Csi Officer

**AVI LIMITED** is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and centred on the FMCG market, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our brands span a range of categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, footwear, accessories, and fashion apparel. We have a well-developed Shared Services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing, which allows us to take advantage of our scale. Our single-minded purpose is our brands' growth and development.

An exciting opportunity exists for a **CSI Officer **at **HR Shared Services** in **Bryanston**, **Johannesburg**. The purpose of the role is to manage the CSI trust from end to end, including the selection of partner NPOs, according to the credentials of the trust as well as the BBBEE codes. This also includes trustee meetings, minutes, agendas, NPO auditing, paying of NPOs and keeping abreast of all codes and changes thereof. The management of the budget (1% NPBT) is under this position too. To create and implement an employee volunteer process and implementation within the BU’s.

**Line Manager**: Skills and Transformation Manager

**Number of Direct Reports**: 0

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:

- ** Administration of the AVI Community Trust**
- Scheduling of Trustee Meetings
- Preparation of the packs for Trustee meetings
- Compilation of minutes and agendas
- Oversight of the financial reporting and liaison with Finance Shared Services
- Administer all payments including correspondence
- Assist with the annual financial audit
- Ensure compliance with governance requirements by potential and existing beneficiaries
- Manage all requests for funding
- Ensure the keeping of full and proper records in respect of all Trust activities and beneficiaries
- Draft reports as required
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Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Social Investment projects**
- Ensure proper due diligence is completed for all new beneficiaries
- Conduct regular site visits to beneficiaries
- Manage and co-ordinate monitoring and evaluation of material projects
- Ensure full and proper partnering with beneficiaries
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Management of the Employee Volunteer Programme (EVP)**
- Annually plan and implement the EVP programmes for AVI businesses
- Implementation of the communication plan for the EVP
- Record and report back on the activities and outcomes of the EVP
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Reporting, monitoring and Audits**
- Monitor and report on SED Beneficiary progress, as per BBBEE audit requirements.
- Assist with the collation of relevant verification documentation and ensure adherence to all requirements for annual rating processes for SED.
- Insert accurate SED information into the AVI Group’s BBBEE reporting system, for collation and completion of the overall BBBEE scorecard.
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Collaboration with and management of third party providers and relevant external stakeholders**
- Maintain good working relationships with AVI’s BBBEE verification agents.
- Check draft verification reports for to ensure the accuracy thereof and that all related activities, or interventions, are properly captured and recognised.
- Build relationships with relevant stakeholders to ensure support for AVI’s best interests.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- 3 - 5 years' experience, gained in a similar role,
- 3 years experience working in a corporate environment
- 2 - 3 years experience in a Community Social Investment (CSI) role

**Qualifications**:

- A Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma
- ** BEE MDP preferred qualification**

**Additional Requirements**:

- Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act and Codes
- Community social investment trusts or similar entities
- Financial understanding for the purposes of understanding the financials of the CSI Trust
- Non-governmental organisations
- Project management skills
- Review multiple data sources and make good assessments and
- Recommendations
- Business acumen and commercially astute
- Sound judgment - able to review multiple data sources and make good assessments and recommendations
- Advanced proficiency in all aspects of Microsoft Office

**Competencies**:

- Excellent administration and management skills and the ability to cogently share information
- Ability to build, maintain and use key internal and external relationships
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work with a large and diverse range of persons
- Excellent composure and resilience, particularly when under pressure
- Ability to take the initiative and achieve results
- Manage and share information
- Plan ahead
- Build and use key relationships
- Impact and influence others
- Remain composed and resilient
- Uphold standards and ethics
- Initiate and achieve results