Economic Development Strategist

1 month ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Set Consulting Full time

**Job Title:** Economic Development Strategist

**About the Role:** We are seeking a highly skilled Economic Development Strategist to join our team at Set Consulting. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and optimizing our economic development strategy, ensuring alignment with project objectives and industry standards.

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Develop and optimize the economic development strategy as per project assigned by the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting

* Formulate economic development strategy based on the relative compliance mandate and project documents

* Take accountability for the economic development commitments made during development throughout the project lifecycle

* Interface with Social Performance and SRM functions to ensure that economic development commitments made during development are practical and achievable during Implementation and Operations

* Interface with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that commitments are well documented and communicated to ensure successful execution

* Formulate and communicate handover procedure to Social Performance and SRM as per ED Departmental template and guidelines

* In collaboration with the ED Reporting Manager, develop and establish the monitoring and reporting frameworks and methodologies to ensure the ED Reporting project teams are capacitated to effectively and accurately monitor outcomes associated to the projects ED commitments

* Provide the necessary support and manage the ED reporting function for projects undergoing implementation and assigned by the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting

* Support the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting to establish and maintain an ED data center of excellence to enable the ED function to leverage off historical data & analytics that drive sustainable and holistic ED Strategy aligned to the departments mission

* Assist in identifying ED Strategy constraints and opportunities across the business

* Continuously strive to optimize the ED Strategy and Reporting Function, creating autonomous workflow and facilitate necessary training to the project teams

* Educating the project team on all ED related topics and assisting project directors with ED inputs for investment decision and steerco discussions

* Support the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting in the appointment of ED services providers to ensure that projects meet their relative compliance mandate and are aligned to industry standards and RFP requirements

**Requirements and Qualifications:**

* Bachelor's in Commerce (BCom) or equivalent

* At least 5 years' experience in Economic Development

* Previous experience in policy implementation, audit or consulting for economic development function

* Management consulting experience is an advantage

* Fair Mining Charter (Bonus)

* Financial and Legal literacy

**What We Offer:**

Set Consulting offers a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional growth and development. If you are a motivated and experienced Economic Development Strategist looking for a new challenge, please submit your application.

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