Darryn Van Den Berg, OD and Training Specialist

Darryn Van Den Berg

OD and Training Specialist

Passion4Development

Location
South Africa
Education
Bachelor's degree, Human Resources Development
Experience
22 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 5 Months

OD and Training Specialist at Passion4Development
  • South Africa
  • My current job since September 2007

Organisational Development strategy design, implementation & measurements;
Training Programme Design, (Linked to the ETDP SETA accreditation requirements and including: Delegate Handouts (with international Best Practice Information), Facilitator Guides, Lesson Plans, Assessment docs, Matrix’s and Unpacked Unit Standards;)
Business strategic development and integration;
Business growth and development and innovative cost savings;
Human Resources consulting (Skills Development, International Recruitment best practices, Employment, I.R. etc);
SETA Accredited, Higher Certificate and Diploma level Training Programme Development; (part of the strategic development team to improve and re-design a Higher Certificate in ODETD for a Private and Public Partnership);
Performance Management and remunerations rewards strategy implementation;
Skills and training development;
Change Management;
Project Management;

Visionary Managing Director at PassionFor
  • South Africa
  • My current job since September 2007

Visionary Managing Director Consulting role)
Headed up the Human Architecture Group overseeing the businesses as well as
leading the 2 start ups and ensuring an integration across the different sectors:
Change Management initiatives including Cycle of Change Implementation and
measurement of successful integration of change objectives; (including
governance of change, tracking, assessment, alignment, process development
and Comms.)
Business growth and development, Change Management (from start to finish
engaging workforce transition.
Set up innovative methodologies for training & link learning to social media.
Design and implement simple, sustainable and measurable Quality Assurance
Measure Return on Investment (ROI) for design and implementation of all
organisational development interventions

Lead Online Assessment Speacilist at Passion4Performance Internatinal (pty) ltd
  • South Africa
  • My current job since September 2014

Conceptual Design of Cutting edge L&D online assessment and Portfolio of Evidence tracking Solution
Stake holder engagement and buy in
Lead the team of (Systems architect and Systems developers) from inception to completion
Project managed testing and updating
Demonstrated continued relevance to sector of learning
Simplified assessment
Overlayed with Gamification concepts
Nonexecutive Director South African training Academy (FET college in HRD)
National Certificate Design
Webpage conceptualisation, build and application
Social Media Strategy design

VP Gamification Strategy at Sententia Gamification Consortium
  • South Africa
  • My current job since January 2012

"using the "stuff" that makes games fun and addictive and applying this to NON game environment,
changing behaviour and increasing business engagement objectives"
Personally ranked 8 in the world for effective Gamification implementation
Design of effective Gamification Strategies for business (a company specific
Strategy methodology)
Implementation of Gamification strategies for: Banks, Simulation training, learning and development, company values implementation, internship programme, up selling requirements. In
companies, Learning and development, Product development.
Achieved top 10% ranking in loyalty rewards world champs July 2014
Set up the first Gamification strategy training courses in Africa

Barcode Academy Training Director at Barcode Academy
  • South Africa
  • November 2006 to August 2009

Conceptualise, design and implementation of a Bartending training Academy;
Programme design to Diploma level with Accreditation;
New Business Development in line with strategic intent;
“Training staff” job profile design (at all levels) and performance management implementation;
Company S.E.T.A. accreditation;
Training strategies design and implementation;
Design and implementation of the Quality management System

Value Creator at Toyota Tsusho Africa
  • South Africa
  • October 2006 to September 2007

Liaison with country distributor General Managers for their HR development needs (Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe).
Development and implementation of Organisational Development strategiesDesign and customising training material to suite distributor requirements (including Leadership, Train the Trainer, Competency Based Recruitment Methodologies, mentorship, coaching, etc…)
Assisting with Departmental Training requirements
Facilitated Leadership Development Programme

Portfolio Manager at Learning Resources (Sun City Resort)
  • South Africa
  • October 2004 to March 2006

Hospitality skills training portfolio for Sun City (www.suninternational.com) (all restaurants and Bars, housekeeping etc... from fine dine to buffet service)
Design and implement the Mission Vision and Values and strategy for the set up of the Learning Centre and the refocus of the training offerings.
Hire learning and development team to drive E-learning, ABET (business Talk Life Skills Programme) and Blended Learning approach for development initiatives of the client)
Design the one year Supervisory Development Programme (SDP) for Sun City, for entry level management and supervisors. The SDP is designed in a modular format and linked to entry level hospitality supervision skills.
reated and implement a marketing strategy for E-learning initiative;
Project managed the implementation and upgrade of the Sun City E-learning facility including selecting the programmes (linked to the best solutions to close the gaps in the organisation.)
Map development progress of each learner.
Design the policies and procedures for the learning centre.

Group Training and Development Manager at Bar Support Services
  • South Africa
  • July 2001 to October 2004

Design and customising training material to suite Outlet requirements.
Instituted and establish the training department for BSS on a National basis. (For the F&B Department in three Sun International Casinos, and Hotel Inter-Continental - Airport Sun)
Design and implement:
a. Strategies and goals for the group T&D function;
b. Industrial development plans and career pathing for the Company;
c. Organisational development the Group, linking to the governmental strategies and priorities for the country;
d. The policies and procedures;
e. Performance Management systems.
Manage the training and development department according to the training budget set and implemented.
To design and implement management development programs for the increase of the management skills and capacity within the company.
Develop Training Professionals in each department to conduct training when required
Establish combined Performance Gaps for the organisation through Task/Job, manpower and organisational needs analyses - and then fitted the most successful and fun solution to close the gaps - always measured through ROI best practice

Education

Bachelor's degree, Human Resources Development
  • at Vaal University of Technology
  • February 2005

Cum Laude in HRD study: Strategic Management, Operational Control and Resource Management Organisation Development and Change Management Performance Management and Career Development Strategic Marketing of the HRD function

Specialties & Skills

Group Training
Integration
Leadership Development
Barcode
Training Cycle
Career Pathing and Succession Planning
Organisational performance analysis
Project Managment
Progressive Learning and Development
Gamification Strategy Design and implementation
Key note speaker in Engagment metricies

Languages

English
Expert
German
Intermediate
Afrikaans
Intermediate

Memberships

Learning and Decelopment Community of Practice
  • Steercommittee member - Socail Media, technology and progressive COP growht
  • March 2012
Microsoft BizSpark Accelerate programme
  • Growth and Application
  • February 2015

Training and Certifications

Moderation of Assessments (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2007
Valid Until:
June 2017
Gamification (Training)
Training Institute:
Coursera,
Date Attended:
February 2012
Duration:
80 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading and research
    L&D Solutions expert
  • Fun Artisan
    Create fun working environments