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Telkom SA SOC Limited is a South African wireline and wireless telecommunications provider, operating in more than 38 countries across the African continent. Telkom is a semi-privatised, 39% state-owned enterprise.
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Core Description
- To perform acceptance, commissioning, installation, recovery, repair and maintenance of Telkom Business Systems, voice and non-voice, to satisfy customer needs.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 & relevant modular training (internal) (NQF level 4)
Experience
- 3 Years relevant experience at operational level
Special Requirements
- High stress tolerance.
- Valid driver's license.
- Not colour blind.
- Able to work at heights/ in confined spaces.
- Must be willing and able to work after hours, including overtime, call out and stand-by.
Closing Date: 14th, April 2022
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Core Description
Responsible for business development focusing on new verticals and partnerships. Focus on playing a role in the success of the organization business expansion, the formation of strategic partnerships, and increased profitability in new digital product areas.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Communication;
- Commercial Awareness;
- Negotiation techniques;
- Business Acumen
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Communication and presentation;
- Report Writing; Influencing and Negotiating;
- Thinking Creatively and Strategically;
- Organisation;
- Managing complex projects;
- Multitask; Resilience
ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Thought Leadership: Developing strategies/ Providing insights; Generating ideas; Examining information; Adopting practical approaches; CPP/ Providing Insights
- Market Leadership: Developing expertise; Interacting with people; Understanding people; Seizing opportunities
- Business Leadership: Pursuing goals; Upholding Standards; Managing tasks; Seizing opportunities
- People Leadership: Making decisions; Empowering individuals; Challenging ideas; Directing people; Convincing people; Interacting with people
- Personal Leadership: Embracing change; Thinking positively; Showing composure; Understanding people; Valuing individuals; Team working; Values
- Aligned with Telkom Values (CHART)
Job Responsibilities
The Business Development Manager will be responsible for the following: -
Organise
- Develop and manage the business development strategy to ensure growth and development of new digital products.
- Plan the execution of the business development strategy to maximise impact with scarce resources.
- Define the process to transfer the operational aspects of the digital products the relevant business unit, once the required growth KPIs have been achieved.
Research
- Be aware of new market opportunities, possibilities for expansion, competitor developments, and the current sources of the company's revenue. Identify new business opportunities, identify new markets, new partnerships, new ways to reach existing markets, or new product or service offerings to better meet the needs of existing markets.
Execute
- Responsible for developing digital products business cases.
- In conjunction with procurement negotiate product pricing on new digital products and partnerships, helping the organization maximize its profits on new digital product offerings and partnerships.
- Coordinate resources and engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment across the whole team and organisation.
- Follow up new business opportunities and setting up meetings and communicating new product developments to prospective partners/ clients.
- Ensure legislative compliance and corporate governance.
- Responsible for following up on and maintaining effective, productive, and harmonious relationships with partners.
- Perform business case evaluations and review previous investment business case decisions and the thought process of making the decision.
Handover
- Transfer day-to-day responsibility to business units once the desired KPIs have been achieved.
Qualifications
- 3-year Degree (NQF level 7) preferably in financial management, business management or equivalent. A postgraduate qualification (NQF level 8) will be preferable; e.g. Postgraduate diploma/ Masters.
Experience
- 8 years experience in a business development role, of which at least 3 years on senior management level. Working at tactical and operational levels and providing input into product strategy and business planning.
Special Requirements
- Proven leadership in business development.
- Experience working on projects with cross functional teams in an agile environment.
- Experience managing projects involving cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders that include both industry and start-ups.
Closing Date: 18th, April 2022
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Core Description
- To install/ recover/ repair/ maintain telephone equipment/ services/ cables/ wireless technology and related products to satisfy customer needs.
Competencies
- FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE: ADSL; Broadband Technologies; EMGW; Equipment; Installation/ Maintenance Procedures; Legislative Technical Environment Terminology; Network Infrastructure; Policies and Procedures; Products; Safety Regulation and Standards; Telkom Mobile Test Equipment; WCDMA; Wi-max; Wireless Technology.
- FUNCTIONAL SKILLS: Communicating; Computer Literacy; Hand/ Eye/ Ear Coordination; Marketing Techniques; Planning; Problem Solving.
- ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES: Accountability; Accurate; Confident; Continuous Performance Improvement; Conscientious; Customer orientated; Diligence; Honesty; Initiative; Proactive; Respect; Responsible; Tactful; Teamwork; Trustworthy.
Required Certification
Qualifications
- Grade 10 (Int) (NQF level 3)/ Grade 12 (Ext) and relevant modular training (NQF level 4)
Experience
- 12 Months relevant experience in the Network Field Operations
Special Requirements
- Valid driver's license.
- Prepared to work in all weather conditions.
- Prepared to work in confined spaces and at heights.
- Not colour blind.
- Able to work in all areas.
