Company:
Rand Water
Industry: Government
Deadline: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Gauteng
State:
Field: Science
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- NQF 8 – science
- NQF 6 – general management education
- 8 years of post-graduate experience in the science
- 5 years of post-graduate experience in the water industry, particularly Catchment management
- 3 years experience in managing science staff
- Code 8 driver’s licence
- Proven commercial business management experience
The following are the primary duties of the position:
- Transform the operating model of the section from a corporate-funded cost centre into a profit-making commercialised business unit
- Developing, optimising, and implementing a business strategy for the section (the incumbent needs to decide on the cutting-edge catchment management services to be provided and market segment to be targeted so that the section activities are commercially viable)
- Ensure the financial viability of the section at all times
- Conducting marketing/sales activities and contracting customers for supply of services
- Developing and establishing processes to supply services to the contracted customers
- Managing operation of the service supply processes
- Conducting research and development activities on cutting-edge catchment management services, market service needs and operational processes to deliver those services
- Providing leadership to the section
- Planning, organising, implementing, and controlling section work (projects, project programmes)
- Managing section human resources, including staff temporally seconded from other sections
- Managing section finance and procurement
- Managing SHEQ aspects for the section
