Graduate Development Programme Co-ordinator

GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR
UMGENI WATER TRAINING CENTRE AT ULWANDLE REGION
• 5 YEAR RENEWABLE CONTRACT • REF: GDPC/10/11

Applications are invited for the above position in Umgeni Water Corporate Services Division, stationed at Umgeni Water Training Centre at Ulwandle Region. Purpose of the Job: Reporting to the GM: Corporate Services, based at Head Office in Pietermaritzburg, the incumbent will be required to drive a National Treasury initiative of developing young Graduates in Water/Waste Water Treatment and Engineering for five years for the enhancement of skills that are required by Municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape for the betterment of service delivery in those municipalities.

Key Responsibilities: • Planning of interventions that will ensure improved learning processes and meeting the competencies required for the programme • Liaising with management, supervisors and mentors to ensure that training is in accordance with programme objectives and relevant bodies e.g. CESA, SAICE, ECSA and other bodies • Enhancing standards and levels of accredited learning • Developing a co-ordinated and integrated training programme/plan • Developing a feedback mechanism for programme evaluation • Financial and Budgetary Control of the programme • Liaison with Department of National Treasury and EWSETA • Provision of reports to relevant stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications: • A Diploma/Degree in Human Resource Management with a major inTraining and Development • Minimum 5 years’ training, learning and development experience in an Engineering and/or Water and Waste Water related environment • Qualification as Skills Development Facilitator would be advantageous.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies: • Result orientation • Strong leadership skills • Project Management • Negotiation Skills • Ability to plan, organise, lead and control the various inputs • Crisis Management • Must have integrity and adherence to corporate governance • Thoroughness and high work standards • Must have negotiation and communication skills.

A five (5) year fixed term contract with an option to extend.

Appointment will be made in the context of Employment Equity. Short-listed applicants may be subjected to competency assessment and/or security clearance and will be required to produce original certificates.

Interested persons are requested to fax an application letter, together with their CV’s and certified copies of qualification to: 086 242 9680

Closing date for applications: 09 December 2011

If you do not receive a reply within four (4) weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.