Project Managers

PROJECT MANAGER – 2 POSTS (3-YEAR CONTRACT) BERTHA CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

About us

• The Bertha Centre was established 3 years ago as a centre for social innovation within the Graduate School of Business. In addition to contributing a substantial part to the teaching curriculum the Centre focuses its resources on research and practical application in a number of sectors including innovative finance, education, health and social franchising.
• The Innovative Finance initiative is built around the need to develop an impact focused, social investment market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We take an ecosystem approach to this market building by collating research on Innovative Financing around the world, creating curriculum to educate stakeholders across the public and private spheres and managing projects designed to create social investment and funding opportunities for social investors, foundations, development finance institutions, high net worth individuals, social enterprises and entrepreneurs, NGOs, governments and corporations.
• Some of our recent milestones include:
• In March, we announced the first three Social Impact Bonds in the developing world. Read our press release here, a detailed Brookings article on the bonds here and our thought pieces in the PioneersPost & SSIR on our progress.
• In February, we held our first Executive Education Impact Investing in Africa course at UCT, which had 32 senior financial professionals from 5 countries attend. Prior to the course we publicly released a portion of the curriculum comprised of 14 teaching case studies created in collaboration with the Skoll Centre at Oxford. Read them here: Innovative Finance in Africa cases.
• In 2015, we held our first Pathways to Funding Do-Ference, which attracted 137 entrepreneurs (of which nearly 50% were from the townships and 40% were women) and over 40 speakers for a dynamic event designed to give entrepreneurs real tools to raise funds and grow their impact enterprises. This year we are holding Do-Ferences in Cape Town, Johannesburg & Durban. We are expecting over 500 entrepreneurs.
• Some of our other projects include: designing & piloting innovative finance products for green SMEs for the World Bank, researching new Access to Energy finance products for Africa in collaboration with the Wallace Global Foundation, drafting a Social Investment Policy Paper for the South African Government and putting together a National Advisory Board to join the Global Steering Impact Investment Steering Group, working with the South African government to redesign student financing in the country, creating an Outcome Based commissioning course for African policy makers and others. About the role The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship based at UCT's GSB is looking for two project managers within our Innovative Finance initiative.

The candidate will be working with the Innovative Finance team on several projects:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work with funders, government, corporates, social enterprises and development organizations to develop new Innovative Financing mechanisms throughout Africa
• Engage governments on the design of Impact Bonds / outcome based procurement / Impact Investing
• Researching international developments in Innovative Finance
• Provide practical support to the ongoing projects and team
• Support the development of Innovative Finance curriculum to support organisations, UCT students and private business
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to solicit feedback, collect data and create training opportunities
• Engage with local and international initiative partners
• Participate across initiative activities and support where needed
• Publishing op-eds, research articles, blog posts and other contributions to national and local news outlets
• Undertake speaking engagements and conference attendance
• Writing grant proposals for future projects
• Manage analysts and interns

Ideal candidate (educational and experience requirements):

• Applicants should have an appropriate tertiary qualification and a minimum of 2 years work experience in the financial sector
• Passionate about supporting innovation in the Social Finance market
• A background in management consulting or finance with policy exposure would be advantageous
• Practical experience in implementing and managing projects
• Flexibility to work simultaneously on multiple projects, and able to take initiative to operationalise competing projects
• Proficient writing skills, especially publications, policy papers and report writing
• Ability to manage budgets and use funding efficiently
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and deliver high quality work
• Skills to communicate professionally, and manage relationships with high-level partners
• Highly organized, and effective in delivering set objectives
• A creative team player, involved in and committed to this Bertha Centre and to developing Impact investing
• Willing to support Bertha Centre team members in multiple ways, sometimes beyond job description
• Advanced computer skills (including Excel)
• Knowledge of Innovative Financing or Design Thinking would be advantageous

The annual remuneration package for 2016, including benefits, will fall between R394 026 and R463 559. To apply, please click the link below, click on blue box “View all jobs”, follow the brief registration process at the bottom of the advert and submit the following documents:

• UCT Application Form (download at http://forms.uct.ac.za/hr201.doc)
• Cover letter motivating your application
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

An application which does not comply with the above requirements will be regarded as incomplete. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and may be required to undergo an assessment. Telephone: +27 21 650 5689 Website: www.gsb.uct.ac.za. Reference number: E16091 Closing date: 22 July 2016 UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at http://www.hr.uct.ac.za/hr/policies/employ_equity . UCT reserves the right not to appoint.