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• My client has a vacancy for a Manager: Operational SHE Implementation in the Safety, Health,
• Environment and quality (SHEQ) Function. The incumbent will lead, develop and maintain the SHE operational management plans and processes in achieving organisational SHE mandate and strategic objectives.
• To provide leadership and operational support to all Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios in the implementation of the SHE operational management plans and processes and compliance and certification of international standards, applicable statutory requirements and SHE Management Systems.
• Manage a team of SHE Implementation Specialists.

Key responsibilities:

• Leadership
• Active member of the company SHEQ leadership team with joint responsibility for developing
• and implementing the SHE Strategic and Operational plans.
• Develop a culture that promotes positive support for implementation of a SHE Policy and
• related procedures.
• Provide regular reporting to the Group Manager: SHEQ.

General Central/Divisional SHE management:

• Monitor Division/Portfolios and Support Functions’ compliance to all SHE legal requirements and take appropriate corrective action where deviations are observed.
• Provide input into risk management planning, including organisation’s emergency plan, as per national regulations and organisational standards.
• In consultation with Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios, provide input into SHE policies and procedures for existing activities and new R&D processes e.g. new emerging research areas.
• Support the development of quality plans addressing productivity improvement as part of quality improvement program in support of the R&D strategy.
• Plan for the management of SHE within the Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios, including the setting of realistic and achievable short and long-term goals, deciding priorities, and establishment of adequate systems and performance standards.
• Drive the implementation of systematic continual improvement processes based on a process measurement system (including cost of poor quality where appropriate).
• Generate period and interim reports for submission both internally and externally. These reports shall comply with the required formats as requested by the respective initiator of such report.
• Oversee and support effective risk assessment processes within Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios and ensure root cause analysis and responding treatment protocols are established and implemented.
• Drive effective communication of quality principles and philosophies and how these can be practically implemented in R&D to all Impact Areas.
• Provide input into the development of organisation-wide SHE documentation, reports and records and co-ordinate Group SHE audits, ensuring the Company and relevant divisions conform to policy and procedures.
• Evaluate and certify all SHE incident investigations.
• Control SHE incident recording system to ensure all matters are recorded and investigated by the appropriate authority, and that corrective action is implemented to prevent recurrences.
• Facilitate SHE inspections that shall actively examine all Division, Clusters and Support
• Portfolios for their adherence to SHE standards and procedures.
• Actively drive the development of new projects, providing the baseline for SHE standards and procedures that must be incorporated into the new project, product or process facility.
• This shall include major capital projects undertaken by the organisation.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders such as consultants, legal advisors, contractors, suppliers, local SHE committees, municipalities, medical professionals and conservationists to research, transfer information, and provide assistance in problem solving situations.
• Communicate with local residence concerning our SHE policy and address related complaints that may be received.

SHE Planning

• Assist the organisation in its quest to achieve zero harm by establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy and environmentally sustainable working environment in the Divisions,
• Clusters and Support Portfolios through embedding quality in all we do.
• Ensure in the development and implementation of operational excellence principles and practices throughout all business and operational processes within the Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios.
• Ensure that SHE requirements, systems and processes are implemented and complied with in the Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios
• To report to the Group SHEQ function on effectiveness of systems and processes within the respective divisions/portfolios.
• Ensure that the Division/Portfolios and Support Functions are compliant with the applicable SHE legal and other requirements. This includes development /implementation and monitoring of systems and processes that assist in compliance and monitoring (e.g. risk assessment registers, SOPs).
• Develop and maintain the Division, Clusters and Support Portfolios SHE Management Programmes (SHEMP) in support of the organisational SHE objectives and targets.

SHE implementation

• Liaise with Human Capital for initiating and coordinating the annual SHE training plan and updating information for personal and audit requirements.
• Ensure all forms of SHE risk assessments are conducted e.g. general, manual handling, and also act as an interface with the Group SHE function where a specialist response is required in relation to risk assessments performed by others within the Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios.
• Facilitates occupational health and safety related surveys, e.g., noise, lighting; exposure to chemical substances, and makes associated recommendations in consultation with the Group SHE function.
• Provide responsive SHE service delivery aligned with Division, Clusters and Support Portfolios requirements/needs.
• Continuously facilitate engagement with key internal stakeholders on SHE requirements and performance.

