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The candidate must have significant experience in the media industry with exceptional editing skills and ability to lead a diverse team of multi-media reporters.

MAIN EXPECTATIONS:
• Responsible for the company’s overall news coverage
• Manage and co-ordinate the news diary
• Produce quality and exclusive news content that generates national conversation
• Develop story ideas on an ongoing basis
• Repackage, rewrite and edit news content from multiple sources
• Groom and nurture junior journalists
• Lead the company's investigations
• Represent the company in various capacities when required by the Editor

Skills, Attributes and Attitudes:

• Excellent news gathering, research, writing and editing skills
• Above average command of the English language
• Ability to led by example, show innovation and meet deadlines
• Ability to network
• Be prepared to work irregular hours

Qualifications and Experience:

• A three or four year qualification in journalism
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience on a mainstream daily or weekend newspaper
• Experience acquired on both weekend and daily publications will be an added advantage
• A thorough knowledge of journalistic ethics and media law
• Experience in news diary management
• A track record in news reporting and feature writing
• Knowledge of current affairs
• Knowledge of the Eastern Cape highly advantageous
• A commitment to high quality journalism
• Experience in working within a team
• A valid driver’s licence

Data Manager / REDCap Application Specialist – East London

Together with our client in the Healthcare and Research Sector based in East London, we are recruiting for a Data Manager / REDCap Application Specialist. The suitable candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Database Management, Statistics, Computer Science, or related.

Purpose of the position:

To lead the strategic positioning, development and institutionalising of sustainable data management processes, procedures and systems. To manage data team staff, oversee and maintain all data infrastructure systems and platforms, and develop and action core data collection, quality assurance and management activities and service

Scope of work:

Strategic development:

• Position the Research Unit data systems to be flexible, sustainable and align to global research standards
• Institutionalize high quality data collection, management, quality assurance and archival systems and processes
• Identify and incorporate emerging data technologies and eHealth systems into current and future research studies and proposals
• Design compatible and integrated systems for data processing and sharing with research partners

Research Project Data management:

• Manage and ensure that all data collection platforms and systems meet the needs of individual research projects and field implementation activities
• Design data collection tools using REDCap, ACASI, Commcare, or custom-made applications
• Develop user-friendly interface applications for data collection and facilitate trainings and field implementation
• Work with study PI and Manager to develop data management and quality assurance plans, including project progress monitoring tools
• Ensure training of and optimal implementation of all components of project data management
• Develop and automate statistical dashboards on project implementation and key study variables
• Design and implement automated randomization procedures with allocation concealment

Database and IT management:

• Implement, adapt and monitor data infrastructure including its networking and access
• Maintain Research Unit virtual servers and hosting platforms and resolve software, hardware, and network problems
• Development back-end database systems including SQL, Oracle and MariaDB.
• Design and implement confidential and ethically acceptable data transmission strategies

Administrative:

• Manage, train and mentor Data Team staff members
• Inform technical specifications and oversee procurement of software, hardware and electronic resources
• Prepare and extract analytic datasets, and perform basic analysis for project pi and managers
• Attend departmental management meetings

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Database Management, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field

Advantageous Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Database Management, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field
• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or Statistics
• Certificate in Database Development and Management
• Certificate in Sever Maintenance
• Certificate in Information Technology (Network Configuration and/or application development)
• Certificate in Management

Job related and industry experience required:

• Data collection design using REDCap
• Relational database development
• Data management plan development
• Data management and quality assurance experience in a research environment
• Data server management
• Epidemiologic study designs
• Development of ACASI data collection tools
• Use of STATA, SPSS, SAS or R for Data Analysis
• Experience with cloud hosting
• Experience with HTML, php or c++ languages
• IT network infrastructure maintenance and management
• Good Clinical Practices in relation to data safety and archival procedures
• Biostatistical skills highly advantageous
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Data Manager
• Minimum 3 years’ in team leadership and staff mentoring role
• Experience in IT environment advantageous
• Knowledge of public health research implementation and monitoring procedures

Additional requirements:

• Proficiency in English (reading, writing and speaking)
• Proficiency in Xhosa would be advantageous
• Valid Driver’s License
• Willingness to travel extensively

Salary: R 613 157.00 – R 838 611.00 CTC per Annum

Closing date for applications: 2 October 2020 at 14h00

Interested candidates should forward their CV with supporting documents to Alet Peens – recruitment2@qetello.co.za

THIS POSITION IS NOT LOCATION DEPENDENT

An established East London IT Services Company, with branches in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, seeks to employ a dynamic Development Team lead to manage the Microsoft Tech stack dev team. The ideal candidate must be a self-starting individual who can plan and accomplish deliverables. Duties will revolve around managing development resources to achieve planned work packages and engaging with BA’s to deliver solutions to client challenges. The successful candidate will be involved in development planning and spec sessions as well as improvement of internal technical processes and procedures. To be successful in this role, they will need extensive Development knowledge and understand business requirements as well as the drive to get things done right.

