Director: Projects
Retail
Minimum Requirements
- Applicants must be in a possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and a Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Statistics / Mathematics / Economics / Data Science (NQF Level 7) and a Nyukela certificate (Pre-entry Certificate to the SMS) submitted prior to appointment.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience at middle/senior managerial level in statistics or economics projects.
- Job-related knowledge: Knowledge of project management, budgetary planning and expenditure reporting.
- Project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation.
- Knowledge and application of project management software and tools.
- Risk management.
- Plan the life cycle of the product and define the requirements.
- Assess the training needs and tools for certain team members.
- Job-related skills: Project management (develop project plans, coordinate projects, communicate change and progress, complete projects on time and budget, manage project team activities).
- Proficiency in statistical software, data management techniques, and experience with big data in development contexts.
- Change management (able to develop implementation plans, communicate change, monitor and evaluate results).
- Analytical (able to collect and research data, synthesise complex information, and design workflows and procedures).
- Planning and organising (prioritise and plan work activities, set goals and objectives, schedule people and their work, set realistic action plans).
- Communication (able to read, write and interpret complex written information).
- Presentation (Ability to effectively facilitate the discussion and manage audience).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Projects, Excel, PowerPoint).
- A valid driver's licence.
Responsibilities
- Manage the economic research and statistical data projects across the Branch.
- Coordinate and support to develop and produce economic and statistical data, ensuring accurate data collection, analysis, and dissemination to support strategic planning and policymaking on rural development matters.
- Provide statistical expertise in rural development and rural economy.
- Ensure compliance with project management framework and associated templates.
- Maintain research and data statistical projects for the branch and provinces.
- Ensure compliance with governance frameworks.
- Monitor the implementation of project management principles.
- Provide strategic leadership and support to develop best practices and tools for economic research and statistical data.
- Develop, implement strategic and operational plans on economic research and statistical data on rural economics aligning departmental strategic direction.
- Oversee the entire statistical value chain, from data collection and procession to analysis and the publication of statical releases.
- Develop system and processes to improve information management in the Branch.
- Maintain and populate data for a management dashboard and quality review research and data postmortems reports.
- Ensure the adherence to the virtuous cycle framework.
- Audit the quality of project management documentation and process compliance (Public Finance Management Act).
- Review the integrity and accuracy of the data supplied for the creation of dashboards.
- Investigate innovative ways of data collection and information management.
- Collaborate with other stakeholders to promote sound reporting relationships.
- Provide support to develop full-scale project plans, project teams and associated documents and reports.
- Monitor the allocation of resources.
- Provide assistance in allocation of resources.
- Management of project teams.
