Deputy Director: Innovation needed at Department of Higher Education and Training

REQUIREMENTS :

• An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree/Advanced Diploma (NQF Level 7) in Public Management/Administration or Business Management or related qualification.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification would be a distinct advantage. A minimum of five (5) years’ work experience in innovation and managing innovation projects with at least three (3) to five (5) years’ proven work experience at an Assistant Director level.

DUTIES :

• To develop and update NSF’s strategy and partnerships and keep abreast of innovations and leading practices in skills development through research and evaluation. Establish and manage the NSF Innovation Hub. Manage and enable innovation within NSF by conducting external trends analysis on skills development delivery approach; Provide leadership and insight around innovation focus areas.
• Champion the organizational innovation and evaluate and improve the organisations innovation capacity; collaborate with executive leadership to identify key areas for innovation and establish measurable objectives. Develop Innovative ideas in project and program management to enable the NSF to optimize resource allocation, streamline processes, and enhance project outcomes. Facilitate innovation in NSF; Manage Innovation; Implement innovation. Facilitate collaboration across departments to encourage the exchange of ideas and knowledge;
• Establish and nurture relationships with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with organizational innovation goals; Foster culture of creativity, experimentation, and continuous leaning; develop, review and conduct capacity building sessions on NSF Innovation Strategy. Implement the NSF Benchmarking framework in line with the NSF value chain and Business processes; manage the Benchmarking literature review processes in line with the NSF literature review guidelines.Coordinate all benchmarking processes from start to end (inclusive of Planning, Pre-benchmarking, benchmarking visits, post-benchmarking visits).
• Link the benchmarking findings to the innovation hub for incubation of ideas and develop an implementation plan. Leverage on the 4IR technologies to enable the NSF to automate processes, enhance transparency and improve decision-making; lead initiatives to streamline operations through the adoption of innovative technologies and methodologies.
• Operate within delegated authorisation; Always adhere to the values of the NSF; Prepare monthly reports and make presentations as required; provide and submit monthly and quarterly reports on all innovations incubated in the innovation hub, track and report on the implementation of approved innovative initiatives; submit proposals to governing structures for approval of all innovative initiatives.