Economic Development/ BEE Strategy Lead

Market Related Package

Cape Town or Gqeberha

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize the ED strategy as per project assigned by the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting
• Formulate ED Strategy based on the relative compliance mandate and project documents.
• Take accountability for the ED commitments made during development throughout the project lifecycle
• Interface with Social Performance and SRM functions to ensure that ED Commitments made during development are practical and achievable during Implementation and Operations
• Interface with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that commitments are well documented and communicated to ensure successful execution.
• Formulate and communicate handover procedure to Social Performance and SRM as per ED Departmental template and guidelines.
• In collaboration with the ED Reporting Manager, develop and establish the monitoring and reporting frameworks and methodologies to ensure the ED Reporting project teams are capacitated to effectively and accurately monitor outcomes associated to the projects ED commitments.
• Provide the necessary support and manage the ED reporting function for projects undergoing implementation and assigned by the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting
• Support the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting to establish and maintain an ED data center of excellence to enable the ED function to leverage off historical data & analytics that drive sustainable and holistic ED Strategy aligned to the departments mission.
• Assist in identifying ED Strategy constraints and opportunities across the business.
• Continuously strive to optimize the ED Strategy and Reporting Function, creating autonomous workflow and facilitate necessary training to the project teams.
• Educating the project team on all ED related topics and assisting project directors with ED inputs for investment decision and steerco discussions.
• Support the Head of ED Strategy & Reporting in the appointment of ED services providers to ensure that projects meet their relative compliance mandate and are aligned to industry standards and RFP requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s in Commerce (BCom) or equivalent.
• At least 5 years’ experience in Economic Development
• Previous experience in policy implementation, audit or consulting for economic development function
• Management consulting experience is an advantage
• Fair Mining Charter (Bonus)
• Financial and Legal literacy