- Able to travel and stay out.
- Able to work outside normal working hours.
Closing Date: 13th, April 2022
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Core Description
Responsible to provide extensive support to Investor Relations in managing the compilation and distribution of information aimed at improving investor constituencies understanding of the group's strategy, operations and performance. Responsible for all aspects of IR administration, including tracking of submissions, reports and matters arising from Investor Relations within the Telkom Group. Being the key point of contact for analysts and the broader investment community. Assist in developing investor presentations, communications re key events e.g. M&A transactions, press releases, scripts and Q&A briefing documents. Ensure compliance of the Investor Relations website and that it contains all required information and that the information is accurate and up to date. Responsible for the administration associated with the production and issuing of the Annual Reports and presentations.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Business Administration; Budgeting; Financial Admin; Communication; Investor Relations; Project management; Telkom policies and processes; Computer software
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Planning; Communication; Problem solving; Analytical ability; Presentation techniques; Control techniques; Time management; Relationship management; Business and report writing; computer literacy
ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Attention to detail; Responsible; Trustworthy; Proactive; Ability to apply judgement; Conscientious; Accurate; Responsible; Assertive; Able to maintain high levels of confidentiality and integrity; Proactive; Team player; Customer focused
Job Responsibilities
- Maintaining database management system NASDAQ (dedicated licence and training)
- Schedule meetings and manage the recording of notes post meetings, roadshows and conferences
- Update database management system
- Running profile reports ahead of meetings from NASDAQ
- -Ensure compliance of IR Website as a tool to avoid selective disclosure
- -Ensure sell side list is updated
- Upload results material, SENS announcements and presentations of conferences, investor days etc.
- Upload all transcripts from webcast and conference calls
- Maintain IR App and Testing requirements with IT
- Manage roadshows and conferences
- Obtain broker conference dates from all brokers and compile a list of conferences
- Liaise with travel agencies for booking of accommodation and flights
- Liaise with lead brokers for schedules, Visa letters, transfers etc.
- Liaise with PA's of Group CEO, CFO, and Exco members to ensure alignment of plans
- Assist with requisition of advances, roaming, insurance letters, recons etc.
- Organise pre-closed and post results events with analysts
- Work with events management team on annual and interim results
- Organising of Chairman's roadshows
- Organise investor days and roundtables
- Financial Administration
- Assist with budgeting processes
- Creation of PO's and payment of invoices
- Ad-hoc Integrated Report support i.e. Exco and Board photoshoots, recording of CEO messages, scheduling of meetings with all content players
- Scheduling of campus meetings with the investment community organise logistics
- Drive on boarding of IR staff organising access, computers etc.
Qualifications
- Relevant 3 year Business related degree or diploma (NQF level 6)
Experience
- 5 years relevant experience, of which 3 years must have been in Investor Relations environment or high level financial support environment
Special Requirements
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Willing to work after hours.
- Willing and/or able to travel.
Closing Date: 12th, April 2022
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Core Description
- Provide Facilities Management (FM) services delivered through the proactive management of the Integrated Facilities Management outsourcing contract against a pre-defined set of SLA's and working with the respective business owners to ensure the functionality of all facilities and to ensure the value preservation and sustainability of our assets.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Regulatory Environment; Integrated facilities management; Utilities Management; Facilities Management; Building products, hard and soft Services; Supply chain and other administration Procedures
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Negotiations, written and oral communication; Financial and analytical; Energetic and extremely flexible; Motivated and able to work in an incredibly fast and fluid organization; Able to work independently; Innovative
FUNCTIONAL ATTITUDES
- Assertive; Integrity; Customer Focus; Ethical; Performance Driven; Team Player; Process Orientated; Professional
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create and Manage implementation of reactive and planned maintenance activities and ensure ongoing execution by project managing the entire process
- Create and Manage, Standards, Policies, Scopes of Work relating to Facilities & Utilities Management
- Provide input into the property, facilities management and utilities management budget creation, perform costs analysis, ensure all costs are in accordance with budgetary restrictions
- Manage the output of service providers to ensure delivery of service according to SLAs and cost efficiencies for the business
- Achieving compliance to statutory regulations, policies and procedures including conducting inspections, liaising with tenants to assist with non-compliance
- Manage newly vacated premises by conducting take-back inspections and actioning the request to reinstate, ensuring these items are fixed and billed accordingly and the property is reinstated to an agreed quality and standard
- Liaise with clients, responding to queries in quick turnaround times and generally manage the client-landlord relationship - To effectively manage relationships with service providers to achieve effective and efficient service delivery in a cost-effective manner and in line with good business and industry practices
- Conduct building inspections to ensure standards are maintained, manage the service providers when areas are not up to standard and escalate when non-conformance
- Monitor and investigate red flags that have been escalated in terms of utility bills - Monitor utility usage, implement and manage plans to achieve optimized savings
- Reporting as per governance structures
- Manage Facilities, Sustainability and Utilities audits and findings
Required Certification
- Certified Facilities Practitioner (SAFMA) (IFMA) - Preferable
Qualifications
- Relevant 3 year degree/ Diploma (at least NQF level 6) (B. Com, B.Sc. Property Studies, QS, Engineering).
