[APES Jobs] FW: [Access-l] ACCESS Post: Operations Coordinator (please apply online)

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Barend Erasmus
Associate professor: School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand

+27 11 717 6449 (office)
+27 11 717 6494 (fax)

From: ACCESS Programme [mailto:info at access.ac.za]
Sent: 29 April 2013 11:13 AM
To: access-l at ls-mx4.csir.co.za; access-students-l at ls-mx4.csir.co.za
Subject: [Access-l] ACCESS Post: Operations Coordinator (please apply online)

Dear Folks

We are seeking some administrative assistance at ACCESS. We have created the following post (http://tinyurl.com/c9gbn8w). Please note that the closing date for this post has be extended until the end of the week. Please apply online if you want to apply for the post.

ACCESS Operations Coordinator
About the job:

The Applied Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science is an NRF/ DST Centre of Excellence hosted by CSIR Natural Resources and Environment. ACCESS has a vacancy for an Operations Coordinator. The incumbent will assist with the coordination of ACCESS' operation with the goal of ensuring that the programme functions effectively in terms of its contractual obligations and its growth is managed efficiently. This will ensure that the secretariat runs smoothly and that logistics, documentation and reporting associated with all of the programme's activities are implemented (by the responsible staff member), and that the administration of the contracts with both funders and partners are serviced appropriately.

Key responsibilities:

Develop, codify and oversee processes and protocols of the programme including the project and reporting cycle.  Assist with planning and organising ACCESS events, including committee meetings, scientific meetings and workshops, and student events. Collate, manage and analyse data and information pertaining to budgets and ACCESS students as required.  Assist with the collating and drafting of reports and reporting templates as required. Establish and manage records management systems for electronic and hard copy documents, and information. Manage the communication and marketing aspects of the programme, including the maintenance of the programme's website. Liaise as appropriate with ACCESS partners and principals. Monitor progress against ACCESS business plan and actions as required for achieving targets. Ensure the highest quality of all office outputs.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

A relevant science, administration or business qualification.
Evidence of substantive training in operational and administrative matters.
More than five years' project support and coordination experience.
Experience in operations and business mechanisms and processes (preferably within the CSIR).
Proficient in written and spoken English.
Excellent computer literacy and proficiency in all key software packages and web-literacy.
Proven planning and organising experience.
Appropriate business communication and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge management and document management skills.
Strong stakeholder relations experience.
Resourcefulness and taking initiative.
Precise, accurate and methodical.
Dependable and diligent.
Have integrity and diplomacy.
Be self-responsible and self-confident.
Attention to quality and detail.
Self-starter and self-organiser.
Willing and able to learn and travel nationally.
Have an enquiring mind and be curious.



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Applied Center for Climate and Earth Systems Science
Cape Town: 15 Lower Hope Rd, Rosebank, Cape Town, 7700
Tel: +27 21 6583992
Pretoria: Building 33, CSIR Scientia Campus, Brummaria, Pretoria, 0001 P.O.ox 395, Pretoria, 0001
Tel: +27 12 841 2578
www.access.ac.za<http://www.access.ac.za>
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