Officer (Post Level 10) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinate Cascade as the University's strategic reporting platform.
• Contribute to the coordination of the formulation of the University's long-term strategic plan.
• Keep abreast of institutional developments to ensure an in-depth understanding of the University's strategic intent, as well as its supporting business model and the concomitant processes and structures.
• Contribute to environmental scanning processes to identify and analyse national and international trends to support continued integration and alignment with institutional developments.
• Contribute to the continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of the level of integration of all supporting plans with the strategic intent of the University.
• Contribute to the provision of technical support in crafting institutional position papers, reports, briefings, presentations, and responses as and when appropriate using Cascade.
• Facilitate the various quantitative (i.e. statistics) and qualitative analysis and interpretation of data to promote an evidence-based planning and decision-making culture and effectively steer and govern related internal and external reporting requirements and seamlessly manage all related audit processes.
• Contribute to the timely submission of accurate statutory reports to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) using Cascade-generated reports, i.e., annual performance plan, mid-year performance report, and annual report.
• Collaborate with other DIRAP units to ensure accurate and timeous monitoring of institutional performance against the annual performance plan on the Cascade Reporting Platform.
• Contribute to the coordination of the Cascade Reporting Platform for reporting institutional performance against the annual performance plan.
• Contribute towards promoting the Cascade Reporting Platform across the University.
• Contribute to the professionalisation of DIRAP as an academic support service.

Inherent requirements:

• Honours degree on NQF Level 8 in broader social sciences (including the Humanities, Law, Education, and Economic and Management Sciences).
• A minimum of one (1) year of working experience related to the duties and responsibilities.

Recommendations:

• A minimum of four (4) years’ work experience in the South African higher education environment.
• Knowledge of university systems, policies, procedures.

Closing Date

15/4/2026