Experience
- 5 years of facilities management experience in commercial or corporate real estate with experience in managing internal and/or external teams
Closing Date: 10th, April 2022
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Core Description
- Provide Facilities Management (FM) services delivered through the proactive management of the Integrated Facilities Management outsourcing contract against a pre-defined set of SLA's and working with the respective business owners to ensure the functionality of all facilities and to ensure the value preservation and sustainability of our assets.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Regulatory Environment; Integrated facilities management; Utilities Management; Facilities Management; Building products, hard and soft Services; Supply chain and other administration Procedures
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Negotiations, written and oral communication; Financial and analytical; Energetic and extremely flexible; Motivated and able to work in an incredibly fast and fluid organization; Able to work independently; Innovative
FUNCTIONAL ATTITUDES
- Assertive; Integrity; Customer Focus; Ethical; Performance Driven; Team Player; Process Orientated; Professional
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create and Manage implementation of reactive and planned maintenance activities and ensure ongoing execution by project managing the entire process
- Create and Manage, Standards, Policies, Scopes of Work relating to Facilities & Utilities Management
- Provide input into the property, facilities management and utilities management budget creation, perform costs analysis, ensure all costs are in accordance with budgetary restrictions
- Manage the output of service providers to ensure delivery of service according to SLAs and cost efficiencies for the business
- Achieving compliance to statutory regulations, policies and procedures including conducting inspections, liaising with tenants to assist with non-compliance
- Manage newly vacated premises by conducting take-back inspections and actioning the request to reinstate, ensuring these items are fixed and billed accordingly and the property is reinstated to an agreed quality and standard
- Liaise with clients, responding to queries in quick turnaround times and generally manage the client-landlord relationship - To effectively manage relationships with service providers to achieve effective and efficient service delivery in a cost-effective manner and in line with good business and industry practices
- Conduct building inspections to ensure standards are maintained, manage the service providers when areas are not up to standard and escalate when non-conformance
- Monitor and investigate red flags that have been escalated in terms of utility bills - Monitor utility usage, implement and manage plans to achieve optimized savings
- Reporting as per governance structures
- Manage Facilities, Sustainability and Utilities audits and findings
Required Certification
- Certified Facilities Practitioner (SAFMA) (IFMA) - Preferable
Qualifications
- Relevant 3 year degree/ Diploma (at least NQF level 6) (B. Com, B.Sc. Property Studies, QS, Engineering).
Experience
- 5 years of facilities management experience in commercial or corporate real estate with experience in managing internal and/or external teams
Closing Date: 10th, April 2022
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Core Description
- Responsible for ensuring the leadership and management of Telkom digital innovation products in verticals. Manages the entire product lifecycle and product roadmap.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Digital products; Project Management tools; Verbal and written communication; Product, the market, and customers; Product Lifecycle Management & Ownership
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Interpersonal; Team leadership; Relationship Management; Empathetic leader; Empathetic leader; Creative Conceptual Thinking; Communication; Making Decisions; Prioritisation; Stakeholder Engagement; Problem-Solving; Critical thinking; Negotiation
ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Thought Leadership: Developing strategies/ Providing insights; Generating ideas; Examining information; Adopting practical approaches; CPP/ Providing Insights
- Market Leadership: Developing expertise; Interacting with people; Understanding people; Seizing opportunities
- Business Leadership: Pursuing goals; Upholding Standards; Managing tasks; Seizing opportunities
- People Leadership: Making decisions; Empowering individuals; Challenging ideas; Directing people; Convincing people; Interacting with people
- Personal Leadership: Embracing change; Thinking positively; Showing composure; Understanding people; Valuing individuals; Team working; Values Aligned with Telkom Values (CHART)
Job Responsibilities
The digital product manager will be responsible for the following:
- Working with multiple teams managing, designing and building highly effective and commercially viable digital product strategies and roadmaps.
- Able to create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI.
- Analyse consumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from an ROI and build vs. buy perspective.
- Work closely with the Business Units to develop growth, and engagement strategies of the digital product.
- Identify the cross-functional activities necessary to bring the product to market through the entire lifecycle of a product.
- Ensures that product strategy aligns with Telkom overall strategy and that roadmaps clearly support business goals.
- Identifying areas of friction within business processes and systems and pro-actively researching and recommending solutions.
- Creates and manages the product roadmap to capture the strategic plans and timeline for the product.
- Know how to estimate the time it will take to complete a project and identify potential problems related to scope or limited resources.
- Facilitate the collection, documentation and analysis of requirements.
