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Job Description    

• The role is responsible for overseeing expert technical support, sector-specific insights and technical leadership in the conceptualisation, structuring, development, and implementation of Public Sector Participation (PSP) programmes and projects within the transport sector. The role is responsible for driving programme design, transaction structuring, feasibility oversight, procurement support, governance compliance, and stakeholder coordination to ensure commercially viable, bankable, and sustainable PSP initiatives.

Key Responsibilities    
Programme Conceptualisation and Strategic Design

• Identify, assess, and conceptualise strategic PSP opportunities aligned to transport sector priorities, infrastructure development objectives, and the Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP).
• Collaborate with legal, financial, technical, and transaction advisory teams to ensure integrated transaction design and delivery.
• Develop PSP programme frameworks, delivery models, and strategic design plans in alignment with the PSP Unit mandate and direction from the Head: PSP Unit.
• Define programme scope, objectives, delivery models, implementation strategies, and desired outcomes for PSP initiatives.
• Lead the development of the integrated PSP programme pipeline and prioritisation frameworks.
• Provide technical and strategic input into sector planning, infrastructure development strategies, and PSP implementation approaches.

Technical Advisory and Expertise

• Provide expert technical support and leverage advanced technical knowledge and skills to deliver innovative solutions, analysis, and implementation support for projects and initiatives.
• Keep abreast of sector developments, technologies, and best practices to maintain high-quality technical insights and continuous improvement.
• Assess complex sector challenges and opportunities and design effective solutions to support the implementation of projects and initiatives.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing by facilitating training, consultations, and collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Oversee the advancement of sector objectives by driving technical excellence and innovation, positioning the Bank as a leader in sustainable infrastructure delivery.
• Present data-driven reports and proposals to support informed decision-making, anticipate risks, and recommend effective solutions.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to gather input and ensure alignment before implementing solutions.

Procurement and Transaction Implementation

• Lead or support transaction advisory teams during procurement and transaction implementation processes.
• Review and provide strategic input into procurement documentation, including RFQs, RFPs, bid evaluation methodologies, and transaction agreements.
• Verify that procurement and transaction documentation aligns with approved PSP design intent, governance requirements, and market expectations.
• Support bidder engagement, clarification processes, bid evaluations, negotiations, preferred bidder appointments, and contract finalisation activities.
• Provide technical oversight during transaction execution to support successful commercial close and implementation readiness.

Sector Analysis and Impact Assessment

• Assess the sector impact of proposed PSP Programmes investment transactions in South Africa and Africa:
• Appraise the macro sectoral economic market environment
• Assess the impact of sectoral policy, legislation, strategy, and tariff regimes
• Analyse sector risks and propose relevant mitigation measures 
• Demonstrate the economic rationale by assessing demand and supply drivers, and conducting cost-benefit analysis
• Validate the technical feasibility/assumptions and projections, including design assumptions, technology options, operations, and maintenance plans
• Furnish structuring solutions to secure approval by relevant decision-making committees
• Formulate sectoral conditionality within the structuring of investment solutions
• Monitor sector conditionalities and project/programme mitigation measures, and recommend corrective actions where deviations occur.
• Present sector research findings on business and product development, sector targets, and investment strategies to the Investment Committee and Board of Directors.
• Develop, implement, and review sector strategies, guidelines, and technical frameworks to embed Generally Accepted Industry Practice (GIIP) in investment decision making.

Clients, Governments and Finance Partnerships

• Assess all PSP project designs, procurement processes, and transaction structures comply with applicable regulatory, procurement, governance, and policy frameworks.
• Engage and coordinate with National Treasury, the Department of Transport (DoT), regulators, and relevant authorities to ensure alignment with national standards and PSP frameworks.
• Support the preparation and submission of documentation required for approvals, registrations, exemptions, and risk reviews.
• Monitor regulatory developments and policy changes impacting PSP implementation and advise on required adjustments.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to align expectations, gather insights, and ensure successful engagements.

