Senior Manager: Career Centre

3 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Full time

**SENIOR MANAGER: CAREER CENTRE**

**(5 YEARS FIXED-TERM CONTRACT)**

**JOB PURPOSE**

To lead and manage the Career Centre at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre by providing strategic direction and oversight to ensure effective delivery of career development services, psychometric assessments, skills development and placement support for various customers starting from ECD beneficiaries, in-school youth, out-of-school school and young people in search of employment opportunities.

The Senior manager will foster partnerships, drive innovation and ensure seamless integration of services to empower learners and young people to reach their full potential especially in STREAM related areas of learning.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategic Leadership**
- Develop and implement the Career Centre’s strategy aligning with Sci-Bono’s mission and goals
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement to ensure impactful service offering through the Career Centre
- Manage and account for career centre annual performance plans and budgets.
- Develop and align annual performance plans to the organisational strategy, targets, and requisite resources.
- Provide leadership and direction for the design and development of science career education and awareness programmes, as well as for the management and implementation of the approved strategic plan and annual calendar.

**Service Delivery**
- Oversee the delivery of psychometric assessments, career development services, skills development programme offerings and placement support
- Ensure high quality services, meeting the needs of diverse learners and young people
- Oversee delivery and implementation of professional career development and counselling services in line with the Health Professions Council of South Africa guidelines.
- Facilitate for the provision of consultancy services on complex crises and mental health issues to schools and private clients who request the service.
- Develop a strategic framework for the delivery of Psychological Services to expand access to services for marginalised communities, especially neurodiverse clients.

**Partnership Development**
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with education institutions, private sector organisations and industry stakeholders to support the Centre’s mission and goals
- Foster relationships to enhance service delivery, placement opportunities and resource mobilization

**Financial Management**
- Develop departmental budgets by operational plans and procurement schedules and monitor expenditures against budgets to prevent overruns.

**Operational Efficiency**
- Review SOPs and adhere to organisational finance policies to mitigate adverse audit findings.
- Oversee operations of the Counselling and Psychological Services unit, including quality assurance of services provided, assignment of staff responsibilities in therapeutic services, research, data management, and training.
- Oversee policy formulation, implementation and reviews, continuous process, and program quality improvement.

**People Management**
- Lead, manage and develop a high-performing team, providing coaching, mentoring and guidance
- Ensure effective communication, collaboration and rôle clarity within the team
- Manage Career Centre staff performance in line with signed performance contracts and approved plans for the financial year.
- Monitor the performance of team members and provide timely feedback and developmental assistance.
- Ensure that people are effectively managed through set people management policies and procedures.
- Provide line managers and supervisors with the necessary training, coaching and mentorship.
- Challenge team and self to continually learn and grow as trusted and credible advisors to clients.

**Stakeholder Management**
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders including funders, partners and community leaders
- Communicate the Career Centre’s impact, successes and challenges to stakeholders
- Liaise with potential funders and key national, provincial, and local stakeholders, notably the GDE and GCRA, SETAs, and DHET, to plan and execute joint career education programmes and projects, GDE Life Orientation Career programmes, and career-related curriculum work.
- Develop and maintain relationships with statutory bodies, universities, councils, and associations involved in Career Development and the Psychology profession.
- Provide support, manage, and nurture relationships with internal stakeholders and other departments within Sci-Bono
- Oversee management of suppliers and service providers to ensure quality service delivery.

**Compliance**
- Develop policies and processes for services rendered by the Centre.
- Develop standard operating procedures for programmes and services to optimise delivery and efficient resource use and mitigate adverse internal audit findings.
- Ensure that all professional psychological services rendered by the Centre comply with the ethical gu

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