- Document understanding of scope, complexity and dependencies.
- Coordinate and oversee Change Management tasks.
- Aligning stakeholders around the vision for the product.
- Transfer day-to-day responsibility of the digital product beyond the incubation stage back to business units once the desired KPIs have been achieved.
- Responsible for collecting ideas, prioritizing them, and adding them to the roadmap.
- Responsible for both strategic and tactical activities and are able to easily context-switch between an internal and external focus.
Required Certification
- Certification in Project management preferred
Qualifications
- 3-year Degree/ Diploma (NQF level 6) preferably in product design; computer science; business science or engineering would be advantageous or equivalent.
- A postgraduate qualification (NQF level 8) will be preferable; e.g. Postgraduate diploma/ Masters.
Experience
- 7 years experience of developing and delivering a digital products previously, of which at least 2 years on management level - senior level product development or product manager/ owner.
Special Requirements
- Proven leadership in product management.
- Experience working on projects with cross functional teams in an Agile environment.
- Experience managing projects involving cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders that include both industry and research institutions.
- Working at tactical and operational levels and providing input into product strategy and business planning. Integrating business and technical product segments to achieve objectives, delivery and targets.
Comments
The Company adopted a hybrid operating model whereby employees will have two registered workplace locations. This job is identified to be performed from home therefore the home-base office location is the primary workplace and the official office-based location is the secondary workplace.
Closing Date: 10th, April 2022
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Core Description
Support data driven solutions by leveraging your software and data engineering experience across a wide set of use cases within the Telkom Group and throughout its customer base. In this role, you will become a member of Telkom Strategic Insights (TSI), a new team within Telkom Group’s Strategic Division; focused on maturing Telkom’s data landscape by building data driven solutions for large-scale problems. To succeed, you should be highly skilled in batch and real-time data ingestion, and data transformation with the ability to design, build and scale data pipelines for efficient data integration and processing. TSI is one of the biggest data orientated teams in the country, with over 50 data professionals spread over 4 smaller teams: Data Management, Data Insights, AI/ML, and Engineering. This team structure enables us to achieve a holistic balance between start-up and corporate culture.
Competencies
- Extensive knowledge and experience with data engineering and integration concepts and terms.
- Strong relational and non-relational database foundational knowledge.
- Able to create and maintain robust, automated data pipelines and DAG workflows.
- Experienced with analysis and improvement of business and software systems and processes.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of best practices, standards and deployment options enabling data transfer in batches or real time, on-prem and in the cloud.
- Cloud platform management (GCP, Azure, AWS, etc.)
- Experience with Linux, Python 3, Java, Scala, SQL, JavaScript, and tools in our stack including: PySpark, Hadoop, Cloudera, Kafka, Airflow, Argo, Prefect, Dagster, Redis, RabbitMQ, Beam, Arrow, Arrow Flight, Iceberg, Dremio, Ab Initio, Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, GitLab, Terraform, GCP, PowerPoint, Word & Excel.
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Stakeholder management
- Skilled planner
- Takes initiative
- Growth mindset
- Can do attitude
- Systems orientated
- Innovative thinker
- Works well in teams
- Works well under pressure
- Relishes dynamic/changing environment
- Hard working and conscientious
- Highly skilled in multitasking and context switching
- Excellent time management
- Can solve difficult problems
- Strives to achieve high quality output
Job Responsibilities
Data Engineering
- Architect, develop and maintain a declarative data integration solution with the ability to move data between databases, file systems and other locations while tracking data quality according to measures set by data owner.
- Enhance our big data and real-time data capabilities by using both open-source and internally developed tools, designed to efficiently move data while ensuring integrity.
- Oversee data support for specialized data centric services we provide, including ETL/ELT, data modelling, database design, data quality assessments, data format conversion, data transformation and data tool selection.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of data engineering tools, related technologies, data security and data privacy laws.
- Guide standards and best practices across the data stack.
Processes, Automation and DevOps
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of our toolsets used to automate various jobs and scheduled tasks.
- Mature our DevOps practices, cloud-based toolsets, and production applications.
- Identify systemic inefficiencies, conceptualise possible solutions and drive their development.
- Ensure consistent documentation of all implemented tools, systems, and processes.
- Support tools, data integration applications and infrastructure lifecycles via standard service management principles and processes.
Business and Leadership
- Use data engineering techniques to innovate and solve problems, translating business requirements into system designs.
- Engage with stakeholders to support the design and delivery of data science projects and solutions.
- Lead and develop a team of junior data engineers.
- Contribute to our agile way of work and innovation culture.
Required Certification
- Any data or cloud platform (GCP, Azure, AWS) certification is required, other relevant certifications will be highly advantageous.
Qualifications
- A formal qualification of at least NQF level 6 in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Software and/or Data Engineering or a related field. Any relevant specialised certifications or a post-graduate degree will be especially advantageous.