SHE performance evaluation:

• Take full accountability for all Division, Clusters and Support Portfolios preparations for annual internal and external SHE audits in order to assist the organisation in maintaining certification against SHEQ Standards i.e. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001
• Assist in retaining all current SHE accreditations and work towards the attainment of new quality accreditations, e.g. ISO 17025.
• Advise the Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios on effectiveness of SHE systems and processes in ensuring compliance, outline gaps if/where they exist and propose improvement plans for closure.
• Produce and coordinate yearly Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios SHE action plans and prepare and submit monthly SHE performance reports to Divisional and Portfolio Leadership.

SHE Review:

• Promote continual improvement in order to enhance SHE performance in the Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios.
• Facilitate and ensure SHE Management Reviews (MR) are planned and conducted within the Divisions, Clusters and Support Portfolios.

Financial management:

• Develop and manage SHE Department budget.
• Ensure cost effective service delivery.
• Ensure compliance with financial legislative requirements.

Human Resources management:

• Manage, mentor, coach and play an advisory role for staff growth and development.
• Conduct performance management contracting and reviews for all staff at the recommended periods, for the purpose of managing & improving both individuals’ performance and service delivery

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A three year Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in any of the following:

Safety, Health and Environment;

• Certificates on latest ISO 14001 environmental management system and ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system
• A postgraduate diploma in business management and a SAATCA or any other recognised auditor registration will be highly advantageous
• Drivers’ license
• A minimum of five years’ relevant managerial experience in the implementation of SHE management systems, preferably in a research environment, with a solid track record in the following:
• Experience in SHE management systems as applied to research and technology organisations,
• Risk assessment and incident investigation,
• Monitoring and management of laboratory systems based on ISO 17025 and the basic GLP principles
• Behavioural based safety programmes
• Process safety management
• Operational planning & implementation
• Resource planning & optimisation.

Knowledge of and competence in the provision of Safety, Health and Environment services including:

• Knowledge of all relevant ISO requirements and SHE legislations,
• Knowledge and competence in the implementation of behavioural based safety and process safety programmes
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with other departments
• Ability to manage through others
• Strong teamwork
• Project Management Skills
• Budgeting and Financial Skills
• Computer literacy
• Administrative Skills
• Analytical Skills

We are looking for a Recruitment Specialist with the following:

• + 5 Years’ Experience
• Human Resources/ Industrial Psychology/or Social Science degree
• Accreditation with any one of the following Professional Bodies: SABPP, HRDC,APSO, CAPES

We are looking for a Bus Operations Specialist with the following:

• Minimum 5 Years experience in assisting public transport operators
• Vehicle Scheduling
• Synchronisation and fleet procurement strategies
• Maintenance
• Training bus operators
• Bus operator Technical Support
• Operations

Urgently forward your CV to masego@p3mpro.co.za should you be keen.

Chief Financial Officer

Employment Equity

Midrand

R1M – R1,6 CTC pa

Highly regarded government entity with the highest standards of ethics and with a clean audit report since inception, are looking to appoint an astute CFO to their Exco team.

In this role, be responsible for providing leadership and take accountability of the finance, supply chain management (SCM) and ICT departments; ensure the preparation and submission of accurate annual financial statements that comply with GRAP; attend to and resolve audit queries as raised by the internal auditors and the Auditor General; provide strategic leadership to ensure financial viability and budget discipline of the entity; ensure participation and compliance to budget process; provide support to the CEO and key stakeholders on all strategic matters related to budgets, financial management, procurement and ICT; ensure compliance with related statutory legislation as well as oversee long-term budgetary planning and cost management and the likes.

CA with at least 10 years working experience (including articles) of which 5 years must have been at a strategic level in a Senior financial management role and experience managing a diverse team of professionals in a financial environment essential. Public sector background experience in a government agency environment; extensive and practical knowledge of the PFMA, Treasury regulations., accounting standards and all other financial management prescripts relevant to the public sector essential

If this role is in line with your career aspirations, email Karen Schmoor – SET Consulting -email karen@set.co.za. (+27) (011) 234 4313

Please note, if you have not heard back from us within 1 week, please regard your application as unsuccessful.

Chief Financial Officer (4-year FTC)

Midrand

R Neg. based on skills and experience

Leading Statutory body in the Chemicals SETA are looking to appoint as experienced and astute CFO to steer their organisation forward.

Reporting to the CEO, be instrumental in the formulation and execution of their financial strategy, policies and guidelines that support the commercial success, compliance to the PFMA and related financial principles as well as managing financial best practice, governance, accounting, and treasury standards in accordance with the PFMA to ensure the organisation’s long term financial viability and sustainability

CA (SA), Active SAICA membership with 7 – 10 years’ experience with financial strategic leadership , knowledge of and proven experience of applicable skills development legislation, governance frameworks, financial regulations, and governance management frameworks essentail. Knowledge of the chemical industry / related sectors preferable.

