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Duties
- Overall financial administration and management:
- Coordinating and administrating all the financial aspects of the Postdoc Office.
- Processing and managing all the financial reports for donors and funders, and general annual reporting.
- Maintaining databases and records, coordinating the creation and maintenance of accurate records on databases and the electronic filing system.
- Advertising postdoc positions: reviewing adverts, advising on wording and content, and posting on the website.
- Maintaining an information database for reporting purposes.
Postdoc Payments:
- Coordinating the receipt, acknowledgement, and tracking of postdoc payments.
- Reviewing postdoc payments for compliance and eligibility.
- Approving and processing postdoc bursary payments on behalf of the Postdoc Office.
- Handling correspondence and queries regarding postdoc payments.
- Liaising with the Finance Department, student finance, postdocs, hosts, and other internal role players such as the International Office and the Contracts Office.
- Facilitating interdepartmental fund transfers.
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Job Requirements
Relevant tertiary degree, with at least two years experience in:
- NRF and bursary administrative processes.
- Working with enterprise systems in higher education or grant/funding environment.
- General administration in the higher education landscape.
Knowledge of the following:
- The higher education landscape.
- Postgraduate bursary payment processes.
- Intellimali.
- Cost centre management.
Technical competencies in:
- NRF online bursary platform.
- University enterprise systems such as TeraTerm or similar.
- Microsoft Office suite.
- Data handling and analysis.
- Drawing reports for funders.
- Social media platforms.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Forecasting, strategy, and planning.
Behavioural competencies:
- Interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work under pressure.
- Time management skills.
- Emotional intelligence.
- Teamwork skills.
- Diversity and open-mindedness.
- Recommendation/Aanbeveling
- An understanding of university finance systems and processes;
- At least one year's experience in the administration of postgraduate funding programmes
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