The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a South African government student financial aid scheme which provides financial aid to undergraduate students to help pay for the cost of their tertiary education after finishing high school. It is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training
POSITION OVERVIEW:
- The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible to strategically drive, manage and execute end-to-end recruitment and selection processes in collaboration with human resources and business leaders within the organisation.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy, Systems & Procedure Development
- Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies that encompass plans for the various business units.
- Develop an in-depth understanding of the business unit strategies, processes / procedures / systems, and business drivers in order to ensure that the talent acquisition plan align with the overall company objectives.
- Align all talent acquisition initiatives with employment equity, internal audit and other compliance requirements for the period.
- Communicate the talent acquisition plan to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Implement innovative sourcing strategies to identify and attract top talent whilst utilising channels including social media, industry networks and partnerships.
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of talent acquisition efforts, providing regular reports and insights to leadership.
- Update talent sourcing and related policies as and when required to ensure adherence to legislation.
- Manage fairness and consistency across all job applications whilst ensuring adherence to the Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act and all policies and procedures.
- Ensure adherence to Employment Equity targets in the talent sourcing process.
- Build in-depth relationships with business stakeholders and develop an intricate understanding of the business context in order to facilitate search for optimal talent to meet the business requirements.
- Consult with Line Managers to determine role requirements, suitable sourcing strategies and timelines.
- Contribute towards workforce planning and budget management.
- Implement suitable recruitment metrics to measure process and improve efficiencies.
- Vendor management.
- Collaborate with talent management team for purposes of identification of internal talent and placement thereof.
- Train managers on interviewing skills as well as best practice.
- Collaborate with OD Specialist in the design of candidate experience surveys.
People Management & Ethical Leadership
- Guide, inspire, coach and mentor subordinates to deliver quality programmes in line with NSFAS Values.
- Lead and manage the individual performance contracting and review process for self and subordinate.
- Lead and manage all disciplinary matters of the subordinate related to performance and conduct issues.
Stakeholder Management & Relationships
- Oversee the utilisation and implementation of the Finance and subunit related policy, processes, efficiency channels and databases to resolve stakeholder queries and complaints.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to implement talent acquisition programmes.
- Collaborate with external stakeholders to enable the talent acquisition programmes.
- Manage the service level agreement of external providers of talent acquisition deliverables.
Project Management & Leadership
- Manage and supervise the projects to address identified needs as per the student accommodation strategy.
- Analyse and interpret project reports on completion of the project to evaluate return on investment and to inform decision-making in the subunit.
- Budget optimisation
- Expenditure forecast for subunit talent acquisition activities and projects.
- Expenditure management in line with talent acquisition activities and projects.
- Compliance Monitoring & Evaluation
- Support compliance checks and audit of talent acquisition interventions with HR policies.
- Identify risks and mitigate them in line with the risk register.
- Support the compliance of NSFAS with the EE Act and legislation.
Information & Knowledge Management
- Collaborate with stakeholders to build systems that enable the management of data obtained from different sources.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to use their experience, education and understanding to obtain knowledge from this information.
Reporting & Accountability
- On talent acquisition strategic KPIs progress
- On the talent acquisition operational plan progress
- On internal and external talent acquisition risks
- On any other work in the mandate of the talent acquisition work
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum requirements:
- NQF Level 7 in Human Resources Management or Psychology or Related Fields
- Computer literacy – Intermediate MS Package Suite
- Driver’s License
- Computer literacy – Advanced MS Package Suite
- Qualified psychometrist and/or registration with the HPCSA is essential.
- 5 Years of proven corporate experience in managing or specializing in the Talent acquisition field across Executive / Senior Management Level
- Proven experience in putting together a delivery action plan for a client or service area (client facing role)
- Proven experience in delivering measurable goals and achievement of organisational objectives in a competitive environment.
