Programme Manager: Innovation Skills Development

2 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa Technology Innovation Agency Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
TIA is a talent driven, customer
- centric and impact focused organisation. In our endeavour to support technology innovation with socio-economic outcomes, we seek to infuse the organisation with team players that find resonance as value creators, agile thinkers, progressive attitudes, customer-centricity, dynamic work ethic and an optimistic disposition. We aim to harness these attributes in a manner that they culminate into a culture of teamwork, impact and accountability.

The Agency reserves the right not to make an appointment.

**Purpose of the Position**:
**The Programme Manager: ISD**will be responsible**to identify, manage and implement skills development interventions that will enable and stimulate a culture of innovation and contribute to building a vibrant ecosystem within the NSI.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Qualifications**
- Degree in Human Resources/relevant Talent Management qualification

**Experience**
- Three (3) years’ talent management experience in the Technology Innovation field

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Internal Processes**
- Compliance with all TIA systems (performance management, HR, finance, Stakeholder information, fund management, reporting etc.)
- Adherence to all relevant policies and frameworks
- Review ISD business plans and budgets by detecting over and underspend and implement corrective risk management measures
- Ensure standard operating procedure is followed;
- Identify skills gaps
- obtain EXCO approval,
- communicate outcome,
- contract into agreements with successful applicants/host institutions
- Monitor progress against milestones, and
- review quarterly progress and disbursements
- Actively engage with Stakeholders to ensure proper exiting takes place
- Assess, analyse and integrate information prior to capturing into the relevant system
- Ensure unit information is recorded and captured accurately on the FMS
- Streamline processes and procedure to maximize efficiency
- Stay abreast of related trends in the market
- Support the Head of ISD in developing and implementing all relevant policies and frameworks

**Stakeholder Relationship**
- Create customer awareness of the units offerings and services
- Engage effectively with stakeholders and clients
- Effective reporting to internal and external stakeholders (DSTI and others)
- Maintain an up to date stakeholder databases and log of key stakeholder initiatives
- Ensure credible success stories are published in collaboration with SSRC
- Participate in events, meetings, workshops and conferences by giving input, avail skill, competency and expertise. Participation should result positive input, impact and giving direction in the NSI

**Financial Perspective**
- Assist and provide input to the development of the ISD programme budget and forecast (operational and investment)
- Ensure investment budget is spent according to operational plans.
- Identify and assist unit to raise funding from new and established funding sources

**Learning and Growth**
- KPA’s are understood and achieved as agreed upon in the Performance agreement
- Review performance against agreed performance standards
- Live the values and culture of TIA
- Identify and implement development opportunities to ensure continuous improvement of work effectiveness and efficiency
- Departmental Information systems and tools are optimally utilized to execute core tasks

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