Experience
- 3-5 years relevant experience, of which at least 2 years must have been in a data engineering environment.
Special Requirements
- Experience with PySpark and other big data technologies
- Conscious of the various laws and privacy concerns surrounding personal and corporate data.
- Experience with task and workflow automation, DAGs, and relevant tooling.
- Experience with OOP and automated testing in Python.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform and its products.
- Comfortable with mono-repo architecture and the relevant tooling.
- Experience with git workflows and interfaces.
- Experience with semantic versioning.
Closing Date: 25th, April 2022
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Core Description
Support data driven solutions by leveraging your software and data engineering experience across a wide set of use cases within the Telkom Group and throughout its customer base. In this role, you will become a member of Telkom Strategic Insights (TSI), a new team within Telkom Group’s Strategic Division; focused on maturing Telkom’s data landscape by building data driven solutions for large-scale problems. To succeed, you should be highly skilled in batch and real-time data ingestion, and data transformation with the ability to design, build and scale data pipelines for efficient data integration and processing. TSI is one of the biggest data orientated teams in the country, with over 50 data professionals spread over 4 smaller teams: Data Management, Data Insights, AI/ML, and Engineering. This team structure enables us to achieve a holistic balance between start-up and corporate culture.
Competencies
- Extensive knowledge and experience with data engineering and integration concepts and terms.
- Strong relational and non-relational database foundational knowledge.
- Able to create and maintain robust, automated data pipelines and DAG workflows.
- Experienced with analysis and improvement of business and software systems and processes.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of best practices, standards and deployment options enabling data transfer in batches or real time, on-prem and in the cloud.
- Cloud platform management (GCP, Azure, AWS, etc.)
- Experience with Linux, Python 3, Java, Scala, SQL, JavaScript, and tools in our stack including: PySpark, Hadoop, Cloudera, Kafka, Airflow, Argo, Prefect, Dagster, Redis, RabbitMQ, Beam, Arrow, Arrow Flight, Iceberg, Dremio, Ab Initio, Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, GitLab, Terraform, GCP, PowerPoint, Word & Excel.
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Stakeholder management
- Skilled planner
- Takes initiative
- Growth mindset
- Can do attitude
- Systems orientated
- Innovative thinker
- Works well in teams
- Works well under pressure
- Relishes dynamic/changing environment
- Hard working and conscientious
- Highly skilled in multitasking and context switching
- Excellent time management
- Can solve difficult problems
- Strives to achieve high quality output
Job Responsibilities
Data Engineering
- Architect, develop and maintain a declarative data integration solution with the ability to move data between databases, file systems and other locations while tracking data quality according to measures set by data owner.
- Enhance our big data and real-time data capabilities by using both open-source and internally developed tools, designed to efficiently move data while ensuring integrity.
- Oversee data support for specialized data centric services we provide, including ETL/ELT, data modelling, database design, data quality assessments, data format conversion, data transformation and data tool selection.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of data engineering tools, related technologies, data security and data privacy laws.
- Guide standards and best practices across the data stack.
Processes, Automation and DevOps
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of our toolsets used to automate various jobs and scheduled tasks.
- Mature our DevOps practices, cloud-based toolsets, and production applications.
- Identify systemic inefficiencies, conceptualise possible solutions and drive their development.
- Ensure consistent documentation of all implemented tools, systems, and processes.
- Support tools, data integration applications and infrastructure lifecycles via standard service management principles and processes.
Business and Leadership
- Use data engineering techniques to innovate and solve problems, translating business requirements into system designs.
- Engage with stakeholders to support the design and delivery of data science projects and solutions.
- Lead and develop a team of junior data engineers.
- Contribute to our agile way of work and innovation culture.
Required Certification
- Any data or cloud platform (GCP, Azure, AWS) certification is required, other relevant certifications will be highly advantageous.
Qualifications
- A formal qualification of at least NQF level 6 in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Software and/or Data Engineering or a related field. Any relevant specialised certifications or a post-graduate degree will be especially advantageous.
Experience
- 3-5 years relevant experience, of which at least 2 years must have been in a data engineering environment.
Special Requirements
- Experience with PySpark and other big data technologies
- Conscious of the various laws and privacy concerns surrounding personal and corporate data.
- Experience with task and workflow automation, DAGs, and relevant tooling.
- Experience with OOP and automated testing in Python.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform and its products.
- Comfortable with mono-repo architecture and the relevant tooling.
- Experience with git workflows and interfaces.
- Experience with semantic versioning.