- Knowledge of the best practice HR policies, processes, and procedures
- Skills development legislation experience and knowledge
- Employment Equity Act, labour relations Act and related legislation
- Expert knowledge in application tracking systems and database
- Internship and graduate programs
- Knowledge of holistic talent acquisition candidate life cycle (end to-end process), employer branding and digital recruiting
- Functional knowledge of interviewing techniques and selection and evaluation methods
- Proficiency in social media platforms, networks, and online portals
Preferred
- NQF Level 8 in Human Resources Management or Related Fields
- 10 Years’ of managing or specialist experience in the Talent Acquisition field across Executive/Manco Level
- Advanced project management Skills
- Advanced knowledge of the higher education sector
- Extensive exposure to the functions of the Human resources Development
- Knowledge and understanding of the NSFAS Act and PFMA
Skill and Competencies:
- Critical analytical thinking
- Follow up and follow through
- Emotional Intelligence
- Change Management
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Managing Complexity
- Agile and Innovative
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Continuous learning
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
To manage trade and other payables administration, to enable the provision of efficient and effective payment management systems and services, quality assurance and reporting, in line with applicable legislative requirements and policies.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy, Systems & Procedure Development
Participate in the development and management of the trade and other payables policies and standards, guidelines, processes, systems, and procedures, in line with legislative prescripts.
Participate in socialising trade and other payables policies and standards, guidelines, processes, and guidelines to internal and external stakeholders for comprehension, implementation and compliance.
Core Strategic & Operational Objectives Development
Enable the implementation of the Finance unit’s strategic plans.
Enable the implementation of the key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational plans of the unit.
Verify payments to suppliers align with contract and payment terms.
Oversee and improve the efficiency of the accounts payable function.
Ensure the equitable work scheduling and human resource management.
Ensure transactions comply with financial policies and procedures.
Maintain general ledger and oversee monthly financial record closing and month end information posting for accurate financial statements.
Prepare and distribute ad hoc, weekly, and monthly financial reports as required by stakeholders and management.
Review supporting documents attached to invoices, ensuring proper approvals, and accurate allocation to suppliers and general ledger accounts.
Perform monthly creditors payments reconciliation and ensure compliance with related documentation.
Prepare monthly reports on irregular expenditure as may be identified through payment validation processes.
Ensure timely payment of suppliers in line with organisations transformational directives.
Collaborate with external and internal auditors with audit related matters.
Accurately allocate all expenditures and petty cash transactions.
Handle daily enquiries from other departments and external creditors maintaining effective communication.
Manage petty cash and related banking functions.
Promptly execute accruals and prepayments as required.
Ensure completeness of expenditure for reporting purposes.
Validate and approve invoices for services delivered in line with delegations of authority.
Perform the duties of a bank signatory.
Perform any other duties assigned by the Senior Manager.
People Management & Ethical Leadership
Manage and participation in the recruitment and selection of unit vacancies in line with EE targets.
Delegate tasks to subordinates for implementation.
Manage the subunit to achieve agreed programmes.
Direct, inspire, coach and mentor subordinates to deliver quality programmes in line with NSFAS Values.
Manage and participate in leading the individual performance contracting and review process for responsible team/s.
Manage and participate in all disciplinary matters of subunits related to performance and conduct issues.
Stakeholder Management & Relationships
Manage and participate in the utilisation and implementation of the ongoing accounts payable and related policies, processes, efficiency channels and databases to satisfy stakeholders needs.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enable the timely execution of their accounts payable and reconciliation requirements.
Manage and participate in providing communication between NSFAS and the service provider where required.
Project Management & Leadership
Manage and supervise the applicable projects to address identified needs as per the finance department strategy.
Analyse and interpret project reports on completion of the project to evaluate return on investment and to inform decision-making.
Budget optimisation
Manage expenditure in line with core activities and projects of the unit.
Monitor contract usage spending aligned to the approved budget.