If this role is in line with your career aspirations, email karen@set.co.za – SET Consulting.

Please note, if you have not heard back from us within 1 week , please regard your application as unsuccessful

We are looking for an experienced Employee Benefits Administrator / Processor to join our well known government client on a 12 month contract.

Support department with the processing and payments of claims

Review applications to establish the type of claims

Ensure all supporting documents are in place for processing purposes

Check that the benefits application form is fully and accurately completed by member

Review initial payments on a case to case basis

Reconcile purchase of service figures

Ensure that beneficiaries do actually qualify for payment

Resolve all matters related to death distributions, fraud and risk, payment reversals are done in accordance to policies and procedures

Review rejected applications

Ensure that all documentation are in place and correct before payment will be processed

Initiate payment instruction

Must have:

Excellent MS Excel skills - MS Office package

Matric completed (Accounting OR Mathematics passed as a subject) with 3 years' retirement fund / employee benefits processing / administration experience

OR

Degree in Finance / Administration with 18 months' retirement fund / employee benefits processing / administration experience

Must be available immediately

Have clear criminal record

Please send me copy of ID, Matric, highest qualification, contactable references

We are looking for an experienced PA for the CEO at our government client towards Pretoria on a 6-month contract.

Safekeeping of documentation

In charge of progress, monthly and management reports

Internal and external stakeholder liaison

Coordination of travel arrangements

Advanced level of typing

Accurately record engagements of the CEO

Attend to meeting requests on behalf of the CEO

Capture minutes of meetings

Prepare briefing notes

Involved with the CEO budget documentation collections

Establish funding requirements for MTEF submissions

Movement of funds

Candidate should:

Be available immediately for a 6 month contract

Be presentable

Excellent English written and verbal communication

Proficient with MS Office package

Minute taking and memo drafting working experience

Completed relevant diploma or degree PLUS 3 years' working experience as a PA to the CEO

Excellent track record

Clear criminal record

Contactable references

Very reliable individual needed

Great telephone etiquette

Great research skills

Should have budgeting - financial administration knowledge

Office administration knowledge

Public service and departmental prescripts and legislation knowledge

Great organising skills

Self starter

Please send me CV, copy of ID, Matric, highest qualification, contactable references

All checks will be conducted before CV submissions

We are in need of an experienced Supply Chain / Procurement Administrator for the Logistics department within Government sector in Pretoria, 12 month contract.

Successfully procure goods and services

Implement and manage quotation processes

Form part of the bid evaluations

Compile RFQ documentation

Supplier liaison

Vendor registration

Quotation approval

PO generation

Logistic coordination

Office administration

Must have:

Clear criminal record

Valid Matric with 3 years' Supply Chain management experience OR 3 year completed degree in Supply Chain or related and 18 months' Supply Chain management experience

PFMA, PPPFA, Treasury regulations knowledge

Financial administration knowledge

Public sector procurement process knowledge

Able to follow Supply Chain Management guidelines for Accounting Officers

Ability to work under immense pressure, use initiative, work independent, communicate on senior levels

Client focussed

Analytical

Problem solver

Great planning skills

Able to make decisions

Seeking an experienced Senior Applications Developer for General Applications Development focus division for the Public sector, client is based in Pretoria.

Have a proper understanding of requirements, set deadlines

Responsible to drive quality control

Adhere to business policies and procedures

Be a mentor for your team

Application development, maintenance and support

Risk management

Best practice configuration recommendation

Address Application management audit report queries

Offer solutions to network, database, connectivity, application issues

Maintain a high level of customer service delivery

Analyse user requirements

Improve the design for performance

Involved with code review processes

Troubleshoot and resolve development and production problems

Support users

Develop documentation and assistance tools

Assess IT infrastructure requirements

Draw up reports regarding costs, performance, quality and functionality of application management services

Compose annual reports

Keep abreast of industry trends

Stakeholder liaison

Enhance Application management system

Must have:

Diploma or degree in Information Technology OR B.Sc, in Computer Science OR B.Com Information systems

with 6 years' experience within ICT / Application services / ICT hardware and software, 3 years' in management role

Advantageous - Post Grad - Business Analysis / Programming / System Analysis / Object Orientated design / software debugging

