Director: Operations and Sector Support

3 weeks ago


Pretoria, South Africa Kumusa Consulting Full time

**Purpose**:
The Director: Operations and Sector Support is a member of the Management Team with direct responsibility for ensuring the effective and efficient strategic and operational support
necessary for the timely implementation of programmes and projects.

The Director, guided by the CEO, will be responsible for the strategic integration of the programme of activities of the strategy groups and communities of practice on the one hand, and the higher education sector on the other. The Director will develop initiatives and metrics for liaising with appropriate stakeholders to establish a positive working environment.

**Responsibilities**:

- Providing strategic direction and leadership to projects and programmes, from conceptualisation, design and implementation to evaluation and closure.
- Efficiently and effectively managing the resources (human and financial) necessary for the implementation of projects and programmes
- As part of executive management team, developing value-adding and cost-effective services and projects to support the Higher Education sector
- Contributing to the development of policy positions on key issues with implications for the Higher Education sector
- Supporting the work of operational structures
- Development of policy analyses that are relevant and authoritative on key Higher Education issues
- Be responsible for USAfs fundraising activities
- The incumbent will have to stand in for the CEO when required.

**Required Experience**:

- Extensive management experience of no less than ten years, of which at least five years should be at the senior management level. In-depth knowledge of South Africas Higher Education system
- Sound knowledge of policy within which the Higher Education system operates
- Excellent analytical and writing skills, including the development of policy briefs
- Strong project conceptualisation, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation skills, with a proven record of accomplishment
- Excellent networking and advocacy skills
- Strategic and operational management skills
- Demonstrated evidence of managing complex projects and budgets, particularly donor-funded projects
- Demonstrated leadership, administrative, and communication skills
- Proven ability to collaborate; evidence of a team-oriented approach
- Demonstrable evidence of the use of technology for planning, communication and project management purposes

**Required Qualifications**
- A Bachelors Degree
- A Masters Degree in Education or relevant field together with abundant evidence of education policy research and academic writing.
- A PhD, preferably in Higher Education and an MBA would be an advantage.



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