Compliance Monitoring & Evaluation
Manage and participate/delegate in the accounts payable and reconciliation plans and activities of the organisation in line with legislation.
Guide and manage the plans and processes that support the implementation of identified key controls and established risk mitigation procedures.
Annalise and improve the audit, risk, and compliance outlook.
Guide and manage the implementation audit plan.
Information & Knowledge Management
Collaborate with ICT to build systems that enable the management of data obtained from different sources.
Collaborate with stakeholders to use their experience, education and understanding to obtain and manage knowledge and information resources of the disbursement environment.
Reporting & Accountability
On subunit strategic KPIs progress
On operational plan progress
On strategic stakeholders’ management issues and interventions
On internal and external audit and risk landscape as well as on any other work in the mandate of the disbursement Unit.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum requirements:
NQF Level 7 in Accounting, Commercial Sciences, or related fields
Computer literacy – Intermediate MS Package Suite
Driver’s License
7 Years’ experience in an accounts payable environment of which 2 should be at the management level.
Good experience in late-stage and unsecured debt management environment
Sound knowledge and exposure to technical accounting and financial instruments i.e. GRAP 104 and advanced financial modelling.
Sound knowledge of the higher education environment, NSFAS ACT, National Treasury Regulations, PFMA, NCA, NCR, POPI Act, PIA Act, and Prescription Act.
Sound experience in financial services
Project Management experience
Preferred
NQF Level 8 in Accounting, Commercial Sciences, CIMA, CA(SA), or related fields
Computer literacy – Advanced MS Package Suite
10 Years’ experience in financial disbursement and reconciliation environment of which 5 should be at the management level.
Skill and Competencies:
Strategic and Leadership
Project Management
Interpersonal Skills
Data Analysis
Report Writing
Presentation Skills
Change Management
Influential and advocacy
Systems and IT flair
Stakeholder Management
People Management
Student Centricity
Resilient
- To manage trade and other payables administration, to enable the provision of efficient and effective payment management systems and services, quality assurance and reporting, in line with applicable legislative requirements and policies.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy, Systems & Procedure Development
- Participate in the development and management of the trade and other payables policies and standards, guidelines, processes, systems, and procedures, in line with legislative prescripts.
- Participate in socialising trade and other payables policies and standards, guidelines, processes, and guidelines to internal and external stakeholders for comprehension, implementation and compliance.
Core Strategic & Operational Objectives Development
- Enable the implementation of the Finance unit’s strategic plans.
- Enable the implementation of the key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational plans of the unit.
- Verify payments to suppliers align with contract and payment terms.
- Oversee and improve the efficiency of the accounts payable function.
- Ensure the equitable work scheduling and human resource management.
- Ensure transactions comply with financial policies and procedures.
- Maintain general ledger and oversee monthly financial record closing and month end information posting for accurate financial statements.
- Prepare and distribute ad hoc, weekly, and monthly financial reports as required by stakeholders and management.
- Review supporting documents attached to invoices, ensuring proper approvals, and accurate allocation to suppliers and general ledger accounts.
- Perform monthly creditors payments reconciliation and ensure compliance with related documentation.
- Prepare monthly reports on irregular expenditure as may be identified through payment validation processes.
- Ensure timely payment of suppliers in line with organisations transformational directives.
- Collaborate with external and internal auditors with audit related matters.
- Accurately allocate all expenditures and petty cash transactions.
- Handle daily enquiries from other departments and external creditors maintaining effective communication.
- Manage petty cash and related banking functions.
- Promptly execute accruals and prepayments as required.
- Ensure completeness of expenditure for reporting purposes.
- Validate and approve invoices for services delivered in line with delegations of authority.
- Perform the duties of a bank signatory.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Senior Manager.
- People Management & Ethical Leadership
- Manage and participation in the recruitment and selection of unit vacancies in line with EE targets.
- Delegate tasks to subordinates for implementation.
- Manage the subunit to achieve agreed programmes.
