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4-5years

Job Location drjobs

Johannesburg - South Africa

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Our client is looking for a hardworking individual to support the Planning Manager with coordinating skills planning for the Energy and Water sectors. This assistance includes the development of the Sector Skills Plan (SSP) with labour market intelligence forming a significant input to the process. Determine funding priorities with the required support to employers within both sectors. The planning and national skills planning identify sectoral priority occupations and enable evidencebased decisionmaking. To support the Planning and M&E Manager to produce the organisation s strategic plans through the coordination of development of the SSP SP and APP that will lead the achievement of the SETA s mandate.

Key Responsibilities:

1.Sector Skills Plan Formulation

  • Draft the Sector Skills Plan together with the Researcher for the organistions collaborating with the Energy and Water Sector Managers to ensure full stakeholder engagement prior to finalising the plan for approval as per the organisations and DHET requirements.
  • Incorporate the organisations projects into sector skills planning ensuring that the appropriate information and data is collected as input into the SSP.
  • Use macro and micro research provided by the internal research team in its interaction with other SETAs on employment trends and critical and scarce skills.
  • Supervise the collection checking and administration of SSP related data ensuring that reports are provided within specified timeframes and guidelines.
  • Coordinate the evaluation of the Sector Skills Plan in Skills Development Committee meetings.
  • Review reports and make recommendations with regard to the Skills Development Strategy process and make necessary adjustments.
  • Track the status of resolution of SSP findings for the organisation and adjust plans to accommodate additional requirements.
  • Verify with the relevant internal stakeholders that findings are actioned and included in annual targets appropriately.
  • Audit the SSP with relevant stakeholders to ensure participation and clear communication

2. SSP administration

  • Provide feedback to the Planning and M&E Manager regarding SSP progress and implementation.
  • Implement and maintain planning tools to ensure accurate SSP and ongoing data collation.
  • Develop strategies in conjunction with the Planning and M&E Manager the Senior Researcher and Researcher to enable the implementation administration monitoring and maintenance of the SSP and associated documentation.
  • Plan for submissions and ensure target dates are agreed and communicated to all the relevant internal stakeholders and aligned with DHET requirements.
  • Develop new documentation forms and data collection processes to ensure alignment with the organisation s strategy in conjunction with the relevant internal stakeholders.
  • Design an annual submissions calendar for communication to the internal stakeholders and external stakeholders.
  • Use feedback from researchers employer organisations and stakeholders to ensure that skills gaps are managed and incorporated into the plan and Skills Development Strategy

3. Strategy Development

  • Coordinate the organisations strategy development and implementation.
  • Develop strategy management policies and procedures.
  • Facilitate the continuous identification of strategic corporate strengths weaknesses opportunities and threats.
  • Facilitate the cascading of strategy into all business divisions.
  • Implement benchmarking efforts and customer/stakeholder insights in support of strategic planning.
  • Coordinate the research analysis development of conclusions presentation of findings to the CEO and executive management
  • for discussion.
  • Coordinate the compilation of the organisations Strategy Annual Performance Plan and Annual Operational Plan.
  • Ensure the translation of corporate strategy initiatives into programmes.
  • Coordinate and analyse organisationwide monitoring and evaluation reviews to assess progress against predetermined objectives and other organisational standards.
  • Facilitate the implementation of remedial action as and when required.



Requirements

Experience:

  • 4 years: Extensive experience in a Planning and Strategy Specialist role.
  • 24 years: Relevant experience in strategic planning or related fields

Qualifications:

  • Honours Degree or equivalent (NQF Level 8) in a relevant field such as Business Management Public Administration or Education Management.


Experience: 4+ years: Extensive experience in a Planning and Strategy Specialist role. 2-4 years: Relevant experience in strategic planning or related fields Qualifications: Honours Degree or equivalent (NQF Level 8) in a relevant field such as Business Management, Public Administration, or Education Management.

Employment Type

Full Time

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