Reporting and Knowledge Management

• Prepare and present PSP programme design reports, technical assessments, progress reports, and governance submissions to decision-making structures.
• Maintain complete and auditable project documentation from project conceptualisation through transaction close and implementation.
• Contribute to organisational knowledge management through lessons learned, best practice development, and continuous improvement of PSP methodologies and frameworks.
• Support the refinement and standardisation of PSP tools, templates, frameworks, and technical approaches.
• Provide comprehensive analytics and high-quality reporting that support strategic decision-making and drive organisational improvement.

People Management

• Manage internal and external teams, ensuring effective task allocation, supervision, and quality assurance.
• Lead mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximise individual and collective potential.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Infrastructure Finance team and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
• Identify training needs and support professional development initiatives to ensure staff are equipped to meet evolving demands.
• Drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the agency to support strategic agility.

Key Measurement of Outputs

• Number of innovative and sustainable infrastructure financing opportunities brought into the business.
• Number of due diligence assignments and projects concluded for investment.
• Value and number of PSP projects and programmes conceptualised, structured, and progressed through the transaction lifecycle.
• Quality and effectiveness of PSP programme frameworks, transaction structures, and feasibility outputs developed.
• Timeliness and quality of procurement documentation, governance submissions, and technical reports produced.
• Compliance with regulatory, procurement, governance, and policy requirements across PSP initiatives.
• Contribution to mobilisation of private sector participation and infrastructure investment through PSP initiatives.
• Effectiveness of transaction implementation support, bidder engagement, and negotiation processes.
• Clean audit outcomes and effective resolution of governance and compliance findings.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualifications

• A postgraduate qualification in Engineering, Economics, Finance, MBA, Development Studies, Sustainable Development or Development Finance or related field.

 Minimum Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in preparing investment solutions for financing within a banking and DFI environment, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in supervising a team.
• Demonstrated work experience in infrastructure finance and investment, public-private partnerships and infrastructure transaction advisory work.
• Extensive networks with key and senior sector role-players in South Africa and the wider African region.
• Understanding of critical development issues in the sector, its sub-sectors, and the sector value chain.
• Extensive knowledge of sustainable development.
• Experience in developing and applying international good practise standards.
• Experience in solutioning to close investment deals.

 Desirable Requirements

• Registration with the relevant Sectoral Professional Body.
• Experience in infrastructure, transport, logistics or public-private partnership programmes.

Deadline:17th September,2026

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Job Description    

• The Senior Legal Advisor leads legal advisory support across the full PSP Programme lifecycle, including transaction structuring, procurement strategy, contract negotiation, due diligence, governance, regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, and stakeholder engagement. The role further provides strategic legal guidance on complex infrastructure transactions, PPPs, concession agreements, procurement models, blended finance structures, and innovative infrastructure financing mechanisms. The role also ensures alignment with the PFMA, Treasury Regulations, PPP frameworks, SCM legislation and governance requirements.

Key Responsibilities    
Legal Advisory and Transaction Support

• Provide legal advisory and transaction support across PSP Programme initiatives, infrastructure projects, PPPs, concessions, and strategic partnerships.
• Lead legal structuring, negotiation, and execution support for complex infrastructure and corporate transactions.
• Provide legal leadership on transaction bankability, project structuring, procurement methodologies, and commercial arrangements.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalise high-value transaction agreements, concession agreements, implementation agreements, shareholder agreements, funding agreements, and related legal instruments.
• Develop legal frameworks and transaction structures that protect institutional interests and support sustainable infrastructure delivery.

Procurement Governance

• Provide legal oversight and advisory support on Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes, procurement strategies, tender documentation, bid evaluations, and contract award processes.
• Enforce compliance with PFMA, Treasury Regulations, PPP frameworks, SCM legislation, preferential procurement requirements, and applicable governance standards.
• Advise on procurement risks, deviations, contract management, dispute resolution, and regulatory compliance matters.
• Review and approve procurement-related legal documentation, including RFPs, RFQs, bid conditions, evaluation criteria, SLAs, and framework agreements.
• Support legally compliant procurement and contracting practices across PSP Programme initiatives.
• Develop and maintain SCM legal templates, standard clauses, procurement toolkits, and governance frameworks to strengthen efficiency and mitigate legal risk.