Closing Date: 25th, April 2022
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Core Description
Support data driven solutions by leveraging your software and data engineering experience across a wide set of use cases within the Telkom Group and throughout its customer base. In this role, you will become a member of Telkom Strategic Insights (TSI), a new team within Telkom Group’s Strategic Division; focused on maturing Telkom’s data landscape by building data driven solutions for large-scale problems. To succeed, you should be highly skilled in batch and real-time data ingestion, and data transformation with the ability to design, build and scale data pipelines for efficient data integration and processing. TSI is one of the biggest data orientated teams in the country, with over 50 data professionals spread over 4 smaller teams: Data Management, Data Insights, AI/ML, and Engineering. This team structure enables us to achieve a holistic balance between start-up and corporate culture.
Competencies
- Extensive knowledge and experience with data engineering and integration concepts and terms.
- Strong relational and non-relational database foundational knowledge.
- Able to create and maintain robust, automated data pipelines and DAG workflows.
- Experienced with analysis and improvement of business and software systems and processes.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of best practices, standards and deployment options enabling data transfer in batches or real time, on-prem and in the cloud.
- Cloud platform management (GCP, Azure, AWS, etc.)
- Experience with Linux, Python 3, Java, Scala, SQL, JavaScript, and tools in our stack including: PySpark, Hadoop, Cloudera, Kafka, Airflow, Argo, Prefect, Dagster, Redis, RabbitMQ, Beam, Arrow, Arrow Flight, Iceberg, Dremio, Ab Initio, Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, GitLab, Terraform, GCP, PowerPoint, Word & Excel.
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Stakeholder management
- Skilled planner
- Takes initiative
- Growth mindset
- Can do attitude
- Systems orientated
- Innovative thinker
- Works well in teams
- Works well under pressure
- Relishes dynamic/changing environment
- Hard working and conscientious
- Highly skilled in multitasking and context switching
- Excellent time management
- Can solve difficult problems
- Strives to achieve high quality output
Job Responsibilities
Data Engineering
- Architect, develop and maintain a declarative data integration solution with the ability to move data between databases, file systems and other locations while tracking data quality according to measures set by data owner.
- Enhance our big data and real-time data capabilities by using both open-source and internally developed tools, designed to efficiently move data while ensuring integrity.
- Oversee data support for specialized data centric services we provide, including ETL/ELT, data modelling, database design, data quality assessments, data format conversion, data transformation and data tool selection.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of data engineering tools, related technologies, data security and data privacy laws.
- Guide standards and best practices across the data stack.
Processes, Automation and DevOps
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of our toolsets used to automate various jobs and scheduled tasks.
- Mature our DevOps practices, cloud-based toolsets, and production applications.
- Identify systemic inefficiencies, conceptualise possible solutions and drive their development.
- Ensure consistent documentation of all implemented tools, systems, and processes.
- Support tools, data integration applications and infrastructure lifecycles via standard service management principles and processes.
Business and Leadership
- Use data engineering techniques to innovate and solve problems, translating business requirements into system designs.
- Engage with stakeholders to support the design and delivery of data science projects and solutions.
- Lead and develop a team of junior data engineers.
- Contribute to our agile way of work and innovation culture.
Required Certification
- Any data or cloud platform (GCP, Azure, AWS) certification is required, other relevant certifications will be highly advantageous.
Qualifications
- A formal qualification of at least NQF level 6 in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Software and/or Data Engineering or a related field. Any relevant specialised certifications or a post-graduate degree will be especially advantageous.
Experience
- 3-5 years relevant experience, of which at least 2 years must have been in a data engineering environment.
Special Requirements
- Experience with PySpark and other big data technologies
- Conscious of the various laws and privacy concerns surrounding personal and corporate data.
- Experience with task and workflow automation, DAGs, and relevant tooling.
- Experience with OOP and automated testing in Python.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform and its products.
- Comfortable with mono-repo architecture and the relevant tooling.
- Experience with git workflows and interfaces.
- Experience with semantic versioning.
Closing Date: 25th, April 2022
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Core Description
Responsible to implement the Retirement Fund compliance policy and risk management plan, as well as setting company-wide compliance standards in order to provide a good and sound governance function. Design controls and compliance monitoring programmes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and provide training programmes to entrench a culture of compliance. Establish and build effective relationships with fund members, unions, the Board of Trustees, the Audit/ Compliance Committee and other stakeholders.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Risk Management; Business Principles, Practices Processes; Annuity Products; Income Tax Act; Pension Acts & Regulations; Pension Fund Investments; Retirement Schemes; Regulatory Requirements.
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Interpersonal; Administration; Analytical; Decision Making; Relationship Building; Communication; Networking; Conceptual Ability.
ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Ethical; Dedicated; Accurate; Responsible; Trustworthy; Internal Locus of Control; Integrity; Transparency
Job Responsibilities
- Monitor Compliance by developing compliance and governance monitoring programme
- Identify role players and allocate responsibility
- Ensure efficiency and coverage of regulatory risks and business activities
- Compare business practices with compliance rules to ensure that regulatory requirements are met
- Document discrepancies with rules and initiate corrective action
- Report on non-compliance and inform Principal Officer and Audit/ Risk/ Compliance Committee
- Identify meeting/ event requirements and schedule activities and participants
- Prepare relevant documents and distribute communication to aid relevant role players in implementing board decisions - Monitor/ follow up resolutions reached at meetings
- Ensure Compliance Communication
- Update compliance policy with legislative changes
- Prepare reports and attend Audit/ Risk/ Compliance Committee and Board of Trustees meetings
- Provide feedback regarding status of regulatory compliance
- Establish lines of communication with stakeholders
- Ensure documentation and communication is submitted to relevant stakeholders
- Provide consultancy, advise and recommendations on regulatory risks and business monitoring activities
- Implement Compliance/ Governance Policy and Risk Management Plan
- Set company-wide standards for compliance and develop policy
- Ensure implementation of policy and standards
- Identify, analyse and prioritise regulatory requirements and conduct risk assessment
- Develop compliance risk management plan
- Design controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Compile and maintain compliance plan and allocate responsibilities for compliance measures
- Entrench a compliance culture through training programmes and awareness campaigns
- Monitor changes to legislation and adapt compliance risk management policy accordingly
- Establish and Maintain Stakeholder Relationships
- Determine key stakeholders
- Understand stakeholders position and interest
- Offer meaningful information to stakeholders
- Coordinate internal and external communication
- Monitor, review and refresh stakeholder relationship
- Provide a supporting role to the PEO and Trustees on pension Funds related matters
- Arrange and manager asset manager visits and develop a rooster of meetings with Fund associated asset managers and none TRF asset managers.
- Provide best in governance, pension fund management across the value chain.
- General of investments experience in pension Funds, i.e overlays, and derivatives, equities, bonds etc.
- Section 13A compliance monitoring and reporting
Required Certification
Qualifications
- Relevant 3 year B.Com Degree or 3 year Legal Degree/ Diploma in Retirement Funds administration
Experience
- 5 Years relevant experience in a Pension or Retirement Fund administration environment
Special Requirements
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the relevant pension acts and regulations.
- Familiar with relevant portions of legislation such as FAIS Act, Long Term Insurance and Labour Relations Act.
- Good understanding of the different types of retirement schemes, annuity products and pension fund investments.
Closing Date: 10th, April 2022
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Core Description
As a Senior Data Scientist your primary role will be to lead and participate in data science projects, solving a variety of use cases across the Telkom Group and for its customers. You will be an expert in employing and evolving data science tools and frameworks across on-prem and cloud big data infrastructure to assist the Insights team to unlock measurable value for the group. Together with a team of lead and senior data scientists you will develop our machine learning and deep learning competencies and will train and develop our junior data science resources.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Statistical foundations; Mathematical foundations; Data science and analytics frameworks; Programming experience (Python, R, Git, Linux);
- Cloud computing experience (GCP preferable); Big Data (preferably Hadoop, PySpark)
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Problem Solving; Coding capability (specifically Python, R, Git, Linux); Cloud computing (GCP preferable); Machine learning; Research &
- development ability; Communication (written and verbal); Stakeholder management
ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Problem solver; Takes initiative; Task oriented; Hard working with a "can do" attitude; Innovative thinker; Works well in teams; Works well under pressure.
Job Responsibilities
- Engage with stakeholders to lead and support data science project delivery solving business problems or developing solutions
- Using mathematical, statistical and machine learning techniques to solve problems
- Programming solutions using data science programming languages (Python, R etc.)
- Executing end to end exploratory data analysis and product development processes
- Implementing visualization (Tableau, PowerBI), advanced analytics and data science solutions for customers
- Lead and develop a team of junior data scientists
- Strong support to the lead data scientist
- Contribute to our agile way of work and our innovation culture
Operational:
- Work with the data management team to retrieve data from source
- Guide most appropriate data science tools and/or approaches for specific projects
- Contribute to our ML/DL codebase through reusable modules
- Developing & peer reviewing code
- Building best practice standards
Required Certification
Qualifications
- Post graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or a related field (NQF level 8); OR a qualified Actuary with data science experience. A Masters degree (NQF level 9) will be an advantage.
Experience
- 5-7 years relevant experience, at least 2 years of which must have been in a data science environment. 2 years of the above experience must have been in a management or supervisory role. Experience in ICT will be an advantage.
Special Requirements
- Strong statistical & mathematical foundations.
Comments
- The Company adopted a hybrid operating model whereby employees will have two registered workplace locations. This job is identified to be performed from home therefor the home-base office location is the primary workplace and the official office-based location is the secondary workplace.
