donors as needed.
Advisory and Collaboration
- Provide expert support to HR Business Partners and managers on talent identification, development planning, and career progression.
Requirements
- Minimum 6 years work experience in similar roles.
- Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field. A Bachelor’s degree with significant additional relevant experience may be accepted.
- Demonstrated experience in designing or implementing performance and succession frameworks, and in talent analytics or reporting.
- Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and advisory skills with proven ability to influence across diverse teams.
- Strong communication skills.
- Advanced English – C1.
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