Advantage - Application development life cycle management

Java

J2EE

Idea Intellij

Ultimate and Jetbrain tools

DevOps

Oracle

SDLC

Change management software

Android Studio

Experience on Java based and orientated development studios and platforms

Understanding mobile solution development using Oracle Mobile hub and Flutter

Business Application support knowledge in outsourced environment

Knowledgeable of roote cause analysis and escalations, Software architecture

Know about the law and government regulations regarding Government finance - PFMA, SITA Act, Electronic communication Act

Knowledgeable of Business application fits, business continuous requirements - security and disaster recovery

Prince or PMBOK project management methodology

Excellent written and verbal English communication

Delegator

Collaborator

Decision maker

Leader

Customer service orientated

Committed

Reliable

All background checks will be done upfront - Crim, ID, Matric, degree, Fraud verifications. 2 Reference checks

Seeking an experienced Senior Applications Developer for Business Intelligence division for the Public sector, client is based in Pretoria.

Have a proper understanding of requirements, set deadlines

Responsible to drive quality control

Adhere to business policies and procedures

Be a mentor for your team

Application development, maintenance and support

Risk management

Best practice configuration recommendation

Address Application management audit report queries

Offer solutions to network, database, connectivity, application issues

Maintain a high level of customer service delivery

Analyse user requirements

Improve the design for performance

Involved with code review processes

Troubleshoot and resolve development and production problems

Support users

Develop documentation and assistance tools

Assess IT infrastructure requirements

Draw up reports regarding costs, performance, quality and functionality of application management services

Compose annual reports

Keep abreast of industry trends

Stakeholder liaison

Enhance Application management system

Must have:

Diploma or degree in Information Technology OR B.Sc, in Computer Science OR B.Com Information systems

with 6 years' experience within ICT / Application services / ICT hardware and software, 3 years' in management role

Advantageous - Post Grad - Business Analysis / Programming / System Analysis / Object Orientated design / software debugging

Advantage - Application development life cycle management

Oracle Business intelligence - ODI, OBIEE

SQL / PL

DevOps

Data Warehousing knowledge

SDLC

Linux OS

Java

J2EE

Business Application support knowledge in outsourced environment

Knowledgeable of roote cause analysis and escalations, Software architecture

Know about the law and government regulations regarding Government finance - PFMA, SITA Act, Electronic communication Act

Knowledgeable of Business application fits, business continuous requirements - security and disaster recovery

Prince or PMBOK project management methodology

Excellent written and verbal English communication

Delegator

Collaborator

Decision maker

Leader

Customer service orientated

Committed

Reliable

All background checks will be done upfront - Crim, ID, Matric, degree, Fraud verifications. 2 Reference checks

Overall Purpose of the Job:
To develop and manage the delivery of effective media (traditional, digital and social media) and internal communications strategies aimed at all stakeholders of the organisation. To manage and provide an effective internal and external communication service to the company's staff and stakeholders by providing strategic and tactical guidance and advice to management and leadership

Minimum requirements:

• Degree in Communications or Public Relations or Journalism
  
  • Ideal Qualification Post Graduate qualification in Communications or Public Relations or Journalism.
• 7 Years Experience in Communication / PR and Marketing
• 5 Years Management Experience

Duties and responsibilities:

• Management of the Corporate Communications Plan:
  • Manage the implementation and evaluation of an effective internal and external communication business plan in line with the Corporate Communication and Marketing strategy.
  • Continuous monitoring and evaluation of compliance to existing policies and procedures.
  • Responsible to develop processes that will add value to the overall Corporate Communications and Marketing
• Management of the Media Relations Plan:
  • Manage the process of content compilation for media releases, boilerplates and opinion pieces, Letters to the Editor and associated activities
  • Arrange and manage media conferences (including all logistics)
  • Manage the media query process and develop and maintain a media query register, as well as the timeous response to all media queries
  • Manage the monitoring and analysis of media coverage
  • Manage and maintain the Scompany's electronic media library
  • Manage and ensure compliance with the media relations policy
  • Guide senior leadership and appointed subject matter spokespersons throughout the company in the media liaison processes
  • Play an active role, as a member of the Crisis Committee, in crisis management situations to defend the reputation of the company
  • Arrange media networking events
  • Ensure sufficient positive coverage for the company
  • Manage social media platforms
• Management of the Internal Communications Plan and Activities:
  • Manage the intranet
  • Manage the compilation and dissemination of all formal internal corporate communications
  • Plan and coordinate information sessions for staff on behalf of the Director of Civil Aviation
• Management of the External Communications Plan and Activities:
  • Manage the provision of writing, presentation and speech compilation services to interested SACAA parties
  • Manage the translation services
  • Manage the sub-editing service
  • Manage the official website
• Manage Communications Team and Resources:
  • Ensure appointment and retention of competent staff
  • Manage the team's key performance areas to achieve agreed objectives
  • Lead, mentor, guide, advise and develop personnel who reports directly into this function
  • Ensure that team members are focused on changing the corporate culture to one that embraces and rewards performance and knowledge sharing
    Manage allocated resources

