Strategic Intelligence Officer: Ref 1315 at Durban University of Technology

ROLE PURPOSE:
To work collaboratively with IPME colleagues to build rigor into key strategic decisions in the Institution, by championing data analysis and turning it into insightful information and recommendations to support executives in evidence-based decision-making.

Further, to provide data analytics and management information for all monitoring and evaluation reporting obligations. In addition, the incumbent will be required to assure data quality and build strong business intelligence and data management information infrastructure, systems, and tools for DUT.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

•   A 4-year relevant qualification in the natural/mathematical sciences
•   5-8 years relevant experience in information management/data science/Data engineering/Computer Science of which 3-4 years ideally within the strategic planning function
•   Data mining and predictive data modelling
•   Advanced excel proficiency.
•   Data warehousing and business intelligence platforms
•   Reporting (KPIs, metrics)
•   Machine learning techniques
•   Designing Dashboards and Scorecards
•   Data visualization and communication
•   Conceptual thinking
•   Analytic Problem-Solving

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

•   Analyse and interpret data using statistical and business intelligence tools and turn data into information to support the University in its strategic management, planning and decisionmaking requirements.
•   Use innovative and emerging technologies, models and tools for data collation, extraction and analysis, across a variety of different University data sources, to discover trends, opportunities, threats, to report on key areas of institutional performance and provide advice, recommendations and develop credible scenarios to shape strategic intelligence for strategic planning and decision making to inform DUT’s strategic, operational, and reporting priorities.
•   Work with IPME Institutional Research (IR), Planning and Monitoring Evaluation and Leaning (MEL) team by giving cross-functional data analytics support.
•   Capture and organize data to track strategy implementation progress and monitor institutional performance against strategic goals and targets as presented in the Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Extended Annual Performance Plan (EAPP).
•   Maintain data warehouse(s) as well as institutional dashboards.
•   Ensure compliance with relevant government legislation and regulations, as well as internal policies and procedures that pertain to institutional information and data.
•   Establish data quality standards, implement and maintains these and also responsible for the running of data integrity tests to determine and report on any limitations in terms of data reliability or usability.
•   Formats and restructures data (using dashboards; infographics; narratives, etc) into reports on DUT’s operational and strategic performance for submission/presentation to internal and external stakeholders, where such reports maybe investigative reports, ad-hoc reports and compliance reports.