Our client is an established and highly respected education NGO based in Cape Town. Their focus is to ensure that individuals with academic ability and financial need have access to quality education, holistic support and opportunities for growth, through collaborative and strategic partnerships. We are recruiting for a MANAGER: POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMMES to be based in Cape Town
The main purpose of the job is to manage and oversee the overall post- secondary programme, executing the organisation’s strategy to deliver on organisational goal and vision. Main KPA’s include the following:

• Strategic Vision, Leadership and Accountability:
? Contribute to the development and implementation of comprehensive business plan for areas of responsibility, in alignment with the organisational business plan
? Undertake regular reporting on performance against stated milestones and goals
• Post-secondary Preparation:
? Support the secondary school transition process, in alignment with post-secondary programme, plan and processes, overseeing and undertaking the following:
o Facilitate post-secondary to high school mentorship programme
o Facilitate high-school scholars access to post-secondary opportunities
o Research, document and update the financial opportunities available to students and facilitate and support their understanding of and access to same
o Finalise post-secondary bursaries
• Tertiary programme implementation:
? Implement student orientation programme, supporting the smooth transition into the institution
? Research, document and update the available academic and psychosocial support provided to students at institutions and ensure students are all well informed of the on-campus opportunities and support mechanisms (including academic and psychosocial), and how to access same
? Ensure the tracking and monitoring of student academic bi-annual results
? Oversee and ensure the development of intervention plans through bi-annual individual coaching sessions in first year of tertiary studies
• Career readiness:
Support the transition into careers, overseeing and undertaking:
? Facilitating workshops around development of CVs, interviewing techniques and entrepreneurial training linking students to industry experts
? Facilitate networking with key industry partners to help create placement opportunities for graduates, including internships
• Reporting, monitoring & evaluation and knowledge management:
? Undertake all required reporting within the Programme, delivering timeous, accurate and complete reports
? Support the implementation of M&E through implementing system to identify, analyse and disseminate lessons learnt from programme activities
? Ensure the incorporation of evidence-based knowledge into programme design and delivery
• Operational planning and management:
? Implement all operational policies, procedures, systems and infrastructure, as directed by the CEO
? Support the reviewing of policies on an annual basis, recommending changes to the CEO as appropriate
• Financial Sustainability:
? Develop the budget for the Post-secondary programme, contributing to the development of the overall programme budget, for approval by CEO
? Participate in and undertake cost benefit analysis in relation to programme goals and expenditure against budget
• Ethics, Compliance and Risk & Human Resources
REQUIREMENTS OF JOB
Qualifications Relevant 3-year qualification
Programme/project management/education/social science
Experience 7 years overall relevant experience, of which at least 3 is in programme/project management or supervision
Experience in tertiary education administration and support would be an advantage
Experience as a programme or project manager would be an advantage
Skills and knowledge • Project/programme management skills and knowledge
• South African higher educational system and context and how to work within it
• Understanding of complexity of diversity and discrimination across all factors, including but not limited to class, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, culture and religion
• Multi-lingual (Xhosa and Afrikaans) would be an advantage
• Case management, documentation and reporting skills
• Stakeholder/client/partner management

Interested candidates must send a motivation letter highlighting your suitability to this role and an updated CV in Word format by Friday 29th May 2020.

Contact will only be made with shortlisted candidates.