Deputy Director: Ber

3 weeks ago

Stellenbosch, South Africa Stellenbosch University Full time

Duties/Pligte

**The Director and Deputy Director jointly manage the BER. The Deputy Director reports to the Director and they both report to the Governance Committee, of which they are members. Responsibilities are divided by agreement between them. While the Director takes care of strategic, external affairs, fundraising, and human resource management, the Deputy Director usually deals with internal, everyday implementation and operations. These include, among others**:

- The allocation of resources, scheduling and supervision to deliver continuous and new outputs or contractual obligations on time, as well as within budget;
- Managing the BER's relationship with sponsors, macro-service subscribers and commissioned research providers;
- Alongside the Financial Manager, responsible for budgeting, financial control and reporting, authorisation of expenses, as well as compliance with SU's financial policy;
- Financial and cyber security risk management.

**Together with the Director, the Deputy Director is also responsible for the further improvement of the quality and standing of the BER's research. This includes pursuing academic research excellence, as well as ensuring reputational risk management.**

**In addition to the management duties, the research responsibilities of the Deputy Director could include, amongst others**:

- Conducting research and writing reports on (1) the macroeconomy, (2) the results of the BER's various surveys and/or, (3) as commissioned by clients or self-initiated.
- Providing inputs to and/or taking responsibility for certain areas and/or aspects of the macroeconomic forecast;
- Providing support services, such as doing in-house presentations for clients on the macroeconomy or commissioned research findings;
- Liaising with the media, foreign investors, and other notable visitors such as teams from the World Bank or IMF;
- Mentoring colleagues and trainee economists;
- Independently initiating, managing and completing new services, products and research topics for the Bureau.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- Master's degree in Economics with specialisation in macroeconomics;
- Proven record of intellectual leadership and management abilities;
- At least four years' experience at a managerial level that demonstrates the ability to work accurately, finish research projects independently and manage a team to complete research projects;
- Proven ability in writing reports and doing presentations for clients in the private and/or public sector;
- Excellent knowledge of macroeconomic relationships and developments in South Africa;
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English;
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain positive relationships with staff, clients, sponsors and external contractors.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling
- PhD in Economics;
- Further academic qualification in economics and/or statistics econometrics;
- A strong research profile in the form of published research and presented papers;
- Understanding of, and skills related to, the latest trends in data automation and machine learning as it applies to macroeconomics.

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