Reporting to the Director: Management of the HEQSF, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Leading the development and maintenance of a comprehensive database of qualifications, learning programmes, student enrolment and achievement for all higher education institutions,
• Leading the verification and validation of data for the higher education system to ensure validity, accuracy and reliability of data,
• Leading the maintenance of the HEQCIS database and submit achievement data for higher education institutions to SAQA for the NLRD/NQF-MIS
• Supporting the recommendation of the registration, deregistration, reregistration of qualifications with SAQA based on HEQC decisions,
• Supporting the evaluation of HEQSF requests from institutions (e.g. name changes, addition of new fields of study, SAQA related requests, RPL requests, etc.) and respond to the institutions and to SAQA based on HEQC decisions,
• Quality control of documents as required,
• Making inputs into and consolidating documents for purposes of reporting as required,
• Identifying and informing the Director of significant and relevant academic and policy developments, initiatives and innovations that may impact the function,
• Contributing to the advance of the maintenance of a single comprehensive database for all higher education qualifications, associated learning programmes, student enrolments and achievements for public and private institutions and to ensure meaningful contribution to the system of collaboration through analysis and reporting of the database and the data,
• Participating in CHE activities such as forums, seminars and workshops,
• Attending symposia, workshops and conferences,
• Representing the CHE at meetings as required,
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with relevant stakeholders,
• Assisting in resolving queries and providing information, and;
• Maintaining accurate records of stakeholder meetings. 

The successful candidate should have:

• A minimum of a relevant Master’s degree from a recognised higher education institution.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience working with education Management Information Systems directly
• Experience in developing and implementing capacity development programmes.
• Experience in project management.
• Experience in gathering, documenting, and prioritising business requirements for system development and enhancement.
• Experience with software testing and quality assurance processes
• Experience with relational databases, SQL data queries and reporting. 

Competencies (knowledge/skills/attributes): The candidate must demonstrate the following competencies: 

High levels of conceptual and strategic thinking as well as organisational commitment to be able to translate the goals, business vision and objectives into implementable projects is a must. The candidate must also be able to show high levels of intellectual capacity management to be able to contribute to relevant knowledge that enhances the credibility of the organisation. Systems thinking and good project management skills to ensure effective management of processes and projects in line with organisational compliance and reporting requirements are essential. Integrity and ethics are also requisites for the position. The candidate must be detail oriented in addition to being a good communicator, problem solver and must be able to function effectively in a team.