Manager: Development

4 months ago

Bloemfontein, South Africa University of the Free State Full time

Job Title- Manager: Development (post level 7) Job ID: 5878- Organizational Unit- University of the Free State -> Vice-Rector: Operations -> Information and Communications Technology Services- Contract Type- Permanent- Occupational Level- Junior Management- Location- Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary)
- Closing Date- 6/10/2024- Description- Applications submitted through any other platform will not be considered.**
- A detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter.
- Copies of qualifications (please provide the SAQA accreditation in the case of foreign qualifications).
- A copy of your identity document (ID or passport in the case of foreign nationals).
- Proof of registration with a Professional Body (if applicable).
- A copy of your driver’s license (if applicable).
- Confirmation of employment from current employer / last employer if unemployed (only applicable to external applicants).

**Duties and responsibilities**:
**People Management**
- Collaborate closely with the team to ensure the successful completion of projects.
- Prioritise work to resolve technical emergencies as they may occur.
- Ensure that the division members have sufficient information to perform their duties.
- Monitor the progress of the work of staff in the unit.
- Mentor/coach employees in the unit.
- Manage performance management discussions and plans of staff in the unit.
- Encourage staff to have conducive performance plans and support staff to have the necessary resources to address performance issues and recognise staff for contributions to DTI and success achieved.
- Foster a culture that values sharing successes and failures to encourage individual and group development through educated risk-taking.
- Responsible for approving leave requests.
- Assist in recruiting, hiring and coordinating the training of new staff members.
- Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability.
- Identify training opportunities for future thought leaders to attend conferences in areas where thought leadership development is required (future perspective).
- Define, implement and enable a sustainable implementation succession plan and knowledge retention.

**Software Development and Management**
- Implement the complete software development lifecycle (SDLC) process, ensuring efficient project management, effective communication, and timely execution of development tasks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, develop software, conduct testing, and manage deployment for various projects.
- Design test cases based on requirements and functional specifications.
- Resolve any business-related issues during the development life cycle.
- Document software defects (bug tracking system).
- Participate in product design reviews, designs, schedules, or problems.
- Participate in the process of assessing user requirements.
- Log operational changes for systems to be placed into production.
- Analyse business requirements with the help of the development manager.
- Build websites with widgets
- Test systems that the development team has developed.
- Maintain documentation of test results.
- Analyse test results.
- Test system modifications or implementation.
- Recommend improvements in terms of functionality and usability.

**Strategic Support**
- Participate in management and strategic meeting sessions to get a clear understanding of business requirements.
- Identify, communicate and log possible impacts, risks and issues.
- Receive and analyse client requirements.
- Report any delays and risks to requests and projects to HOD.
- Liaise with HOD regarding coordination of projects.

Governance and Compliance
- Ensure that the quality management system conforms to the requirements of the required international standards.
- Ensure DTI processes are followed.

**Quality Assurance**
- Review testing of team members to ensure all requirements were tested.
- Implement validation and quality checks to ensure accuracy and integrity.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.

**Professional Development**
- Fulfill all responsibilities regarding performance management.
- Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses.

**Inherent requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree or an advanced diploma/BTech degree/postgraduate certificate on NQF Level 7 in Information Technology.
- A minimum of four (4) years relevant experience relating to the duties and responsibilities.

**Recommendations**:

- A minimum of two (2) years should be in a Higher Education environment.
- Competencies**Required competencies**:

- **Results oriented.**:

- The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to

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