Latest Job Vacancies at Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC)

Job Summary

The role entails overseeing and directing the management of the Corporation’s property portfolio entailing residential, commercial, and industrial properties with a view to meeting the Corporation’s commercial and development objectives.

Functional area responsibilities include investment assets management, leasehold management, and facilities management. In relation to investment assets management, the incumbent is expected to institute systems to safeguard and optimise the utilisation of the portfolio; formulate and execute a property management, disposal and development strategy that is commercially sound and development oriented; and to pursue private sector joint venture partnerships to advance property development, revenue generation, and job creation.

In relation to leasehold management, the incumbent is expected to drive the maintenance of a culture of professional service, high collections rates and minimal impairments, high occupancy rates, and low utility service costs. With regard to facilities management, the incumbent is expected to pioneer a systematic facilities maintenance culture relating to both scheduled and ad hoc maintenance; spearhead maintenance related financial resources acquisition and budgeting; ensure effective and efficient procurement arrangements for maintenance work; and oversee the management of facilities related aspects such as security services, supplementary energy machinery and equipment, efficient energy use, etc. The executive shall also be responsible for providing overall strategic leadership and management of resources within the unit. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• A bachelor’s degree in commerce, build environment, property management or relevant field and a relevant post graduate degree at master’s level or professional accreditations such as Pr. Eng, CA (SA) or equivalent. 
• A minimum of 10 years working experience in an environment that provides adequate exposure to property management, leasehold, or facilities management with at least five (5) years at senior management level. 
• A deep understanding of property management dynamics, project management, structured finance and property development experience would be an added advantage. 

This is a five-year contract position, and the successful candidate will be subjected to signing of a performance contract and verification of qualification. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of the advertisement, please regard your application as unsuccessful. 

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Job Summary 

The incumbent shall be responsible for the following: 

The role entails overseeing and directing the sourcing, planning and rollout of infrastructure programmes on behalf of public sector and partner institutions. The incumbent is expected to drive the enlisting of the ECDC as an infrastructure programme management partner by national, provincial, local government, and other partner institutions relating to social, economic, and basic services infrastructure.

Functional areas relating to role include business development, infrastructure programme delivery management systems, infrastructure development planning, infrastructure programmes execution and monitoring, client and stakeholder relations management, and contract management. The incumbent shall also be responsible for overseeing revenue collection for services rendered, creating a sustainable revenue stream, and managing the service in a commercially sound and development-oriented manner.

The operations of the business unit are required to contribute to funding of the development mandate of the Corporation including pursuit of external funding for infrastructure development from local, national and international sources including the national treasury’s budget facility for infrastructure (BFI) and; to the attainment of sustainable institutional operating surplus. The executive shall also be responsible for providing overall strategic leadership and management of resources within the unit. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• A bachelor’s degree in relevant built-environment and a relevant post graduate degree at master’s level or accreditation as a professional civil or structural engineer, architect, or quantity surveyor. 
• Understanding of public sector infrastructure programme management frameworks. 
• Professional certification in project management or supply chain management would be an added advantage. 
• A minimum of ten (10) years working experience in the built environment of which at least 5 years must be in a senior management or portfolio management role. 
• Experience in managing the planning, procurement, delivery, and monitoring of infrastructure construction is a must. 
• Experience in the implementation of the National Treasury Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management (SIPDM) would be an added advantage. 

This is a five-year contract position, and the successful candidate will be subjected to signing of a performance contract and verification of qualification. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of the advertisement, please regard your application as unsuccessful. 

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KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

The role entails management of organizational wide talent from entry to exit with an overall objective of ensuring optimal benefit for attainment of organizational objectives while providing career growth and advancement opportunities for personnel. The functional areas relating to the human resourcing function include recruitment, induction and on boarding, succession planning, and exit management.

Functional areas relating to benefits management include industry benchmarks, maintenance of remuneration frameworks including pay scales, benefits design and optimization, sourcing of benefit management agency and underwriter, as well as personnel benefits administration. The incumbent will further be responsible for driving talent management functions related to graduate development programmes, learnerships and artisan development. The role also entails investigating, developing and implementing fit-for-purpose HR systems to improve efficiency in operations. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• Degree in industrial psychology/psychology, human resource management or related field. 
• Professional membership with relevant body or agency will be an added advantage. 
• A minimum of seven (7) years work experience in human resource management, talent management, or employee relations management environment of which three (3) years should be at supervisory level or senior consultancy role level. 

This is a permanent position, and the successful candidate will be subjected to signing of a performance contract and verification of qualification. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of the advertisement, please regard your application as unsuccessful. 

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Job Summary

The Corporation in its digitisation drive, is looking for an individual who will bridge the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and line function operations through information and business systems environment analysis to identify possible gaps and opportunities for improved efficiency in business operations.

The incumbent will be responsible for undertaking analysis of business requirements, interpreting operational needs and technical business solutions, to improve business operations by implementing new technologies and producing functional specifications for any new changes to technology applications.

The incumbent will manage the interface between Business, Systems, IT and Service Provider(s) on existing systems and guide new system implementation requirements. This will include building working relationships across teams and Business Units to enhance ICT related work delivery, collaboration, and innovation, analysing business processes and workflows to identify business improvements and/or automation opportunities.

The role includes collaborating with clients and stakeholders to understand and gather business requirements and compile detailed Functional Requirements Specification documents that are ready for vendor engagement, request for quotations or applicable ICT systems procurement processes. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

• Bachelor’s degree in information and technology, computer science, or a related field. 
• Minimum of five (5) years work experience within an ICT environment with at least two (2) years in a business analyst or application support role. 
• An understanding of application development, database and system design. 

This is a permanent position, and the successful candidate will be subjected to signing of a performance contract and verification of qualifications. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of the advertisement, please regard your application as unsuccessful.