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Business Manager

South African Square Kilometre Array Project
The Square Kilometre Array of South Africa (SKA SA) is a mega science project funded by National Treasury through the Department of Science and Technology. The project is administered as a business unit of the National Research Foundation. The project is a complex, multi-disciplinary engineering endeavour that will culminate in a 64-dish radio telescope array being constructed on a greenfields site in the Northern Cape, South Africa. Information about the project is available from www.ska.ac.za Information about the international SKA project is available from www.skatelescope.org

Business Manager (Contract Position)

The successful candidate will formulate SKA SA business strategy and provide leadership to advance accountability, transparency and compliance within NRF policy and legislation specific to a public environment. Special focus areas include governance, business risk management, reporting, day-to-day operations, supply chain management and the legal aspects of the negotiation and structuring of contracts/intellectual property.
Candidates should possess a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field (Commercial/Engineering) complemented by an MBA, together with relevant experience of 10 years at a senior management level. Management and administrative skills are essential, as are experience in business strategy formulation and knowledge of enterprise resource planning systems. Also key is knowledge of Government/industry developments, legislation and regulations, the application of business legislation, policies, procedures, processes and rules as set out by the BBBEE, PPPFA, PFMA and IPRPFRD Acts. Competencies that will complete the ideal profile are sound leadership, business, written and verbal communication, negotiation and presentation skills as well as conflict management, numerical ability and sound judgement. A solid engineering background would be advantageous.

For more information on the advertised positions, please visit www.ska.ac.za
Emmanuels has been exclusively retained to manage responses. Please e-mail your CV to
rh1@adcorp.co.za or fax to 086 610 0300, quoting the job title in the subject heading.
Closing date: 26 June 2011
If you have not heard from us by 8 July 2011, please assume that you have not been short-listed for either of the above positions.
As a business unit of the NRF, SKA SA is committed to employment equity and redress.
The South African Square Kilometre Array Project Office (SASPO) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) reserve the right not to make an appointment to these positions.
science and technology
Department:
Science and Technology
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA