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  • Posted: Nov 5, 2024
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is a South African government agency established on 1 April 1998 as a result of the 1998 South African Maritime Safety Authority Act 5.[1] as such it is responsible for the implementation of current International & National Regulations regarding the Maritime Industry as well as upon all recreational marine ...
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    Manager - Maritime Research Projects Grade: D2

    JOB PURPOSE

    • To plan, manage, support, and promote strategic research and innovation programmes aimed at supporting marine regulations, economic development and growth, innovation, and transformation of the South African maritime sector by collaborating with partners in planning, executing, and managing maritime research in order to unleash full potential of South African maritime sector.

    KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

    • Plan, manage, support, and promote the undertaking of strategic research and innovation programmes aimed at supporting formulation of appropriate strategies, projects, and policies within the maritime sector
    • Manage the implementation of technology and innovation studies to promote research as a significant contributor to the development and growth of the maritime industry
    • Through research, promote the culture of innovation and transformation for purposes of fostering beneficiation and culture of entrepreneurship
    • Drive technology and innovation research activities and projects
    • Prudently manage resources (e.g. finance, data etc.) allocated for purposes of research projects
    • Develop and manage performance compliance requirements (e.g. annual business plan, regular reports, and ad-hoc requests)
    • Providing reliable Departmental financial projections for budgeting and management purposes
    • Identification of departmental risks, development, and implementation of the mitigation plan to manage departmental risks
    • Undertake ad-hoc work as required and directed by Line Management
    • Engage and promote internal and external stakeholder relations on maritime research.
    • Participate in research collaboration programmes on bilateral and multi-disciplinary partnerships with industry, academia and other relevant institutions impacting the Maritime Sector
    • Interact with different levels of stakeholders for the purpose of developing the industry
    • Build and manage relationships with leading research institutes and other key players locally and abroad to jointly participate strategic initiatives
    • Partner with local and international research institutions, high education institutions and maritime sector in creating a system to share maritime data
    • Actively represent SAMSA in maritime research and innovation engagement platforms both external and internal
    • In collaboration with industry partners, identify, assess, and implement new business innovative maritime opportunities that work towards promoting maritime research
    • Provide input or direction in the ideation and origination of maritime research projects Communicate, share and present research findings to the relevant stakeholders
    • Design and implement programmes and projects
    • Evaluate and review programmes and projects and take pro-active remedial action to achieve quality output
    • Effectively apply newly acquired skills for improved performance
    • Manage data in line with ethical and information protection guidelines
    • Effective management of own performance in line with the Performance Management Guidelines and Cycle

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (NQF Level 7) in Maritime Studies or relevant qualification
    • Project Management qualification or certification

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

    • Minimum seven (7) years' experience in a Maritime environment
    • Experience in managing projects and conducting research
    • Experience in collaborating and engaging with strategic stakeholders

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to South African Maritime Safety Authority on www.samsa.org.za to apply

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