With approximately 30 000 students, the Durban University of Technology (DUT) is the first choice for higher education in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). It is located in the beautiful cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg (PMB). As a University of Technology, it prioritizes the quality of teaching and learning by ensuring its academic staff possess the highest possibl...
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Honours Degree or equivalent (NQF 8) in a relevant discipline.
5-8 years relevant experience in developing organizational strategic and operational plans.
Knowledge and understanding of strategic and operational planning and reporting principles.
Understand internal and external factors which impact on strategic direction of the Institution and ensure these are reflected in forecasts.
Ability to identify challenges, trends, and opportunities.
Knowledge of planning analysis tools and modelling.
High level written and oral communication skills in the business language of the University.
Demonstrated capacity to manage multiple priorities to meet competing deadlines.
Summary of Duties:
Maintains and further develop the strategic planning framework and design approaches for strategic and multi-year operational planning.
Facilitate the line of sight between Institutional strategy and the APP and EAPP and facilitates the cascade of this alignment to divisional-, faculty- and departmental-level operational plans and tactical plans.
Collaborate with and capacity build stakeholders responsible for KPI achievement on planning execution principles and concepts.
Supports in the mid-term/cyclical review of the strategic plan.
Supports in the facilitation of adaptive management learning sessions.
Manage all administrative processes surrounding the strategic and operational planning process.
Collate data into reporting templates and draft written narratives for mandatory, statutory and management plans and reports.
Compile plans and complete reports, in alignment to DHET regulations and institutional requirements, for submission to DHET and Council.
Review the planning and reporting processes to make process improvement recommendations to line management.
Collaborate with Institutional Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (IPME) team and other stakeholders to support collation and compilation of data and information for the preparation of plans and reports.
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