Professional Skills Development Researcher

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Business Solutions Full time

The Professional Skills Development & Researcher will be responsible for the development of timely and relevant conferences in both the public and private sectors. This will encompass topic research, speaker acquisition, content development and event management. This post requires someone that is well read and is kept abreast of the current issues in Africa & globally.
- Conduct research and gather competitor intelligence to determine the commercial viability and timing of a conference topic
- Project management requires high quality planning
- Identify and recruit expert/ industry related speakers for the relevant conference
- Develop and finalise the conference programme within stipulated timelines
- Communicate key conference information to sales team by means of a sales brief
- Manage conference budget
- Speaker liaison, before during and after each conference
- Providing post conference reports and analysis
- To generate new topic ideas for future events
- Identify and secure financial sponsorship from commercial organisations
- Maintaining telephone contact with key sponsors
- Maintain a strategic partnership with speakers, associations, government and academics

**Salary**: From R5,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Johannesburg, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- Honours (preferred)

**Experience**:

- RESEARCH: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- ENGLISH (required)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (preferred)

Expected Start Date: 2023/04/11



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