JOB REQUIREMENTS

• NQF 8 – science
• NQF 6 – general management education
• 8 years of post-graduate experience in the science
• 5 years of post-graduate experience in the water industry, particularly Catchment management
• 3 years experience in managing science staff
• Code 8 driver’s licence
• Proven commercial business management experience

OTHER DESIRABLE NEEDS

• NQF 6 in marketing, sales, or general management
• 2 years of marketing, and sales experience
• Postgraduate studies in environment management
• Commercial business management experience
• Environment/Catchment management experience

Primary Duties

The following are the primary duties of the position:

• Transform the operating model of the section from a corporate-funded cost centre into a profit-making commercialised business unit
• Developing, optimising, and implementing a business strategy for the section (the incumbent needs to decide on the cutting-edge catchment management services to be provided and market segment to be targeted so that the section activities are commercially viable)
• Ensure the financial viability of the section at all times
• Conducting marketing/sales activities and contracting customers for supply of services
• Developing and establishing processes to supply services to the contracted customers
• Managing operation of the service supply processes
• Conducting research and development activities on cutting-edge catchment management services, market service needs and operational processes to deliver those services
• Providing leadership to the section
• Planning, organising, implementing, and controlling section work (projects, project programmes)
• Managing section human resources, including staff temporally seconded from other sections
• Managing section finance and procurement
• Managing SHEQ aspects for the section

Knowledge

• Industry science knowledge
• Catchment management
• Marketing and sales
• General business management
• ISO9001
• Risk management process