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  • Learning and Development Facilitator at Bayport Financial Services October, 2023

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    Core Purpose

    The purpose of the job that it requires a dynamic, disciplined, and professional individual to join our team as a facilitator in the L&D department. Being a training subject matter expert in the scope of the business, for all new/existing training requirements, coaching and mentoring, design and development of learning content, the analysis and identification of training and development needs of employees and the drive of initiatives such as learnership, internships etc.

    The facilitator plays a critical part in the drive and implementation of the digital journey of the department towards initiatives such as e-Learning, online assessing, digital administration etc.

    EDUCATION

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

    • Matric or NQF L4 qualification
    • Qualified Facilitator and Assessor (Minimum NQF L5)

    DESIRED REQUIREMENTS

    • Design of learning material (Minimum NQF L5)
    • Training Needs Analysis (Minimum NQF L5)
    • Coach and Mentor (Minimum NQF L5)

    ADVANTAGEOUS REQUIREMENTS

    • Completed – ODEDTP
    • Diploma in Credit Management /Business Management /Marketing Management

    EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

    • 1-year valid driver’s license.
    • 2-year Facilitator, assessor, and design experience.
    • 3 years’ experience in the Learning & Development environment.
    • Excel, Word & PowerPoint proficiency (Intermediate)
    • Ability to travel nationally

    DESIRED REQUIREMENTS

    • 2 years’ experience in the Financial Services environment
    • 1 year experience with Financial Wellness Solutions (advantageous)
    • The knowledge and skills required to directly coach employers, employees and others on financial
    • literacy and wellbeing.
    • Certificate/Diploma ODEDTP will be advantageous
    • Certificate/Diploma Human Resource Development will be advantageous
    • Debt Counselling, Debt Administration Process understanding
    • National Credit Act (NCA) basic knowledge.
    • Debt Rehabilitation and Debt Counselling/consultation experience / knowledge.

    OTHER REQUIREMENTS

    • Own reliable vehicle/transport
    • Ability and willingness to travel
    • Flexibility and adaptability towards work roles and responsibilities

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  • Manager: Administration and Support Services at Breede Valley Municipality October, 2023

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    Job Purpose:

    To manage the key performance areas by providing effective Administrative and Support services to core service delivery functions by amending, adjusting and reviewing policies and procedures against departmental, statutory and audit guidelines. Moreover, the operational and capital budget, Committee Services, Records and Archiving Services, and Administrative Services ensure effective, sustainable service delivery in line with the relevant legislative framework and sound administrative principles.

    Duties:

    • Identifies, defines, and manage the short, medium and long-term objectives / plans associated with the managing, planning, and leading of the sections’ activities Integrating with internal and external collaborators to measure and report accomplishments against recognised standards, e.g. Standard Delivery Implementation Plan (SDBIP)
    • Manages subordinate personnel and processes relating to the section
    • Supervise and control workflow processes and output levels of subordinates’ personnel Manages the implementation of financial controls / procedures and provides information to support financial planning
    • Manage and control the risk register for the Administration and Support Services Division in line with applicable legislation and procedures
    • Direct and manage the tasks/activities associated with co-ordinating and controlling the functions performed by Committee Services in line with the relevant legislative framework.
    • Direct and manage the implementation of procedures and systems associated with Records and Archives Management, quality systems/statutory and audit requirements.
    • Manage the Administration and Support Services Division with regards to health and safety.

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Bachelor’s Degree in public administration/ administration/ law.
    • Computer Literacy: MS Office.
    • Eight (8) years or more relevant experience of which two (2) years must be at supervisory level.

    Other requirements:

    • Valid Code B driver’s licence.
    • Proficient in two (2) of the three (3) official languages of the Western Cape.

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  • Administrative Specialist at GIZ South Africa, Lesotho & eSwatini

    Required Qualifications and Competencies:

    University degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, Law, or similar areas
    Minimum three years of experience in comparable positions
    Proficiency in ICT tools (MS Office, etc.)
    Experience working with international organizations is an asset
    Fluency in English; self-motivated and team-oriented

    Responsibilities and Tasks:

    As an Administrative Specialist, your responsibilities will include:

    Coordination:

    Facilitating seamless communication between project/programme staff across multiple locations.
    Supporting the organization of internal meetings, workshops, and events.
    Assisting the Programme Manager and team members during meetings and managing internal communication processes.

    Administration:

    Managing administrative and logistical aspects of project activities.
    Supporting the project team with calendar management, meeting organization, and documentation.
    Handling procurement, office space management, leave applications, and intern support.
    Ensuring proper functioning of computers and software.
    Managing confidential personnel files and adhering to filing rules.

    Personal Assistance:

    Assisting the Programme Manager with day-to-day tasks, calendar management, and communication support.
    Organizing meetings with partners and coordinating travel arrangements.

    Finance and Accounting:

    Assisting the team with financial matters and project accounting.
    Reviewing travel expense statements and supporting audits.