Legal Due Diligence and Contract Management

• Provide expert legal advisory services across all PSP Programme functions and project phases.
• Conduct and oversee legal due diligence processes relating to transactions, partners, suppliers, contractors, and service providers.
• Lead negotiations for complex contracts, commercial agreements, infrastructure partnerships, and institutional arrangements.
• Monitor developments in legislation, infrastructure regulation, procurement law, and governance requirements, and provide proactive legal guidance.
• Support legal risk identification, mitigation, and compliance management across the programme portfolio.
• Oversee document management, legal repositories, version control, and governance records to ensure auditability and compliance.

Governance, Regulatory Compliance, and Risk Management

• Develop and implement governance frameworks, legal policies, compliance standards, and risk management controls for the PSP Programme.
• Prepare and review governance submissions, legal opinions, Board papers, memoranda, and Executive Committee reports.
• Support governance committees and provide legal input into programme oversight and decision-making processes.
• Monitor and report on legal, contractual, procurement, and regulatory risks impacting PSP Programme initiatives.

 Dispute Resolution, Investigations, and Litigation Management

• Lead and oversee disputes, litigation, arbitration, procurement challenges, regulatory investigations, and contractual enforcement matters relating to PSP Programme activities.
• Provide legal leadership on forensic investigations, governance reviews, and dispute resolution processes.
• Manage external legal counsel and ensure cost-effective and high-quality legal service delivery.
• Develop escalation protocols and legal response frameworks for high-risk legal and regulatory matters.
• Monitor litigation trends, settlement outcomes, and institutional legal risk exposure.

Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Partnerships

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with regulators, National Treasury, government departments, SOEs, development finance institutions, external counsel, and private sector stakeholders.
• Represent the PSP Programme in negotiations, governance forums, procurement committees, and stakeholder engagements.
• Provide strategic legal input into partnership agreements, stakeholder engagements, and institutional collaborations.
• Support the development of legally sound and commercially sustainable partnerships and infrastructure delivery arrangements.
• Promote a solutions-oriented and commercially pragmatic legal advisory approach across the programme.

People Management

• Manage internal and external teams, ensuring effective task allocation, supervision, and quality assurance.
• Lead mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning to maximise individual and collective potential.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Infrastructure Finance team and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Drive talent development initiatives, including coaching, performance management, and career pathing, to build and retain a skilled and motivated team.
• Identify training needs and support professional development initiatives to ensure staff are equipped to meet evolving demands.
• Drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the agency to support strategic agility.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Effective implementation of governance decisions through compliant legal structuring, contracting, and execution.
• Timely development, review, implementation, and monitoring of legal frameworks, policies, and governance processes.
• Sound legal structuring and support for PSP programmes, including legal risk identification and governance establishment.
• Proactive management and mitigation of legal, regulatory, contractual, and compliance risks.
• Delivery of legally sound, commercially effective, and value-enhancing agreements and legal advisory services.
• Effective management of litigation, disputes, recoveries, settlements, and regulatory matters.
• Comprehensive legal support for forensic investigations, disciplinary matters, and regulatory reporting.
• Delivery of high-quality legal opinions, reports, submissions, and presentations within agreed timelines.
• Effective management of team performance, development, succession planning, and capacity building.
• Strong legal advisory and stakeholder support across programme and governance activities.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor of Laws / LLB Degree.
• Admitted Attorney / Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a legal function specialising in commercial, infrastructure finance or transaction advisory services law.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in supervising a team, including oversight of legal professionals and external counsel.
• Extensive experience advising on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure transactions, and complex commercial agreements.
• Extensive experience in structuring, negotiating, and drafting complex legal and financial transactions, including the development of contract frameworks, precedents, and programme-related documentation.
• Strong exposure to governance processes, legal risk management, and compliance, including application of PFMA, PAIA, POPIA, Treasury Regulations, delegations of authority, and credit or investment policies.
• Experience preparing high-quality legal / governance reports, submissions, and presentations, and engaging effectively with executive and board-level committees.
• Strong track record in contract negotiation, drafting, and management of complex, high-value commercial transactions.
• Proven experience managing external counsel, service providers, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Experience working in environments that require strategic legal insight, operational execution, and cross-functional collaboration.