- Direct, inspire, coach and mentor subordinates to deliver quality programmes in line with NSFAS Values.
- Manage and participate in leading the individual performance contracting and review process for responsible team/s.
- Manage and participate in all disciplinary matters of subunits related to performance and conduct issues.
Stakeholder Management & Relationships
- Manage and participate in the utilisation and implementation of the ongoing accounts payable and related policies, processes, efficiency channels and databases to satisfy stakeholders needs.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enable the timely execution of their accounts payable and reconciliation requirements.
- Manage and participate in providing communication between NSFAS and the service provider where required.
Project Management & Leadership
- Manage and supervise the applicable projects to address identified needs as per the finance department strategy.
- Analyse and interpret project reports on completion of the project to evaluate return on investment and to inform decision-making.
Budget optimisation
- Manage expenditure in line with core activities and projects of the unit.
- Monitor contract usage spending aligned to the approved budget.
- Compliance Monitoring & Evaluation
- Manage and participate/delegate in the accounts payable and reconciliation plans and activities of the organisation in line with legislation.
- Guide and manage the plans and processes that support the implementation of identified key controls and established risk mitigation procedures.
- Annalise and improve the audit, risk, and compliance outlook.
- Guide and manage the implementation audit plan.
Information & Knowledge Management
- Collaborate with ICT to build systems that enable the management of data obtained from different sources.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to use their experience, education and understanding to obtain and manage knowledge and information resources of the disbursement environment.
- Reporting & Accountability
- On subunit strategic KPIs progress
- On operational plan progress
- On strategic stakeholders’ management issues and interventions
- On internal and external audit and risk landscape as well as on any other work in the mandate of the disbursement Unit.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum requirements:
- NQF Level 7 in Accounting, Commercial Sciences, or related fields
- Computer literacy – Intermediate MS Package Suite
- Driver’s License
- 7 Years’ experience in an accounts payable environment of which 2 should be at the management level.
- Good experience in late-stage and unsecured debt management environment
- Sound knowledge and exposure to technical accounting and financial instruments i.e. GRAP 104 and advanced financial modelling.
- Sound knowledge of the higher education environment, NSFAS ACT, National Treasury Regulations, PFMA, NCA, NCR, POPI Act, PIA Act, and Prescription Act.
- Sound experience in financial services
- Project Management experience
Preferred
- NQF Level 8 in Accounting, Commercial Sciences, CIMA, CA(SA), or related fields
- Computer literacy – Advanced MS Package Suite
- 10 Years’ experience in financial disbursement and reconciliation environment of which 5 should be at the management level.
Skill and Competencies:
- Strategic and Leadership
- Project Management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Data Analysis
- Report Writing
- Presentation Skills
- Change Management
- Influential and advocacy
- Systems and IT flair
- Stakeholder Management
- People Management
- Student Centricity
- Resilient
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
- To manage student funding payment administration and reconciliations, to enable the provisions of efficient and effective student funding payment management systems and services, quality assurance and reporting, in line with applicable NSFAS policies and legislative requirements.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy, Systems & Procedure Development
- Participate in the development and management of the finance (disbursement – student funding & reconciliation) policies and standards, guidelines, processes, systems, and procedures, in line with legislative prescripts.
- Participate in socialising finance (disbursement – student funding and reconciliation policies, standards, processes, and guidelines to internal and external stakeholders for comprehension, implementation and compliance.
- Core Strategic & Operational Objectives Development
- Enable the implementation of the Finance unit’s strategic plans.
- Enable the implementation of the key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational plans of the unit.
- Verify payments to suppliers align with contract and payment terms.
- Oversee the student funding disbursements and reconciliation’s function ensuring equitable work scheduling and human resource management.
- Verify that payments to students/stakeholders align with payment cycles.
- Ensure transactions comply with financial policies and procedures.
- Maintain general ledger and oversee monthly financial record closing and month end information posting for accurate financial statements.
