The Department of Higher Education and Training has a five-year fixed-term position for a Project Coordinator: Financial Management and Programme Support.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are required to submit, together with the CVs, a standardised application form available from the university intranet as well as recently certified copies of qualifications and Identity Document. Failure to comply with this instruction will disqualify the candidate. Further note that candidates may be expected to make a presentation or undergo competency testing.

The position requires someone to coordinate and lead the financial administration and programme support functions for all international scholarship programmes administered by the DHET, ensuring effective budgeting, financial reporting, student support coordination, programme monitoring, policy compliance, and alignment with departmental strategic priorities.

Key performance areas:
1. Financial reporting and performance reporting
2. Team leadership and operational management
3. Report writing
4. PSET policy and legislation
5. Student support services
6. Capacity and skill development programmes
7. Proposal development
8. Stakeholder management

9. National Skills Fund budget proposal and budget reporting
10.Project implementation, performance data and financial reporting
Minimum Requirements:
• NQF level 7.
• A relevant 3- or 4-year qualification such as a Bachelor’s degree/Advanced Diploma
in Public Management/Administration/Economics/Finance.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.
• 4 years’ relevant experience in the post-school education and training sector,
grant management and student support.
• A valid driver’s licence

Knowledge and Skills:
• Financial administration and management of programmes, including the
development of budgets, plans, and reports for both existing and new initiatives.
• Developing and maintaining a scholarship data management information system
for programme implementation, monitoring, and reporting
• PFMA and public sector financial governance
• Budgeting, reporting, and cash flow management
• Higher education policy and PSET legislative framework
• Programme monitoring, evaluation, and data systems
• International relations and bilateral agreements
• Proposal writing and research
• Advanced communication and presentation abilities
• Leadership, supervision, and mentoring
• Stakeholder management and negotiation
• Familiarity/knowledge of the National Skills Fund (NSF) budget application and
reporting processes
• Skills in proposal writing, research, financial management, presentation, and
effective communication (both oral and written)
• Advanced MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• Project and risk management
• Staff supervision and mentoring

• Good communication skills and interpersonal relations with above average
computer skills and knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, Excel, Access and
PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally and willingness to work
overtime and public holidays.

Please Send your resume/CV