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Job Description
What impact will you make?
Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration, and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential. The Public Interest Affairs team within the Africa Sustainability Office makes an impact that matters by advancing and influencing matters of public interest within the Firm’s non-market eco-systems and regulatory landscape, as well as driving a purpose-driven mindset within the Firm’s key business decision-making
Job Description
Main Purpose of Job
- Support the Africa Public Interest Affairs Team in the planning and execution of its Regulatory Affairs and Public policy mandate
Key Performance Areas:
Strategic Impact
Supports leadership in the delivery of services to internal clients in line with the defined strategic objectives:
- Provides support to management in the implementation of change initiatives
- Works with team to complete work by set deadlines advising manager of any issues prior to deadlines
- Develops relationships with peer group at client to understand their business
- Raises effective solutions to address issues in area of expertise that may enhance / renew service offerings to clients
Budgets / Profitability
- Effective use of time, equipment, and resource
Differentiators for this specific role
- Project management and co-ordination of non-market stakeholder policy across Africa
- managing the Africa-wide relationship owner network and ongoing co-ordination for firm’s MFS 4 Regulatory & Public Policy submissions
- tracking and monitoring of the regulatory engagement plan and firm’s commitments to key non-market stakeholders across Africa
- Support in drafting comment letters and position papers relating to key areas of regulatory and public policy focus, including written submissions to governments on proposed legislation, POVs, talking points, and thought leadership as appropriate
- Co-ordinating quarterly communication with RPP community across Africa
- Conduct desktop research to support key regulatory affairs and public policy focus areas
- Monitoring of external developments in non-market environments across Africa to support RPP sensing activities
- Project management and co-ordination of RPP initiatives including co-ordination of RPP-led events with internal/external stakeholder teams (e.g., high profile fireside chats, panel events)
- Assist with regular team reporting for Executive/Board submissions.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience
- CA/LLB or similar with at least 5 years of experience
- Experience in stakeholder engagement, professional services environment, or knowledge of South African/African financial and non-financial reporting landscape is an advantage.
Additional information
Technical
- Ability to develop and multi-task
- Strong Project management
- Expert in field with excellent industry and business knowledge
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Ability to interpret, communicate and implement strategy
- Demonstrated execution of complex projects within time frames and cost
- Experienced in development and delivery of professional presentations
- Excellent report writing skills
- Solid financial knowledge
Behavioural
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Excellent mentorship and coaching ability with desire to develop self and others
- Strong emotional intelligence
- Strong client delivery focus
- Highly adaptable, managing change and ambiguity with ease
- Focus on quality and risk
- Excellent problem-solving ability
- Exceptional business acumen
- Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable working with senior executives
- Self-starter, able to operate independently with limited supervision
Talent Standards Leadership Capabilities
Living our Purpose
Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make
Influence
Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people
Performance drive
Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
Strategic direction
Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction
Talent development
Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities
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Job Description
Your Opportunity
Are you interested in international projects and working alongside colleagues from diverse backgrounds and nationalities? Do you feel inspired when working close to senior leaders and Executive teams? Do you like to drive the broader agenda, influence strategic priorities and choices in large organizations? Do you enjoy a good challenge and meaningful work that drives change for many others around you?
Then join the NSE Risk Advisory (RA) team! We are committed to providing you with opportunities to grow in an international environment, engage in challenging projects, learn from senior leaders, and participate in stimulating and rewarding projects.
The NSE RA team is responsible for defining and executing the NSE RA Strategy and priorities, aligned to the NSE Firmwide ambition. The execution of the strategy requires a collaborative approach across geographies, and is anchored on three pillars: growing together, investing together, and coming together
Your role
The role of the NSE Risk Advisory Program Support Consultant is to contribute to the effective delivery of priority areas, create content and help foster a favourable team environment. Reporting into the Chief of Staff, and working closely with the NSE RA Office PMO, you will be responsible for:
Program management
- Creating and managing project plans to ensure deadlines are met, and support successful execution of broader team projects
- Compiling quarterly program management reporting and producing summary status per priority area
- Supporting team members and managing reporting aligned to NSE RA strategic priorities (i.e., KPIs, priorities reporting)
- Providing support as requested to successfully deliver on the priorities for the NSE RA Office
Collaboration
- Organizing team meetings with the NSE RA Management Team (i.e., schedule calls, create agendas, lead team activities, bring learning opportunities to the team, follow up with actions)
- Contributing ideas to improve efficiencies and anticipating challenges in regards to management of milestones
- Capturing and integrating feedback from different stakeholders to drive change
Documentation and meeting preparation
- Assisting in creation of content for NSE RA Executive meetings and other Leadership meetings (i.e., agendas, pre-reads, data analysis)
- Building decks to tell a story of NSE Risk Advisory (i.e., geography led Townhalls, Business Councils)
- Taking accountability for Management Team MTs’ channel, driving traffic to shared folders and improve transparency by sharing relevant content
- Driving expansion and maintenance of the NSE RA Intranet page
- Responding to ad hoc requests aligned to business priorities
Qualifications
Professional experience
- Project management experience in a client or internal role (local/regional/global)
- Contributing to multiple complex projects and workstreams
Skills and Capabilities
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Program and priority areas management
- Organization and time management capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Autonomous and team working, result oriented and collaborative attitude
Expected outcome/deliverable
- Playbooks to support program execution
- Presentations for Leadership meetings (pre-reads, onscreen decks)
- Project plans for priority reporting
- Action trackers
- NSE RA Intranet maintenance
- NSE RA Management team meetings