South Africa: Strategy Execution Integrator (Two Year Contract)

About the Role

The Strategy Execution Integrator role is a critical component of the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor: People and Operations, providing strategic integration, orchestration, and coordination for high-priority programmes, projects, and special assignments. This position ensures alignment with university strategy, effective cross-portfolio collaboration, and timely execution of projects that advance the University’s effectiveness, transformation, and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate strategic coordination, coherence, and cross-functionality across the complex People and Operations portfolio.
• Orchestrate the fusion and integration as well as alignment of planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and organisational reflexivity with respect to approved integrated strategic priority programmes and projects.
• Mobilise and / or provide specialist capacity support in areas such as integrated policy development and review, service excellence, research, and innovation.
• Develop Business Cases / funding proposals and infuse project management best practices in planning and executing projects identified by the Portfolio.
• Develop, maintain, cascade, and renew fit for purpose and adaptive project management capabilities and systems within the Portfolio and in consultation with Divisional Heads.
• Support designated project champions in each Division with project capability development, including training and tooling.
• Lead and manage special strategic assignments on behalf of the DVC, including diagnostic studies, turnaround initiatives, and priority interventions.

Requirements

• Strategic Leadership: Demonstrated strategic leadership with the ability to conceptualize and integrate strategic transformative pathways.
• Growth Mindset: A continuous improvement mindset that an innovative leader with a bias for enhancing operational efficiency and institutional growth.
• Technical Expertise: Ability to research and propose integrative systems, technologies, and platforms that advance the work of the People and Operations Portfolio.
• Change Leadership: Strong track record of successfully leading large-scale organisational change initiatives, orchestrating, and integrating work from various disciplines and portfolios.
• Programme and Project Management: Mastery in programme and project management, ensuring integration in the conceptualization to delivery of complex projects.
• Collaboration and Influencing Skills: Exceptional communication, consultation, and collaboration and influencing skills with the ability to engage and build strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Policy Development: Experience with policy development and review with a view to ensure compliance and coherence.
• Financial Management: Financial acumen with experience in budgeting, procurement, and the strategic allocation of ICT resources to maximize return on investment and cost-effectiveness.
• Analytical and Critical-thinking Capabilities: Strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities in collaboratively aiding solutions to complex portfolio challenges.

Qualifications

Masters degree

Salary & Benefits

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