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SEDA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) was established in December 2004, in terms of the National Small Business Amendment Act. The Act merged the previous small enterprise development agencies Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency, NAMAC Trust and the Community Public Private Partnerships (CPPP) into a single small enterprise support agency. The GODISA Trust and the National Technology Transfer Centre were merged with Seda in April 2006, becoming the Seda Technology Programme (STP). The small enterprise support function of the South African Quality Institute (SAQI) and the Technology for Women in Business (TWIB) were incorporated with the STP in 2008. To date, Seda has established a network throughout the 9 provinces with 43 branches, 31 incubation centres, provincial offices and a national office.


Seda provides business-related information, advice, business registration, access to markets, facilitation of access to finance, training and mentoring services in all areas of business development for small enterprises. Through the STP, Seda also provides business and technology incubation services, support for management systems implementation (such as ISO9001 and OHSAS 18001), product testing and
certification, as well as machinery and equipment.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the following positions:

Provincial IT Specialist
Gauteng Provincial Office: Braamfontein

Reporting to the Provincial Manager, the successful candidate will provide Information Technology administration and user support to ensure proper functioning of the Seda provincial network’s Information Technology infrastructure. He/she will monitor and administer all operating systems and supporting software applications.

Preferred minimum education and experience:

  • A recognised 3-year tertiary qualification in Information Technology (IT)
  • 3-5 years’ relevant experience in managing Information Technology and related activities.

Preferred minimum knowledge and skills:

  • Comprehensive experience as an Information Technology strategist with a wide variety of skills
  • Prior experience in network management, programming and system administration
  • Thorough knowledge of developments in the Information Technology industry.

Critical competencies:

  • Directory service administration
  • IT service management
  • Project management
  • Team player
  • Rich technical
  • Network administration
  • Service monitoring and control
  • Directory service administration.

Key performance areas:

  • Implement provincial/branch network maintenance policies and procedures
  • Administer and support the organisation’s back-end networking service systems
  • Administer and support the organisation’s Information Technology security and disaster recovery services
  • Disseminate all Information Technology-related information
  • Procure software and hardware specifications Monitor existence of all Information Technology-related software.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the following positions:

Senior Manager: ICT
National Office: Sunnyside

Reporting to Chief Strategy and Information Officer, the incumbent will develop and implement Seda Information Technology (IT) strategy, architecture (incorporating commercial, front-end and operational systems); business application solutions; IT standards, policies and procedures that are innovative in facilitating access to business information for both internal and external users. Furthermore, the successful candidate will ensure that hardware and software is of quality standards, maintained and correct security controls are in place at all levels.

Preferred minimum education and experience:

  • 3-year tertiary qualification in Information Technology
  • 5 years’ experience in an IT environment with at least 3 years at management level
  • Comprehensive experience as an IT strategist with a wide variety of skills to align IT with the strategic direction of an organisation and to re-engineer the business processes
  • Prior experience in network management, programming and system administration
  • Thorough knowledge of developments in the IT industry.

Critical competencies:

  • Cost benefit analysis
  • Leadership
  • Analytical
  • Judgement
  • Diagnostic ability.

Additional competencies:

  • Innovation
  • Business acumen
  • Information processing.

Key performance areas:

  • Develop, implement and maintain the Seda Information Technology (IT) strategy and plan
  • Develop, implement and maintain Seda IT policies and procedures aligned to good IT practice
  • Implement and maintain Seda operating, commercial and front-end systems and applications and software packages
  • Develop and implement IT security measures to control access to the Seda network and website and safeguard Seda IT infrastructure
  • Implement and maintain adequate back-up disaster recovery plan and processes
  • ICT staff management and development
  • ICT operations management
  • Information Technology (IT) budget management
  • Systems analysis.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the following positions:

Provincial Specialist: Marketing/Stakeholder Relations and Information
Gauteng Provincial Office: Braamfontein

Reporting to the Provincial Manager, the successful candidate will develop and implement an integrated provincial marketing, stakeholder relations and information management strategy and plan.

Preferred minimum education and experience:

  • A degree or diploma in Marketing/Communications or Media Relations
  • At least 5 years’ experience in the marketing/communication environment
  • Experience in interacting with stakeholders
  • Communication and information management experience.

Critical competencies:

  • Business acumen
  • Strategic thinking
  • Information management
  • Service management
  • Assertiveness
  • Communication (written and verbal) skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Stakeholder relationship skills
  • Conflict handling skills
  • Team player
  • Operational thinking
  • Analytical approach
  • Knowledge management skills.

Key performance areas:

  • Be involved in integrated marketing and stakeholder relations and information management system
  • Manage marketing and communications
  • Develop and implement an information management system for the Province
  • Develop and implement a stakeholder management system.

Please visit our website for more info: http://www.seda.org.za

To apply, please send your CV to: recruitmentgp@seda.org.za (unless otherwise stated) and specify the position and branch for which you are applying, in the subject line.

Closing date: 18 May 2012

If you have not heard from us within 90 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.