Desirable Requirements

• Postgraduate qualification in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Law, Governance or related field.
• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders within the public sector and state-owned entities.
• Extensive experience working within the Transport sector.

Deadline:17th September,2026

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Purpose of the Job

• The Stakeholder & Communication Specialist is responsible for designing and executing stakeholder engagement and communication strategies across the PSP Programme. The role facilitates alignment between government, state-owned entities, regulators, investors, and private sector participants through effective communication, stakeholder coordination and reporting across all phases of the programme lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities    
Stakeholder Engagement Strategic Focus

• Develop and implement a structured stakeholder engagement strategy aligned to the PSP Programme lifecycle, including RFI, RFQ, RFP, and implementation phases.
• Design and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder mapping framework across government (DoT, NT), state-owned entities (Transnet, PRASA), private sector participants, regulators, and industry bodies.
• Define tailored engagement approaches and communication protocols based on stakeholder influence, interest, and programme impact.
• Implement proactive, sequenced, and milestone-aligned stakeholder engagement across corridor prioritisation and project rollout activities.
• Review and refine engagement strategies based on stakeholder feedback, programme developments, and emerging risks or sensitivities.

Stakeholder Alignment and Institutional Coordination

• Facilitate alignment and coordinate communication across key institutions, including DoT, National Treasury, Transnet, PRASA, and investors.
• Support structured engagement forums, including bilateral meetings, intergovernmental forums, and technical working groups.
• Embed a consistent understanding of PSP Programme objectives, including private sector participation models, project sequencing, and institutional roles and responsibilities.
• Identify and manage misalignment risks, including policy-to-implementation gaps, coordination challenges, and divergent stakeholder expectations.
• Support resolution of stakeholder issues through structured communication, escalation pathways, and follow-up mechanisms.

Procurement Engagement Management

• Coordinate stakeholder and market-facing communication during RFI, RFQ, and RFP processes to ensure transparency, consistency, and compliance with procurement requirements.
• Develop communication components of bid documentation, including bidder briefing materials, clarification protocols, and communication guidelines.
• Manage bidder engagement processes, including briefing sessions, clarification responses, and formal communication channels.
• Verify in collaboration with Supply Chain Management that all bidder communication are consistent, non-preferential, transparent, and fully auditable in line with SCM requirements.
• Maintain complete and structured records of all procurement-related communication for governance and audit purposes.

Communication and Reporting

• Develop high-quality executive presentations, briefing notes, reports, and submissions for EXCO, Board, ministerial engagements, and investor forums.
• Translate complex technical, financial, and legal information into clear, concise, and decision-ready communication outputs.
• Maintain consistency in messaging across all PSP Programme communication materials.
• Prepare formal memoranda and governance submissions aligned to DBSA standards and compliance requirements.
• Tailor communication outputs to diverse stakeholder audiences, ensuring clarity, professionalism, and strategic alignment.
• Prepare regular stakeholder engagement and communication reports, including status updates, risks, issues, and progress tracking.
• Provide inputs into Board, EXCO, governance reports, and audit documentation requirements.

Governance and Document Management

• Maintain structured, auditable records of all stakeholder engagement and communication activities.
• Comply with DBSA and National Treasury requirements for all communication processes, particularly during procurement.
• Maintain a centralised repository of stakeholder records, including meeting notes, correspondence, decisions, and follow-up actions.

Stakeholder Risk and Reputational Management

• Identify, assess, and manage stakeholder-related risks, including misalignment, communication breakdowns, and reputational sensitivities.
• Develop and implement targeted risk mitigation strategies, including escalation protocols and stakeholder-specific engagement plans.
• Monitor stakeholder sentiment and engagement outcomes to proactively identify emerging risks.

Investor and Market Engagement Support

• Support the design and implementation of market engagement strategies to attract private sector participation in PSP Programme projects.
• Prepare investor-facing materials, including programme overviews, project briefs, and corridor opportunity documentation.
• Support engagement with infrastructure investors, operators, financiers, and development finance institutions.
• Ensure investor communication clearly articulates value propositions, investment opportunities, and risk-return considerations.
• Support market sounding exercises, investor briefings, and roadshows.

