Centre Manager at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte

• Bied steun aan die Direkteur in die ontwikkeling van strategiese planne en die opstel van verslae;
• Hulpverlening met die identifisering van befondsingsgeleenthede en die bestuur van befondsingsaansoeke (wat die skryf van die projekvoorstelle insluit);
• Skakeling met die Skool vir Klimaatstudies aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch;
• Die bestuur van navorsingskontrakte met vennote en/of navorsingsmedewerkers;
• Die bestuur van verslaggewing deur en oor kern spanlede, na-doktorale studente en studente;
• Die insameling van materiaal, die saamstelling en publisering van jaarverslae;
• Daaglikse finansiële bestuur wat die afteken van bestellings insluit;
• Die skedulering van vergaderings, en voorbereiding van dokumente vir vergaderings wat insluit: die van die S·I·B Stuurkomitee (twee per jaar), die S·I·B Bestuurskomitee

• Die skedulering en reël van die S·I·B se jaarlikse navorsingsvergadering;
• Die reël van S·I·B se ad hoc-werksessies;
• Tree op as lynbestuurder van die administratiewe assistent.

• Skakel met kern personeel, na-doktorale studente en studente ten einde te verseker dat navorsing glad verloop;
• Skakel met kern spanlede, na-doktorale studente en studente ten einde bottelnekopeenhopings met betrekking tot befondsing en verslaggewing te voorkom;
• Skakel met kern spanlede, na-doktorale studente en studente om kruisdissiplinêre skakels te identifiseer;
• Skakel met die Universiteit Stellenbosch (veral die Skool vir Klimaatstudies), die DWI, die NNS, die S·I·B Stuurkomitee en ander partye wanneer nodig;
• Skakel met eksterne befondsers en navorsingsmedewerkers ten einde volgehoue belyning met doelwitte te verseker;
• Skakel met administratiewe en tegniese personeel ten einde personeel-, sowel as operasionele behoeftes, te identifiseer en daaraan aandag te gee.

• Providing support to the Director in developing strategic plans and producing reports;
• Assisting with identifying funding opportunities and managing funding applications (including grant writing);
• Liasing with the School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University;
• Managing research contracts with partners and/or research collaborators;
• Managing core team members, postdocs, and student reporting;
• Collating material and drafting and publishing annual reports;
• Daily financial management, including signing off on orders;
• Scheduling meetings and preparing documents for meetings, including those of the C·I·B Steering Committee (two per year), C·I·B Management Committee (monthly) and

• Scheduling and arranging the C·I·B’s annual research meetings;
• Arranging C·I·B ad hoc workshops;
• Acting as line manager for the administrative assistant.

• Liaising with core staff, postdocs and students to ensure that research is proceeding smoothly;
• Liaising with core team members, postdocs and students to avoid bottlenecks in funding and reporting;
• Liaising with core staff, postdocs and students to identify cross-disciplinary linkages;
• Liaising with Stellenbosch University (especially its School for Climate Studies), DSI, NRF, the C·I·B Steering Committee and other parties as required;
• Liaising with external funders and research collaborators to ensure continued alignment with objectives;
• Liaising with administrative and technical staff to identify and address staff and operational needs.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• ‘n Meestersgraad in besigheidsadministrasie of die natuurwetenskappe;
• Bewese uitnemendheid in finansiële bestuur;
• Bewese uitnemendheid in die skryf en redigeer van verslae en projekvoorstele.
• A Master’s degree in business management or natural sciences;
• Proven excellence in financial management;
• Proven excellence in writing and editing of reports and grant proposals.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• Ervaring van korporatiewe en privaat befondsingsliggame;
• Ervaring van samewerking met die Nasionale Navorsingstigting en ander regeringsagentskappe, ideaal gesproke dié in die omgewingsbestuursveld;
• Ervaring in die hantering van finansiële en/of menslike hulpbronne-kwessies by ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse universiteit.
• Experience with corporate and private funding bodies;
• Experience in dealing with the National Research Foundation and other government agencies, ideally those working in the field of environmental management;
• Experience in dealing with financial and/or human resources matters at a South African university.

Location :Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Closing Date :28th January, 2022

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