The incumbent will support the Unit / Directorate Manager in relation to diary management,
typing and other clerical duties. Additionally, the incumbent will also provide general
administrative support to the entire Unit/ Directorate and assist in terms of travel
administration, meeting management etc.

Overview:

3-month fixed-term contract, based in the Planning and Development Department of an East London based SOE. The role reports in to the Executive Manager: Planning and Development.

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree/ BTech Degree in Built Environment or Equivalent NQF 7 Qualification.
• Formal Qualification in Project Management
• Professional Registration either as Professional Engineer (Pr. Eng.) or Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr. Tech Eng.) with ECSA
• Registered as Professional Construction Project Manager (Pr. CPM) with SACPCMP
• 8+ years in a managerial role, within a project management environment

Responsibilities:

• Implement management decisions within a multi-disciplinary team by applying high-level knowledge regarding the engineering/construction industry for the attainment of corporate objectives
• Implement technical decisions within a multi-disciplinary team by applying high-level engineering knowledge and skills for the attainment of functional objectives
• Oversee specialist consultants by technical briefings and overseeing of technical designs, drawings, specifications and tender documentation to ensure that projects are designed according to operational requirements
• Oversee Contractors by applying project quality procedures to confirm that construction is done according to predetermined specifications
• Provide input into infrastructure OPEX and CAPEX budgets by applying industry knowledge and project costing skills to ensure that construction of projects will be done to enable the organisation to increase their market share
• Oversee Contractual Compliance in all projects by ensuring adherence to the organisation's Policies and Procedures
• Administer project cost control systems by applying project administration skills to ensure that the organisation conforms to the Public Finance Management Act
• Manage in-house project team by applying design knowledge, management skills and technical assistance to ensure that resources are utilised cost-effectively
• Oversee projects by applying project-planning skills to allocate resources to relevant projects
• Staff Management
• Administer engineering services and construction contracts
• Carry out reasonable and lawful instructions as given by the line manager/supervisor within the ambit of the position taking into consideration competencies and operational requirements.
  

Competencies:

• Computer literacy
• Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Excellent report writing skills
• In-depth knowledge of the OHS Act, Environmental Act, PFMA
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Management Processes
• Good knowledge of working in a political environment
• Good overall knowledge of the water industry
• Sound financial management skills

We are looking for a bubbly, well spoken, well organised Executive PA for our government client, 4-month contract. This individual will be reporting into the CEO.

Offer administration and coordination support

Stakeholder engagements: Government, council, executive management, service providers, staff

Scheduling of stakeholder meetings

Scheduling of Executive's diary

Venue and catering bookings

Conduct research for the CEO

Relationship management

Updating departmental calendar

Review correspondences

Responsible for minute taking, drafting agendas

QA of documentation

Coordinate the Executive teams leave applications

Draft reports

Liaise with marketing for events

Event management within budget

Travel coordination

Must have:

NQF level 5 Executive PA Qualification

Preferably a degree in Business Administration or relevant

Computer literate

Attention to detail

Deadline driven

Professional English communication and written skills

Ethical

Able to keep information confidential

Multi-tasker

5 years' Executive PA experience

2 years' board / council engagement experience

1 year Public sector experience

We are looking for an experienced Committee Officer, reporting into the Company Secretary. It will be a 4-month contract, for a Government entity.

Work on various specialised projects

Support the Council members

Prepare packs for meetings

Sit in on Executive committee meetings

Coordinate matters

Prepare and follow up on agendas

Must have a Matric

Relevant tertiary qualification

No less than 4 years' working experience as a Committee Officer within government preferably - housing / human settlements

Clear criminal, fraud, credit (ITC)

Able to write beautifully

Excellent English professional communication - written and verbal

Multi-tasker

Energetic

Deadline driven

Attention to detail

Our client is a Global Technology Solutions Provider. Their core business focusses on the Customs and Border Management business sphere. Their solutions are proven to spur economic growth and facilitate trade, whilst mitigating risk to the borders of South Africa. The world changes daily and Customs agencies are defined by those changes, be it shifting trade and travel trends, to complex economic, social and political realities in our interconnected world.

