Manager - Research

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa City of Cape Town Full time

ELIGIBILITY

CLOSING DATE

REFERENCE NUMBER
FPR 11/23 ext

SALARY

TCOE:
R p.a

DEPARTMENT
Policy and Strategy

DIRECTORATE

FUTURE PLANNING AND

RESILIENCE
Manager - Research

Requirements:

  • A relevant Bachelor's degree is required and a relevant
Postgraduate qualification is preferred

  • Experience in research management and partnerships
  • Experience in policy relevant statistical analysis and quantitative
research

  • Managerial experience
Key Performance Areas

  • Provide research leadership in support of long term planning and
evidence based decision making for the City

  • Develop and manage productive research partnerships
  • Provide a strategic interface between the knowledge community
and the City, including understanding the research needs of City

departments

  • Develop and lead a research team to support high quality research
across the organisation

  • Provide expertise, advice and methodologies for translating
research insights into informants for strategic decision-making

  • Lead the research analytics function for the City, including statistics
and surveys to enable planning and decision-making

  • Provide leadership and guidance on research programmes,
projects and initiatives to support the achievement of the City's

objectives, collaborating and leading across City departments.

This Manager leads a research team responsible for the research

agenda of the City, in support of evidence based decision making.

The research team conducts policy relevant research itself

(particularly quantitative research) and leverages research

partnerships for insights to inform policy and planning.

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