Bakery School Administrator at Puratos

Position Overview

• Manage the Bakery School SA in line with Bakery School Foundation’s mission of  preparing and producing world class future Bakers and Technical Advisors for the Industry. Facilitate learning to learners daily at the Bakery School and ensuring that all moderation and assessment procedures are adhered to.

Mission

• The Bakery School Administrator is responsible for the definition and implementation of the training strategy.

Main Responsibilities

• Monthly reports on learners’ performance.
• Manage attendance and performance of learners.
• Manage achievement of Curriculum outcomes per quarter.
• Manage performance of facilitators.
• Screen & shortlist applicants yearly.
• Report to the Bakery School board on school activities.
• Manage expenses and control budgets.
• Manage stock levels at school.
• Ensure learners pay their relevant monthly fees.
• Report defective equipment.
• Manage & maintain health & safety standards.
• Upload Credits for learners.

Job Minimum Requirements

• Matric (Grade 12), plus a Post Matric Qualification in Administration/ Training or HR
• 1- 2 years Administration skills in an HR or Training roles
• Must have a relevant Bakery qualification (Confectionary, Pastry, Chocolate)
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Product knowledge of Bakery, Pastry and chocolate industry.

Added Advantage

• Relevant experience in a training environment.
• Be in possession of a Moderator and Assessor qualification.
• Have previous experience in training learners & facilitating learners of classes up to 25 in numbers.
• Computer literacy: MS Office suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Written comprehension – the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Good communication skills - English is a prerequisite.
• Ability to read and write in English and any other language(s)
• Good personality, hardworking, team- work, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.

Required Competencies

• Collaborating Effectively:  Ability to think and act as one team in a spirit of trust and respect. Being open to different ideas. Building formal and informal relationship networks.
• Communicating Effectively: Developing and delivering communications in diverse modes that generate a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Driving Performance: Showing ambition and going the extra mile in achieving expected results. Driving sustainable operational excellence through diligent planning, prioritization, monitoring & effective use of resources.
• Improving Continuously: Being passionate about achieving high quality standards for oneself and the organization. Constantly looking for and taking advantage of improvement opportunities
• Managing Customer Needs: Being able and eager to find out what the internal or external customer wants and needs and to act accordingly. Making the life of the customer easier. Fostering a customer centric culture.
• Ethical, honest and utmost integrity - sharing Puratos values.
• Excessive strategic vision: innovative, creative, can thing out of the box
• Experience or strong affinity with digitalization: E-commerce or new route to markets
• Excellent leadership: change management and time management skills