Assistant Director (post level 7) (contract appointment: 3 years): DIRAP at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

•     Develop and support Business Intelligence (BI) reports as required by business partners.
•     Manage and support the rollout of BI within the Institution.
•     Support of Business Analysts in daytoday functions e.g. investigations, testing, etc.
•     Manage Institutional information dashboards and visualisations.
•     Promote a continuous improvement culture within the team.
•     Design, research, develop, analyse and suggest new concepts as well as strategies.
•     Lead and direct different crossfunctional programs and projects of varied sizes and types.
•     Exercise decisionmaking and independent judgment while being aligned with customers and management.
•     Promote innovations to support business requirements through activities that test, pilot and implement innovative concepts for optimal customer experience.
•     Manage ideas from the design stage through to implementation and documentation.
•     Manage, develop and implement innovative dashboards for business users.
•     Roll out and analyse the effectiveness of initiatives that leverage multiplatform technologies.
•     Initiate, develop and maintain a range of working relationships, with internal and external stakeholders.
•     Willing to learn new technologies, teach and share knowledge with other team members.

Inherent Job Requirements:

•     Honours degree on NQF level 8 in Information Technology.
•     Minimum five (5) years’ relevant working experience related to the duties and responsibilities.
•     Minimum three (3) years’ experience with Business Intelligence Development.

Recommendations:

•     Master's degree on NQF level 9 in Information Technology.
•     A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in an IT/ higher education information system.
•     Experience in Data visualisation.
•     Experience using SQL server.
•     Experience in managing and setup up specifications in Business Intelligence.
•     Experience with data modelling and databases such as SQL, Oracle.
•     Experience with software development methodologies and practices.

Competencies
Key Competencies:

    Results Orientated: 

•     The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations.
•     The ability to be reliable, responsible, dependable and to fulfil obligations.

    Strategic Thinking: 

•     The ability to focus on details, work towards perfection, and approach work in a neat and organised manner.
•     The ability to carefully analyse information and use logic to address issues and problems at work.

    Business Acumen:

•     Proficient in using MS Office.
•     Knowledge of development of cubes and latest software like PowerHeda, PowerBI, and Tableau.
•     Demonstrated ability to foster an environment for ideation, prototyping, and production.
•     Demonstrated business acumen to take from design to implementation and preferably experience scaling a concept.
•     Must have IT Development and Systems Knowledge.
•     Project management skills.

    Leading: 

•     The ability to be cooperative with others, display a goodnatured attitude, and encourage people to work together.

    Building Coalitions:

•     The ability to interact with others and establish personal connections with people.
•     The ability to make decisions through consultation, collaboration, and working with close supervision.