Corporate Social Investment Officer - ExeMan (Pretoria) at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Coordinate the development of the SARB’s CSI programmes and operating guidelines.
• Develop and implement CSI action plans that outline objectives, targets, timelines and responsibilities.
• Monitor emerging trends and programmes within the South African socio-economic environment and incorporate these insights into the SARB’s approach to social investment. 
• Develop plans to drive awareness and publicise the SARB’s social investment programmes.
• Develop a business case in support of each social investment initiative for consideration by the SARB’s CSI Committee. 
• Evaluate the SARB’s CSI programmes, identify gaps and make recommendations to align them with core focus areas.
• Design and implement measures to track the overall performance and effectiveness of CSI programmes and provide reports thereof.
• Build effective partnerships with external organisations and beneficiary entities to support CSI programmes and maintain sustainable partnerships.
• Collate and analyse CSI information and write reports of a high quality for the SARB' s various governance structures, including the Governor’s Executive Committee, the Management Committee, Board of Directors and Parliament.
• Ensure that the CSI partners are chosen in line with the SARB's policies, and monitor and evaluate these partnerships to ensure excellence in the execution of CSI programmes.
• Oversee the compliance of CSI partners in line with policies and memorandums of understanding with respect to CSI programmes.
• Engage and mobilise staff in collaboration with the SARB’s Human Resources and other departments to participate in identified CSI programmes.
• Implement appropriate internal controls and measurement systems to ensure that spending is in line with the allocated budget.

QUALIFICATIONS

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• a minimum of a National Diploma (NQF 6) in Communications; and
• a minimum of three to five years’ experience in a corporate social responsibility/ investment and/or community development and liaison environment.

Additional requirements include:

• industry, organisational and business awareness knowledge and skill;
• quality assurance knowledge and skill;
• excellent written and verbal communications skill;
• continuous improvement knowledge and skill;
• continued learning and/or professional development knowledge and skill;
• business continuity planning knowledge and skill;
• communications project management knowledge and skill;
• communications legislation and governance, risk and compliance knowledge and skill;
• communications reporting knowledge and skill; and
• stakeholder management knowledge and skill.