Key Measurement of Outputs

• Effectiveness and coverage of stakeholder engagement strategy implementation across PSP Programme phases.
• Level of alignment achieved across key institutions (DoT, NT, Transnet, PRASA, investors) on programme objectives and decisions.
• Timeliness, quality, and compliance of RFI, RFQ, and RFP communication processes and bidder engagement activities.
• Accuracy, consistency, and quality of executive-level presentations, reports, and governance submissions.
• Reduction in stakeholder misalignment, communication gaps, and escalation incidents.
• Quality and completeness of investor and market engagement outputs and materials.
• Effectiveness of investor engagement activities in supporting market participation and interest in PSP opportunities.
• Compliance with SCM, governance, and audit requirements in all communication processes.
• Accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness of stakeholder engagement records and documentation.
• Stakeholder satisfaction with communication clarity, responsiveness, and engagement effectiveness.
• Contribution to the successful delivery of PSP Programme milestones through effective stakeholder coordination and communication.
• Alignment of communication activities with programme milestones.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Commerce, Marketing, Public Relations, Public Administration or related field.

Minimum Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience with a proven track record of successful implementation of stakeholder engagement and communication strategies in a programme or related environment.
• In-depth experience in working with Supply chain and procurement processes in the public sector and procurement-related communication processes (RFI, RFQ, RFP).
• Demonstrated experience in public sector engagement, infrastructure programmes, or large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Extensive experience working with government institutions, SOEs, regulators, and private sector stakeholders.
• Proven experience preparing executive-level presentations, reports, and governance documentation.
• Experience managing stakeholder risks, reputational issues, and sensitive communication in complex environments.

Desirable Requirements

• A postgraduate Communication, Commerce, Marketing, Public Relations, Public Administration or a related field
• Experience in infrastructure, transport, logistics or public-private partnership programmes.

Deadline:17th September,2026

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Job Description    

• The purpose of this role is to transform raw data into actionable insights that drive strategic decision-making and uncover patterns, forecast trends, and solve complex business problems. The role leverages statistical analysis and modelling, data engineering techniques, machine learning, cloud computing and Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) practices and big data technologies to generate actionable insights, improve ICT service delivery, and strengthen the advanced analytics capability and improve efficiency.

Key Responsibilities    
Advanced Data Analysis and Modelling

• Contribute to the development of data science strategies aligned with ICT and organisational objectives.
• Adhere and comply with data governance, security, and privacy frameworks.
• Establish standards for data quality, integrity, and lifecycle management.
• Develop and deploy predictive and prescriptive models, machine learning algorithms, and AI solutions , including Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM)-based solutions where appropriate, to solve business challenges and improve operations.
• Deliver models that forecast outcomes or recommend optimal actions, enabling proactive and strategic decisionmaking.
• Conduct data analysis and implement data engineering techniques to identify trends, anomalies, and uncover hidden patterns and insights that inform business strategies, highlight risks, and reveal areas for growth or efficiency.
• Analyse structured and unstructured data to identify trends, risks, opportunities and translate into actionable insights for ICT optimisation and business decision-making.
• Validate model performance using appropriate metrics and refine as needed.

Data Management and Preparation

• Clean, transform, and prepare data for analysis and modelling. Produce high-quality datasets that are accurate, consistent, and ready for analysis, reducing errors and improving model performance.
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure data pipelines meet analytical requirements. Establish seamless data flows that support scalable and efficient analytics, ensuring timely access to relevant data.
• Maintain documentation of data workflows and models. Enable transparency and repeatability in data science processes, supporting auditability, collaboration, and long-term sustainability of solutions.
• Apply MLOps practices – including version control, CI/CD pipelines, automated monitoring and retraining to manage models throughout their production lifecycle.

