Institutional Planning Officer at Durban University of Technology

INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING MONITORING AND EVALUATION

POST: INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING OFFICER

Minimum Requirements

• Honours Degree or equivalent (NQF 8) in a relevant discipline
• 5-8 years relevant experience in developing organizational strategic and operational plans
• Knowledge and understanding of strategic and operational planning and reporting principles
• Understand internal and external factors which impact on strategic direction of the Institution and ensure these are reflected in forecasts
• Ability to identify challenges, trends, and opportunities
• Knowledge of planning analysis tools and modelling
• High level written and oral communication skills in the business language of the University
• Demonstrated capacity to manage multiple priorities to meet competing deadlines

Summary of Duties

• Maintains and further develop the strategic planning framework and design approaches for strategic and multi-year operational planning
• Facilitate the line of sight between Institutional strategy and the APP and EAPP and facilitates the cascade of this alignment to divisional-, faculty- and departmental-level operational plans and tactical plans
• Collaborate with and capacity build stakeholders responsible for KPI achievement on planning execution principles and concepts
• Supports in the mid-term/cyclical review of the strategic plan
• Supports in the facilitation of adaptive management learning sessions
• Manage all administrative processes surrounding the strategic and operational planning process
• Collate data into reporting templates and draft written narratives for mandatory, statutory and management plans and reports
• Compile plans and complete reports, in alignment to DHET regulations and institutional requirements, for submission to DHET and Council
• Review the planning and reporting processes to make process improvement recommendations to line management
• Collaborate with Institutional Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (IPME) team and other stakeholders to support collation and compilation of data and information for the preparation of plans and reports