Our client ensures that they stay on top of those trends and changes, whilst constantly re-focusing and customizing their large-scale smart software solutions.

Purpose:
To develop functionality for a JEE (J2EE) based product. The backend is a service oriented Spring based application. It provides a service layer for different user channels ranging from web, rich clients and batch users integrating via JMS and web services. The work contains a portion of support and refactoring of existing code as well as new development (extend it for new functionality) and add extra integration points.

Responsibilities/Tasks:

• Support existing and develop new functionality and components.
• Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine and implement new requirements.
• Refactor and improve the code to keep the product maintainable and adaptable to new requirements.
• Work effectively in a team environment and follow/develop product software development processes and standards.
• Evaluate and improve application performance, and high availability features.
• Create unit and integrated system tests to show that the developed functionality works as intended.
• Create technical documentation that explains how the various components of the system work and how to use them.
• Do root cause analysis on bugs to find and fix the cause of a problem in an integrated system.
• Build and deploy the system on an application server.
• Create and execute functional test scenarios (dev testing).
• Incorporate the work done by other developers and do whatever is necessary to get the system to work again with the changes, including debugging other people’s code, making changes to test data, etc.

Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer/Engineering Sciences.
• A strong knowledge of Java is essential.
• 2-3 years relevant experience as an intermediary back-end developer as part of a team in a software development environment.
• Experience in scripting languages is preferred (e.g. JavaScript, Angular, Python/Jython).
• Ability to work in a team environment: Follow mentorship/provide team leader mentorship, collaborate on a common (UML) design model.
• A good understanding of the SDLC process, tools and techniques specifically as applied to software development methodology.

Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

• Experience with team development tools: Use of source control applications (preferably GIT); Use of a UML tool for documentation
• Experience of the following technologies:
  • JEE (J2EE) server side technologies
  • Spring framework (preferable)
  • JPA /Hibernate
  • Experience with an application server (IBM Websphere - preferable)
  • Integration experience (Web/RESTful services, JMS)
  • JAXB and XML Schema
  • Maven
  • SQL and experience with a relational database (i.e. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB2)
  • SoapUI/Postman
• Ability to deliver production quality software by e.g. paying attention to detail, do extensive unit testing and support quality testing phases.
• Knowledge and experience of the following would be a plus:
  • Business process/workflow layers e.g. JBPM, BPEL (Activiti)
  • Rules engines (e.g. Drools)
  • Design patterns (Object Oriented, SOLID, GRASP)
  • Continuous integration (i.e. Jenkins, Bamboo, Docker)

Personal Profile:

• Self-starter, self-motivated, team player
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Finisher

Purpose:

The Research Analyst is responsible for advancing the Jobs Fund Knowledge Agenda through targeted research and in-depth big data analysis to inform fund design and evidence-based policy making.

This will entail: 1)

Developing a comprehensive understanding of the organization, its strategy, its projects and where it is located within South Africa’s development landscape;

2) Conducting in-depth analyses of Jobs Fund performance data and extracting useful insights for
the Fund;

3) Using knowledge of South Africa’s economy and political climate in the interpretation of job creation and social
impact results;

4) Producing well thought-out feedback reports and articles that are tailored to different audiences;

5) Working largely independently and ensuring analytics targets are reached; 6) Extracting key learnings on supported financial models and assessing the impact of these models on the success or failure of the project or elements thereof; and

7) Providing strategic advice, and support to the office of the Deputy Director General Employment Facilitation and the Jobs Fund Business Units.

Qualifications Required:

• Post graduate qualification in Economics, Labour Market/Development Economics or in a related/relevant field.
• Training or certification in statistics and quantitative measurements

Experience Required:
• At least 6 years’ experience working as an Economist/Analyst.
• At least 6 years’ experience in conducting empirical research.
• At least 6 years’ experience in a programme management environment.
• Experience in performing high-level analyses of the labour market, economic sectors and financial impact investing
• Experience in project evaluation.
• Experience in research and evaluation of donor funded projects.
• Experience policy analysis and policy writing.
• Experience of Donor Communities and Development of Enterprise Standards.
• Experience in the preparation of strategic reports for different audiences, i.e., technical, management, government, donors, media and other stakeholders.
• Experience in application of leading qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and reporting tools.
• Experience in managing projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in publishing research papers.