Junior Manager|Junior Bestuurder at Stellenbosch University

Duties

• Leading and coordinating the activities in the nursing training project.
• Creating timeline and milestones of the project and tracking it against the schedule.
• Financial management of the project.
• Procurement, requisitions, and submitting credit invoices for payment.
• Asset management related to assets in the project.
• Identifying potential risk and issues, and discussing it with the project leader.
• Developing risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Monitoring risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Providing regular status reports and updates.
• Tracking the project performance using the project outcomes and metrics, and reporting to the Executive Head of the Department (EHoD)
• Ensuring that quarterly reports with financial statements are provided to the stakeholders and the project lead.
• Providing support and assistance to students in the project with activities such as transportation, accommodation, and other activities.
• Assisting with onboarding and orientation of the student cohort.
• Record keeping of the hours and payment of clinical facilitators.
• Administering teaching, learning material and requirements as per communication from the programme lecturers.
• Scheduling meetings, managing invitees, preparing agenda, minute taking, distributing  minutes and action points related to the training project.
• Facilitating travel and accommodation arrangements of students, academic staff and clinical facilitators related to the project needs.
• Coordinating and arranging meetings with the project stakeholders.
• Assisting with graduation arrangements for students in the project.
• Writing proposals for follow up projects.

Job Requirements        

• A qualification in project management, or at least three years of project management experience in a related field.
• Higher Certificate in office administration (NQF 5) or similar.
• At least three years of experience in general office administration and project management, preferably within a higher education, academic, training or health-related environment.
• Advanced knowledge of and skills in  Microsoft Office and financial systems.
• Experience in basic accounting and financial management.
• Evidence of successful completion of projects in the capacity of project manager.
• Good academic writing skills, including the ability to compile donor reports.
• The ability to engage confidently with academic staff, students, clinical facilitators and external stakeholders.

Recommendation        

• Exposure to donor-funded, grant-funded or externally funded projects will be advantageous.

Closing Date 25-Feb-2026