Insight Generation and Communication

• Translate complex data findings into clear, actionable business insights. Provide decision-makers with understandable and relevant interpretations of data that directly inform strategy and operations.
• Create compelling visualisations and narratives to support strategic decisions. Use dashboards, charts, and storytelling to make data accessible and persuasive, enhancing stakeholder engagement and buy-in.
• Present results to stakeholders and support data-driven decision-making. Facilitate informed discussions and decisions by clearly communicating findings and recommendations tailored to business needs.

Innovation and Research

• Contribute to the development of a data science knowledge base and best practices. Advance the organisation’s analytical maturity by sharing learnings, experimenting with new techniques, and promoting continuous improvement in data science methodologies.
• Research ways to enhance ICT infrastructure performance by applying data science methodologies.
• Explore emerging technologies in AI, big data, and cloud computing to strengthen ICT capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and reduce ICT operational risks.
• Benchmark data science practices against industry standards to ensure competitiveness.

Collaboration and Project Delivery

• Collaborate with ICT teams to integrate analytics solutions into enterprise systems.
• Support automation, digitalisation, and ICT portfolio management through data-driven approaches.
• Work closely with business units to understand analytical needs and define project objectives.
• Align data science initiatives with business goals, ensuring relevance and impact of analytical solutions.
• Partner with various business units and Operations teams to deliver cross-functional data solutions.
• Integrate data science into broader business projects, enhancing collaboration and accelerating delivery.
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality data science outputs aligned with business priorities. Meet deadlines and quality standards, driving measurable value through data-driven solutions that support strategic objectives.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Usability of predictive models with forecasting accuracy, delivered within agreed project timelines to support ICT and organisational decision-making.
• Percentage completeness and cleanliness of datasets, with documented validation processes ensuring accuracy, reliability, and compliance with governance standards.
• Accurate dashboards, reports, and visualisations that translate complex data into reports delivered within agreed timelines.
• Quality and accuracy of analytical reports or dashboards delivered.
• Impact of insights generated for business decision making and dashboard optimisation to deliver on business needs.
• Quality of data sets and insights generated from raw data.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    

Digital Acumen

• The ability to understand, contribute to, and drive the adoption of digital technologies and processes within an organisational context to improve efficiency, create new value, and transform operations.

Data Management

• Defines a data management plan and drives this through respective function.
• Defines policies for file storage.
• Develops a backup plan and schedule and backs up data accordingly.
• Ensures proper files are selected and backed up and stored off site and in proper storage conditions on site.
• Defines backup test procedures and recovery on a regular basis.
• Defines Cross checking procedures and policy.

Data Collection and Analysis

• Based on knowledge of the reasons behind the analysis, is able to define the most appropriate means of data collection.
• Is able to develop formats for data collection.
• Is able to define the most appropriate internal and external data/information sources.
• Identifies key facts in an array of data, recognises when pertinent facts are incorrect, missing, or require supplementation or verification.
• Breaks down data into component parts to understand the nature and relationship of the parts.
• Has a broad knowledge of statistical datahandling techniques.
• Can undertake more comprehensive analysis of data/information but is not required to draw conclusions.

Quality Management

• Ability to develop quality management plans and inspection protocols. Implements systems and processes to ensure quality is built into the design and planning stages and conducts audits and reviews to verify compliance with standards.

Reporting

• Prepares both standard and non-standard reports to time and quality standards.
• Collate and analyses readily available data for inclusion in a report.

Minimum Qualification

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in data science, ICT data optimisation or analytics roles.
• Experience working with large datasets and deploying models into production environments including on cloudbased platforms (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform).
• Proven expertise in machine learning, statistical modelling, and big data technologies.
• Practical experience applying MLOps principles (model versioning, deployment automation, monitoring and retraining) to manage models in production.
• Proven track record in working with programme languages such as SQL, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau, or similar.
• Experience in statistical analysis, data modelling, and machine learning techniques.
• Knowledge of ICT governance frameworks, cybersecurity, and compliance standards.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks, data quality management, and compliance standards.

Desirable Requirements

• Postgraduate qualification in Data Management or related fields.
• Certifications in machine learning, AI, or cloud-based data science platforms e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate, or Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer).
• Exposure to Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques and their practical business applications.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., South African Statistical Association or the Institute of Analytics).

