RECRUITMENT & PREPARATORY PROGRAMME COORDINATOR – CAPE TOWN

Our client is a Scholarship Foundation offering Scholarships based on academic ability and financial need, to some of Cape Town’s most prestigious High Schools, The vision is to develop well-rounded, goal-oriented individuals who will contribute positively to the future of South Africa and become citizens of the world.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Coordinate the implementation of the Recruitment and Preparatory programmes, and executing the organisational strategy to deliver on organisational goal and vision.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS IN DETAIL
Strategic Vision, Leadership and Accountability
? Undertake regular reporting on performance against stated milestones and goals
? Utilise information for purpose of diagnostics, policy development, advocacy and planning
? Recommend improved strategies, policies, operations, systems and processes
? Work collaboratively with colleagues, promoting cross-learning through active sharing of information
Recruitment Programmes development & review
? Support the development of the organisation’s recruitment programmes
? Refine and implement an online application process to facilitate recruitment, in collaboration with the Operations Manager and the M&E lead
? Monitor implementation and provide feedback for programme development and review
? Support the review and updating of contracts entered into with families and partner schools to reflect the expectations and responsibilities
Preparatory Programmes development & review
? Support the development of the organisations preparatory programmes
? Monitor implementation and provide feedback for programme development and review
? Support the review and updating of contracts entered into with families and partner schools to reflect the expectations and responsibilities
Recruitment Process
Coordinate the recruitment process through:
? Establishing feeder school network and NGO partnerships and regularly assess and review feeder schools and NGO partners, updating partnerships as required, to ensure best quality applicants
? Facilitating and undertaking feeder school communications
? Screening applications against qualifying criteria and collate information.
? Coordinating the Academic testing and Psychometric testing processes:
School placement
? Coordinate and undertake the development and collation of individual scholar profiles for the Placement Discussions
? Set up the Placement Discussions with the relevant stakeholders
? Once Placement discussions have been completed, provide schools with scholar profiles and facilitate scholar interviews with partner schools
? Gather information from each school about which scholar has been selected
? Provide feedback to scholars and families on final placements and recommendations
? Confirm all placements with the relevant stakeholders
? Assist candidates and their families with WCED applications
Data management & M&E
? Provide weekly updates to the Recruitment and Prep Managers regarding activities, data and timelines
? Undertake the capturing, collation of scholar data and provide feedback to the relevant stakeholders.
? Undertake the collection, analysis and sharing of data in each phase of the recruitment and prep programmes.
Financial Sustainability
? Contribute to the development of the budget for the recruitment & preparatory programme, contributing to the development of the overall programme budget, for approval by CEO

REQUIREMENTS OF JOB
Qualifications
• Relevant university degree
• A project management or coordination qualification or training would be advantageous
• Valid driver’s licence and access to a vehicle
Experience
? 5 years overall relevant experience in programme/project coordination or project management, with at least 3 years in relevant field
Skills & Knowledge
• Strong Project/programme coordination experience, skills and knowledge
• Strong organisation and planning skills
• Strong administration, documentation and reporting skills
• Strong IT skills (e.g. Google Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Stakeholder/client/partner management
• Multi-lingual (Xhosa and Afrikaans) would be an advantage
• South African 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,

Closing date: 10th April 2021

Contact will only be made with shortlisted candidates.