    Additional Information:

    The position is based in Hatfield, Pretoria, with potential duty travel across Africa.
    GIZ promotes diversity, gender equality, and inclusion in the workplace.
    Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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  • Head: Business Development (AVAF) at Absa Group Limited (Absa) October, 2023

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  • Executive Assistant at Absa Group Limited (Absa) October, 2023

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    Job Description

    Your key accountabilities will include;

    Administrative Activities: 

    • Planning and organizing
    • Performing day-to-day administrative tasks as required, ensuring efficiency, improving processes and being proactive
    • Co-ordinate meetings where required and prepare the necessary agendas or documentation for meetings
    • Managing financial administrative processes and procedures end to end
    • Providing business management support as required

    Diary and Travel Management:

    • Proactively manage the diary of the Managing Executive 
    • Ensuring all travel requirements where needed are booked timeously, with preparing of any itenaries or meetings done efficiently
    • Provide support to rest of the team where required

    Stakeholder Engagement: 

    • Taking responsibility for managing the expectations of stakeholders, ensuring a positive stakeholder experience 

    Collaboration and Networking:

    • Work with peers and colleagues to gain insights into new ways of work 
    • Enabling team success

    Quality Assurance, Verifying Information and Maintaining High Levels of Confidentiality:

    • Maintain a desired level of quality in all work prepared and presented                                                                                                                         
    • Ensuring information is checked for accuracy and verified 
    • Maintain confidentiality at all times 

    Meeting deadlines/Innovation/Solutioning:

    • Completes tasks timeously and communicated effectively where there are challenges in meeting deadlines and being innovative in solutioning where there are challenges 

    Send us your CV if you have;

    • A relevant Diploma / Degree
    • 3-5 years in an Executive Assistant/Team Assistant role as well as dealing with Financial Admin Processes
    • Proficient in Word/Excel/Powerpoint

    Education

    • Higher Diplomas: Office Administration (Required)

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  • Senior Labour Relation Officer at Breede Valley Municipality

    Job Purpose:

    To render effective and efficient labour relations functions and to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, collective agreements and Council policy.

    Duties:

    Manage the short and long term of objectives of the section
    Manages and controls organisational change and development through the formulation of related policies and procedures, ensuring proper application of collective agreements applicable to the section and presents same to the Manager:
    Human Resources Interpret the relevant legislation applicable to labour relations Implement measures to ensure an effective labour relations function
    Represent the employer at the disciplinary hearings or proceedings, internally and at the local government bargaining council Manages, directs and controls outcomes associated with the utilization, productivity and performance of personnel in the section
    Training staff in accordance with the relevant legislation Communicate and liaise with role-players during bargaining processes and labour unrest Communicating and liaising with internal staff and external institutions
    Compliance with legislation applicable to labour Attend to procurement processes in line with the relevant legislation and policies
    Preforms tasks/activities associated with the financial control of the section’s functionality Attend to financial year-end processes
    Compliance with records management Ensure effective administration.

    Minimum Requirements:

    A relevant LLB Degree (NQF 8)
    5 years relevant experience in labour relations or legal field

    Other Requirements:

    Valid Code B driver’s licence.
    Computer Literacy: MS Office.
    Proficient in two (2) of the three (3) official languages in the Western Cape.

    Preferred Requirements:

    Of the 5 years relevant experience, at least 3 years must be in the labour relations field.

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  • Data Capturer at Anova Health Institute

    Key duties and responsibilities:

    Administration

    Participate in departmental internal and external audit processes.
    Ensuring that the personnel files meet the checklist requirements.
    Ensuring that the digital files meet the checklist requirements in SAGE300.
    Creation of employee files and ensure that they are well maintained.
    Engaging the respective team members where there are missing documents.
    Report on the audit progress and/or status.
    Ensure sign off on all files that meet the requirements.

    Minimum qualifications and experience:

    Matric.
    1-2 years relevant experience.
    Knowledge of the Industry, systems knowledge is essential.
    HR Reporting.
    HR System’s Support in SAGE300.

    Skills, competencies, and attributes:

    Proficient in SAGE.
    Proficient in Excel.
    Ability to plan, organise and execute.
    Passionate about excellent service delivery.
    Ability to work interdependent and as part of a team.
    Good communication skills.
    Deadline-driven and good at self-management.
    Problem analysis and solving skills.
    Ability to build effective partnerships.
    Maintain a high level of confidentiality.
    Highly motivated and results orientated.
    Pro-active, innovative, and decisive.

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  • Surveyor Graduate (Mpumalanga) at Fraser Alexander (Pty) Ltd. October, 2023

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  • Specialist : Plant Specialist at Vodafone Global Enterprise October, 2023

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    Role Purpose

    • Responsible for overall site performance, maintenance and recovery  of MSC and BSC/Hub sites by  liaising with various stakeholders to ensure Network availability and resilience

    Your responsibilities will include

    Plant maintenance (manage SLA’s)

    Proactive Maintenance (together with maintenance contractor)

    • Scheduling
    • Quality Assurance
    • On-site supervision (usually after hours) 

    Reactive Maintenance (together with maintenance contractor or OEM/Agent)

    • Ensure full operation of site during Plant failure
    • Restoration of a site in case of Plant failure
    • Quality Assurance
    • On-site supervision

