Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities 

The ideal candidate should be able to fulfil and perform the following key accountabilities and responsibilities: 

• Efficient and effective planning, coordination, and project management of evaluation projects, ensuring compliance to policies and procedures 
• Draft evaluation policies and procedures for management review and oversee the efficient implementation of the evaluation policies and procedures across all departments
• Design and refine a MerSETA-wide evaluation framework to effectively measure and report on the impact of our programmes and interventions. 
• Conceptualize new evaluation projects and draft terms of reference for management review ensuring alignment with strategic intent whilst complying with procurement specifications 
• Ensure high-quality evaluations are concluded for all selected programmes or interventions, from project design to implementation to report-writing. 
• Efficient and effective monitoring of all evaluation projects ensuring delivery against specification, milestones, and deadlines 
• Assisting in the contractual and financial management of projects according to agreed contractual and budget specifications 
• Develop reports detailing the status of merSETA programmes that have been evaluated 
• Provide recommendations to assist improved impact across projects and programmes at the merSETA 
• Develop the annual evaluation programme and plan for the merSETA ensuring management and relevant employees are aware of deadlines and deliverables 
• Assist with developing programme and project budgets and proactively monitor, manage, and control approved budgets 
• Present project findings and recommendations to assist programme leads to continuously implement programme improvement initiatives and actions 
• Continuously track, monitor, measure and analyses individual and unit’s performance against set standards and targets (‘the number’) 
• Effectively plan, coordinate, manage and execute ad hoc projects 

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills 

• NQF Level 7 qualification in Education/ Public/Business Administration/Econometrics/Population Studies/ Social Science/Political Sciences or related field 
• NQF Level 8 qualification in Education/ Public/Business Administration/Econometrics/Population Studies/ Social/Political Sciences or related field would be advantageous 
• 3 years’ experience in Sector Skills Planning environment 
• Advanced computer skills with MS Office packages and any other statistical/data processing packages 
• Technical and Competence skills 
• Research skills 
• Customer Service Orientation Skills 
• Communication and presentation Skills 
• Integrity
• Collaboration and teamwork Skills 
• Relationship Management Skills 
• Attention to Detail Skills 
• Innovation Skills 
• Data collection and Data Analysis