Deputy Director: Research at Department of Higher Education and Training

REQUIREMENTS :

• An appropriate bachelor’s degree/ advanced diploma (NQF Level 7) in Economics, Econometrics and/or Statistics. A minimum of three (3) to five (5) years’ collective working experience within the Research field with three (3) years’ experience in a junior management level. 

DUTIES :

• The successful candidate will be expected to conduct and manage socio-economic analysis and research by analysing and evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the NSF’s projects and programmes on beneficiaries and institutions. Undertake cost benefit analysis to determine the value for money of the NSF’s programmes.
• Establish the demand for scarce and critical skills across different sectors of the economy and assess the supply of training programmes across the different types of institutions and match them to NSF’s planned interventions. Estimate the contribution of the NSF to the goals set out in the White Paper for Post School Education and Training and keep abreast of developments in research on labour markets and the skills system. Provide evidence and analysis to support the NSF’s strategic planning and reporting processes by providing evidence and analysis to support the NSF’s strategic planning processes.
• Draft reports on the NSF’s progress against its targets and draft research reports for publication on the NSF website. Work with the skills planning mechanism within the DHET to ensure strategic alignment. Participate as an active member of the Directorate team by operating within delegated authorizations, adhering at all times to the values of the NSF and preparing monthly reports and making presentations as required.