Requirements / Experience:

- Tertiary qualification in Computer Science

- 5+ years’ experience in a Senior Development role on the Microsoft stack

- 5+ years’ lead experience in Development lead role

- Strong Development Experience (C#, ASP.NET…)

- Strong SQL Experience (Database Design, Queries, Stored Procs…)

- Strong OO Programming Experience

- Report Writing using SSRS

- Extensive Project management in IS environment

- Experience in the application of Prince II and Agile/Scrum methodology and related artifacts

- Deliverable management

- Resource management including HR matters

- Extensive experience in managing project performance against SLA

- Solid understanding of project finances, including Budget Control

- Ability to work as part of a team, manage team, interdependent as well as independently and submit deliverables on time and in excellent quality

Beneficial skills / experience:

- Web Technologies (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, Knockout JS, SOAP Web Services, REST…)

- Report writing (SSRS)

- MVC, Angular

- MCP Exam(s)

- BI Experience

- DevOps (GIT, Pipelines, Source Tree)

Competencies:

- A passion for solving complex business problems

- Logical out of the box thinker

- Meticulous attention to detail

- Driven to deliver quality work

- Excellent problem-solving skills

- Self-disciplined and self-motivated with good time management

- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines

- Innovative and passionate about development

- Able to run with a given task

- Solutions driven

- Must be flexible with an open mind to find solutions to overcome challenges

- Ability to multitask while working under pressure

- Trustworthy, reliable, and responsible

Manages the daily operations (Production, Logistics and Maintenance within a large organization and large sized plan ensuring high efficiency levels. Plans, organizes, and directs the manufacturing operation to ensure the most effective return on assets and obtainment of production schedules and overall business objectives.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure raw material and equipment availability, efficient (OEE) processing of the material into finished product and on time delivery (Just in Sequence) to the customer
• Ensure that product quality standards are met.
• Responsible for all direct and indirect work sequences in own area
• Comply to all legal regulations.
• Regular liaison with the Customer regarding expectations and performance
• Ensure that business operating systems and standards are adhered to as identified by the Quality Department.
• Ensure that maintenance spend remains within budget as well as identifying and executing saving initiatives.
• Consult daily with other departmental heads in order to ensure smooth work sequences in all shift.
• Manage personnel against respective KPI’s.
• Recommend new procedures and processes to improve quality and quantity and reduce production costs.
• Consult regularly with HR and join Union/Shop Steward Meetings
• Plan development of respective employees in order to improve their performance and reach their personal goals.
• Develop succession plans for key positions in departments of responsibility.
• Ensure Health and Safety regulations are adhered to.
• Coordinate and lead activities in servicing, maintenance, machinery, systems/equipment, buildings, and outside facilities.
• Ensure on time compilation and reporting on daily, weekly, and monthly performance.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Business Operating System (BOS): Understand, apply, and meet all function-related BOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply, and meet all function related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply, and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements
• Compliance: Understand, apply, and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
• Information Security: Understand, apply, and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of the company’s information requirements.
• 8 years Managerial experience in a high-pressure production environment in both logistics and production (preferably automotive)
• Technical or Engineering Qualification
• Computer literate (General/EHS/Quality)

Position description:

Lead the development and organization of production operations. They develop a successful workflow, adapt to changing conditions, and develop new equipment, procedures, and policies to increase efficiency in all operations.

Qualification / Experience

· Minimum requirement -National Diploma in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering

· At least 3 –5 years within Automotive Industry in similar position

· Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making abilities

· Ability to take initiative, have good problem solving skills, excellent time management and able to work independently.

· Ability to interpret engineering drawings

· Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PSW, FMEA, Control Plans and G8D

· Knowledge of SPC, Cm, Cmk, Pp PpPk, CpCPk

· Knowledge of TS16949 standards

· Knowledge of ABB / Kuka Robotics and joining technologies will be an advantage

· Ability to handle pressure

· Good computer skills, MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) & AutoCAD

· Ability to take initiative, have good problem-solving skills, excellent time management and able to work independently

· Knowledge in Kaizen tools

Responsibilities:

· Ensure customer requirements are met with regards to geometry

· Guarantee process and quality of products manufactured

· Responsible for time studies and ergonomics, Set-up production Line Standards

· Optimize plant layout to improve material & product flow in plant

· Investigate and resolve manufacturing related problems and sub-standards performance

· Involvement in continuous improvement principles

· Drive Lean Manufacturing activities

· Investigate and implement continuous improvements initiatives

· Improvement in Line OEE according to MES

· Improve and optimize line cycle times

· Generate and implement cost saving projects

· Evaluating the ongoing performance of processes and products to meet customer requirements

· Develop action plans for realization of improvement projects

· Develop and implement work instructions and documentation

· Display latest level work instructions

· Ensure ECR are implemented and controlled throughout the production processes

· Compiling of process documentation and ensuring it comply with customer requirements

· Identify customer requirements and translate them into process and product specifications

· Investigate customer complaints and implement counter measures

· Assist with the completion of internal and external corrective actions