    Policy management and optimisation:

    • Vodacom Facility Maintenance Policy (VOD-IMP-PPR-0094)
    • MTX Facility Policy (VGR-MAN- PRC-0209)
    • Management of environmental alarms

    Network–Plant interface (management of network equipment deployment)

    • Manage and improve UR (Facility Utilisation Request) process i.e. installation of network equipment 
    • Capacity utilisation i.e. power, HVAC (aircon), space etc.
    • Best practice datacentre management e.g. hot/cold isle compliance, cabling methods (fibre/power), airflow management (supply/return air management) 
    • Diesel and Energy management – improve efficient system performance via PUE KPI (Vodafone defined)
    • Change Request Management  (Remedy)
    • MSC and BSC (Plan, Build, Operate)
    • Technical lead for new and/or upgrade projects that are planned and built by National Technical Facilities (NTF). In  this regard, the RPS function includes:
    • Design specification sign-off
    • Implementation oversight
    • QA and final acceptance 
    • Network equipment deployment within time and cost
    • Compliance and risk management SOX ,  Health and Safety, SANS 0142Audit(ISO14001), 9001, SABS (GMR), and physical access management (CRM etc.)
    • To develop and enhance tools, processes and applications that will identify and address problems and optimise performance
    • Provide input into budget submissions to execute strategy.  Manage expenditure against budget. 
    • Produce management reports and ensure standard documentation is completed  (e.g. project documentation, tracking, , audit reports ) 

    The ideal candidate for this role will have

    Technical / Professional Qualifications:

    Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

    • 3 year electrical engineering diploma or degree (Heavy current) 
    • 3 – 5 years relevant experience
    • Wireman’s Licence/Installation Electrician (3-Phase) – essential

    Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

    Knowledge and experience 

    • Good knowledge and experience in compliance requirements and management (e.g SOX , Audit(ISO14001), 9001, SABS (GMR), and physical access management (CRM)
    • Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures (Facility maintenance policy and MTX policy)
    • 3- 5 years experience in telecommunication datacentre environment inclusive of AC, DC, air conditioning, alarm systems, fire detection PLUS 4 yr degree electrical engineering (heavy current)

    AND

    • Wireman’s Licence/Installation Electrician (3-Phase) – essential

    Skills:

    • Collaboration skills
    • Resilience with ability to work well under pressure
    • The ability to work independently
    • Problem solving and decision making skills 
    • Project management skills
    • Conflict management skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Time management skills
    • Interpersonal skills, ability to interface at different levels in the organisation

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  • Account Manager, Powerwall, Sub-Saharan Africa at Tesla

    What to Expect

    Tesla is seeking an Account Manager for residential energy sales in South Africa. Your core responsibility is setting up the B2B sales of Tesla residential and small commercial energy products in the the Sub-Saharan region. You will develop, maintain and grow a productive network of customers such as Distributors and 3rd party installers. In addition, you are expected to drive business development opportunities in these markets.

    What You’ll Do

    Develop and maintain highly productive partner accounts
    Proactively identify opportunities to close gap to target and/or grow volume sales within assigned channel
    Provide input on the development of dedicated marketing/sales material needed for accounts success
    Identify new partners and close sales contracts
    Ensure accounts’ finances are in order and support partner growth
    Maintain relationships across the organization of partner accounts; convey Tesla product and feature roadmap
    Anticipate product or offering needs from partner accounts
    Provide product feedback to technical team regarding fit and applicability of product design and offering
    Evaluate new business opportunities with current and new accounts and/or sales channels, identify suitable product offerings, and take ownership of capturing these opportunities
    Provide key market insights into broader business team
    Provide high fidelity sales forecasts to business and manufacturing teams, including an up-to-date, bottoms up forecast of individual account performance versus forecast for key accounts
    Support evaluating market dynamics across sectors (utility, commercial & industrial, residential, etc.) and drivers (policy/regulatory, economics, etc.)
    Represent Tesla at sales and marketing events promoting Powerwall product
    Help identify and support implementation of initiatives to maintain or improve partner training, partner installation quality, and to improve Tesla operations and fulfilment and Tesla support
    Provide user / customer feedback to IT development teams regarding Tesla tools, systems and to Operations regarding processes
    Build a B2B sales network that can support Tesla’s rapid growth ambition, while maintaining quality and customer satisfaction standards
    Achieve Powerwall sales targets and cash collection within assigned channel(s) in the Iberian region

    What You’ll Bring

    Demonstrated experience in setting up and mastering B2B sales channel(s)
    Excellent communication and documentation skills
    Ability to prioritize work and execute many projects and tasks in parallel
    Working knowledge of grid/utility markets, as well as grid-tied technologies, such as PV, wind, EE, DR or storage as it relates to residential and small commercial applications.  
    Intense desire to be on leading edge of market and technology
    Deep passion for changing the way we use energy on the electric grid
    3+ years of relevant work experience
    Familiarity with MS suite
    Fluency in English
    Work location: office or remote location, preferably located in one of the major South African cities. Other locations can be evaluated in case of ideal profile fit.

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