Closing Date: 25th, April 2022
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Core Description
Responsible to execute the strategic roadmap and create value through delivery of internal and external artificial intelligence solutions and products. Oversight of a portfolio of data science projects, providing strategic and technical guidance on solving a variety of use cases across the Telkom Group and for its customers. Develop machine learning and deep learning competencies and manage and develop a 'full-stack' team of data science specialists. The role's focus will be on NLP, both text and speech, but projects can span Computer Vision and other domains.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Statistical and mathematical foundations; Data science and analytics frameworks (NLP and Computer Vision); Programming (Python, R, Git,
- Linux); Cloud computing (GCP preferable); Big Data (Cloudera, Hadoop, Spark)
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
- Strategic thinking; Innovative thinking; Communication (written and verbal); Stakeholder management; Planning & organizing (Miro, Confluence & Jira); Research & development
ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Business Leadership; Market Leadership; Personal Leadership; Problem solver; Takes initiative; Hard working; Can do attitude; Innovative
- thinker; Works well in teams; Works well under pressure; Relishes dynamic/ changing environment; Time management
Job Responsibilities
- Define and implement the AI strategy and product roadmap in relation to the TKG strategy, and provide input into the broader strategic direction of Telkom Strategic Insights
- Cultivate and manage working relationships with a variety of stakeholders to support the design and delivery of data science projects and solutions
- Develop business cases for new solutions or products, and establish the value for existing projects
- Determine the most appropriate data science tools/ approaches for specific projects
- Execute end to end data science projects and product development processes
- Engage with our data engineering team to ensure any AI products or solutions are managed
- Identify and manage resource requirements including people and systems
- Lead and develop a team of data scientists and provide hands on guidance
- Establish, document and champion data science best practices in the team
- Help Strategic Insights become thought leaders in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence
- Stay abreast of new developments and solutions in the market to ensure we don't fall behind
- Contribute to our agile way of work and our innovation culture
- Consistent documentation of all implemented systems and processes
Required Certification
- Data science and cloud certifications will be advantageous (GCP, Azure, AWS).
Qualifications
- Post graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field (NQF level 8); OR a qualified Actuary with data science experience. A Master's degree (NQF level 9) will be an advantage
Experience
- 7 years of work experience in the field of data science with at least 2 years having been on management/ specialist level. Experience in ICT/ Telecommunications will be an advantage.
Special Requirements
- Experience in Natural Language Processing. Strong statistical & mathematical foundations. Experience with Google Cloud Platform. Expected to stay abreast of new data science developments and to put them into practice.
Closing Date: 25th, April 2022
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CORE DESCRIPTION:
- Perform acceptance/ commissioning/ assurance/ fulfilment and preventative maintenance on Core and Access telecommunications technologies.
Competencies
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE:
- Application Software; Broadband technology; IP Technology; Mechanical Aids; Network Management Systems; Ancillary Equipment; Safety & EMS Regulation & Standards; Switching Technology; Non-Voice; Transmission Technology; Wireless Technology
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:
- Administration; Analytical; Communicating; Computer Literacy; Interpersonal; Mast and Tower Climbing; Configuration; Technical& Test Equipment Handling & Techniques; Skills transfer; Rectifier First Line Maintenance
ATTITUDES:
- Accurate; Customer Focus; Dedicated; Proactive; Quality Awareness; Responsible; Team Player; Adaptable
Job Responsibilities
- Maintained Equipment/ Systems/ Performed Routines (PMT) Repaired Equipment/ System Installed Equipment/ Systems/ Activated Services Recovered Equipment/ Systems/ Services Commissioned/ Accepted Installations Performed Compliances See attached JD for more details.
Required Certification
Qualifications
- Electrical Engineering diploma (N6/S4) Light Current (at least NQF level 6), with 1 Year experience at operational level.
OR
- Grade 12 with Maths & Science & relevant modular training (NQF level 4) with 3 Years experience at operational level.
Special Requirements
- Valid driver's license.
- Not colour blind.
- No fear of heights (Masts & Towers - fall arrest, rescue & rope access).
- Must be able to work after hours, including overtime, call out and stand-by.
- Able to function in stressful environment
Closing Date: 14th, April 2022.
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Core Description
To drive sales campaigns on behalf of Telkom in the Mobile and Fibre footprint. Canvassing for new business. When Leads are allocated, agents will be required to call the customer base, identify leads and close sales. Reporting back to sales management on sales made. Ability to explain and sell the product to the Customer. Ability to take the order on-site and submit for processing. Understanding of Telecommunications Technologies e.g Mobile/Fibre. Continuous feedback and communication to the customer until the service has been installed.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT OR CONTRACT POSITION BUT A 3rd PARTY AGENT OPPORTUNITY. REMUNERATION IS ONLY SALES COMMISSION BASED
Experience
- Sales experience in the ICT or Telecommunication sector.
- Special Requirements
- Driver's licence.
- Flexible working hours.
- Should be able to work after hours and weekends.
- Direct Sales experience with some IT and data knowledge (telecommunications/mobile industry).
Closing Date: 18th, April 2022.
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