Deadline:17th September,2026

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Job Description    

• Implement the end-to-end talent acquisition processes and practices in the DBSA to attract candidates with the right skills and capabilities in line with the workforce plans, succession plans, employment equity plans and delivery of the organisation’s strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities    
Talent Acquisition

• Collaborate with the business to execute on the DBSA talent acquisition strategy and approach.
• Conduct consultations with hiring managers to understand the requirements of the role and formulate a recruitment plan, timelines and secure interview panel availability.
• Plan and implement suitable talent acquisition approaches and methods for each segment, aligned to business requirements.
• Schedule and conduct agency briefings (where the need arises) with the hiring manager to ensure understanding of the role and set an agreed timeline and budgets.
• Review advertisements and coordinate the publishing of adverts through suitable advertising platforms both internally and externally.
• Prepare pre-screening questions for the requirements of the role to enhance online screening capability.
• Liaise with the hiring manager/recruitment panel to obtain interview questions to be included in the interview pack.
• Screen applicants and compile a long list of candidates for hiring managers who must confirm the interview list.
• Co-ordinate the interviewing process by finalising the interview packs and consolidating post-interview reports for the selection process.
• Provide advice to the interview panel during the interviews and support the hiring managers in the decisionmaking process by providing meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Review employment application and background check reports to ensure candidates meet the preemployment assessment criteria.
• Facilitate requests to service providers for psychometric assessments and schedule feedback sessions to discuss outcomes and reports with the interview panel.
• Compile recommendations based on inputs from the interview panel, interview minutes and assessments conducted and include in new hire packs.
• Manage the process of gathering candidate information to prepare pre-hire documentation and request a remuneration offer for a successful candidate by liaising with the relevant HC Business Partner.
• Present the offer to the candidate/agency, conduct negotiation process where required and advise key stakeholders on the outcome.
• Administer and submit all hiring documents for new employees in compliance with the recruitment policy and process.
• Prepare communication to unsuccessful candidates and ensure distribution of communication in line with the agreed timelines. All regrets must be made on the recruitment system.
• Build and manage candidate pools to ensure qualified candidates remain engaged in current or future opportunities, where appropriate.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines and databases by using effective headhunting techniques.

Stakeholder Management and Reporting

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and keep them informed on recruitment progress.
• Provide advice to hiring managers on transformation targets in line with the approved employment equity plan.
• Address recruitment queries and support businesses in drafting their recruitment plans to ensure vacancies are filled timeously and within budget.
• Prepare and distribute monthly and quarterly resourcing progress reports, inter alia, but not limited to:-
• Number of vacancies per division
• Active vacancies tracked against the monthly vacancy report
• Time to fill per vacancy
• Number of closed vacancies
• Number of offers declined / reasons for declining offers
• Prepare a recruitment dashboard and present recruitment progress against recruitment plans and targets, and recommend remedial action for recruitment challenges.
• Monitor that all recruitment processes have been finalised.

Key Measurements of Outputs

• Quality of reports and dashboards provided on talent acquisition.
• Average time to hire/fill vacancies.
• Quality of hires.
• Offer acceptance rate.
• Recruitment targets and plans met within the specified timeline.
• Quality of the administrative processes for talent acquisition.
• Budget management and cost optimisation targets achieved.

Expertise & Technical Competencies    
Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or a relevant field.

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience within the full recruitment cycle, using various interview techniques and evaluation methods in a medium to large enterprise in either banking and/or relevant development finance institutions and/or finance.
• Proven success in managing high-volume recruitment or filling niche, hard-to-fill roles.
• Demonstrated experience in working with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior human capital and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the various labour legislations, such as the basic conditions of employment, labour relations and employment equity.
• Demonstrated experience in head-hunting/search and targeting highly skilled resources.
• Experience in pipelining talent for critical roles for success planning a requirement.
• Familiarity with advertising and sourcing channels such as databases and professional networks.
• Knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems.
• Experience in using recruitment platforms to proactively source candidates.
• A keen understanding of the requirements for each role in the organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly pressurised environment.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience using SAP SuccessFactors (SSF).
• Human Capital Business Partnering experience.

Deadline:17th September,2026