- Review supporting documents attached to disbursement requests, ensuring proper approvals, and accurate allocation to students/stakeholders and general ledger accounts.
- Ensure timely payment of students/stakeholders in line with the organisation’s transformational directives.
- Prepare monthly payments reconciliation reports and ensure compliance with related documentation.
- Submit monthly Cash and bank reconciliation schedules.
- Prepare monthly reports on irregular expenditure as may be identified through payment validation processes.
- Prepare and distribute ad hoc, weekly, and monthly financial reports as required by stakeholders and management.
- Collaborate with external and internal auditors with audit related matters.
- Handle daily enquiries from internal and external stakeholders, maintaining effective communication.
- Analyse and follow up on reconciliations/reports in advance, ensuring timely clearing of reconciling items and submission of monthly reporting.
- Validate and approve invoices for services delivered in line with delegations of authority.
- Perform the duties of a bank signatory.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Senior Manager.
People Management & Ethical Leadership
- Manage and participation in the recruitment and selection of unit vacancies in line with EE targets.
- Delegate tasks to subordinates for implementation.
- Manage the subunit to achieve agreed programmes.
- Direct, inspire, coach and mentor subordinates to deliver quality programmes in line with NSFAS Values.
- Manage and participate in leading the individual performance contracting and review process for responsible team/s.
- Manage and participate in all disciplinary matters of subunits related to performance and conduct issues.
Stakeholder Management & Relationships
- Manage and participate in the utilisation and implementation of student funding disbursements and payments policy, and other related policies, processes, efficiency channels and databases to satisfy stakeholders needs.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enable the timely execution of student funding payments and reconciliation requirements.
- Manage and participate in providing communication between NSFAS, universities, TVET colleges and service providers, where required.
Project Management & Leadership
- Manage and supervise the applicable projects to address identified needs as per the finance department strategy.
- Analyse and interpret project reports on completion of the project to evaluate return on investment and to inform decision-making.
Budget optimisation
- Manage expenditure in line with core activities and projects of the unit.
- Monitor contract usage spending aligned to the approved budget.
- Compliance Monitoring & Evaluation
- Manage and participate/delegate in the student funding accounts payable and reconciliation plans and activities of the organisation in line with legislation.
- Guide and manage the plans and processes that support the implementation of identified key controls and established risk mitigation procedures.
- Annalise and improve the audit, risk, and compliance outlook.
- Guide and manage the implementation audit plan.
- Information & Knowledge Management
- Collaborate with ICT to build systems that enable the management of data obtained from different sources.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to use their experience, education and understanding to obtain and manage knowledge and information resources of the disbursement environment.
Reporting & Accountability
- On subunit strategic KPIs progress
- On operational plan progress
- On strategic stakeholders’ management issues and interventions
- On internal and external audit and risk landscape as well as on any other work in the mandate of the disbursement Unit.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum requirements:
- NQF Level 7 in Accounting, Commercial Sciences, or related fields
- Computer literacy – Intermediate MS Package Suite
- Driver’s License
- 7 Years’ experience in an financial disbursements environment of which 2 should be at the management level.
- Sound knowledge of the higher education environment, NSFAS ACT, National Treasury Regulations, PFMA, NCA, NCR, POPI Act, PIA Act, and Prescription Act.
- Sound experience in financial services
- Project Management experience
Preferred
- NQF Level 8 in Accounting, Commercial Sciences, CIMA, CA(SA), or related fields
- Computer literacy – Advanced MS Package Suite
- 10 Years’ experience in financial disbursement and reconciliation environment of which 5 should be at the management level.
Skill and Competencies:
- Strategic and Leadership
- Project Management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Data Analysis
- Report Writing
- Presentation Skills
- Change Management
- Influential and advocacy
- Systems and IT flair
- Stakeholder Management
- People Management
- Student Centricity
- Resilient
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