Job description

An eclectic accommodation collection in the vibrant neighborhood of Langebaan is looking for a passionate Host Manager to support as established team. Let us know if you have what it takes.

Candidate’s minimum requirements

Education:

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Accommodation Certificate/Hotel School diploma is advantageous

Work experience:

• Previous experience in the same or similar position in a four/five-star hotel
• Familiar with all duties and procedures in Front Office/Reservations Department and Hotel Operations
• MS Office (Word, Excel and Email) is essential
• Opera experience is essential

Other:

• Reliable, responsible and dependable to fulfil obligations
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to lead, take charge and offer direction
• Ability to multitask
• Show initiative by taking control of task
• Excellent communication skills
• Friendly and service orientated

Tasks (include but not limited to):

• Ensure smooth operation of the reception area
• Ensure guests are greeted, checked in and allocated rooms promptly and courteously
• To ensure reservations are taken correctly and courteously
• Ensure credit control procedures are strictly adhered to
• To ensure guest accounts and O status is kept up to date
• Ensure effective and speedy check out facilities
• Ensure collection and delivery of luggage to rooms is done efficiently
• To ensure that the hotel entrance is correctly managed
• Ensure that rooms are serviced and maintained to the standards
• Make sure all front of house areas are clean and tidy at all times
• Ensure the housekeeping and laundry back of house is clean and free of clutter
• Ensure the smooth operation of Housekeeping on a daily basis
• Daily spot checks of suites and rooms to ensure VNL standards
• Checking of all monthly stock takes for amenities, chemicals and linen for Housekeeping
• Reporting and follow up of all maintenance issues pending or outstanding
• Assisting with the overseeing of the maintenance department in the absence of the Facilities Manager.
• Planning of the rooms winter maintenance program
• Be familiar with the Health & Safety measure of the property
• To ensure regular on-the-job training is training place in your departments
• Ensure dress code of staff is up to standard
• Holding regular performance appraisals with senior staff, identifying areas for development and training needs
• Be readily available to deal with problems and complaints
• To circulate regularly throughout Front of House areas. Maintaining high profile with guests and staff
• Ensure accurate and timeous submission of all reports and administrative work
• Prepare and submit annual budgetary information and updates as required by Financial Manager
• To ensure effective liaison between Reservations & Front Office and other departments (e.g. Housekeeping, Maintenance and F&B)
• Act as a Duty Manager when required
• To attend all management meetings as required

To apply for the position, please forward an updated CV with a picture of yourself to

moc.snaidotsucreerac@tnatlusnoc

.

**Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within five days – please consider your application unsuccessful**

To browse all our vacancies, please log on to our website – www.careercustodians.com.

Requirements

• Client Relations
• Finance
• Hospitality
• Reporting

Posted on 26 Apr 15:18

This technical position works within our small IT team and is the main point of contact for receiving incoming support requests for SYSPRO and associated software products.

Main Accountabilities include:

• Support both front- and back-end of the SYSPRO ERP Application including accounting, distribution and associated reporting services
• Troubleshoot requests and follow appropriate procedures
• In conjunction with the IT help-desk, responsible for the timeous resolution of SYSPO support queries, including liaising with SYSPRO and third-party vendors
• Responsible for the prioritisation of all SYSPRO report requests and the upgrade of existing reports using SSRS
• First point of contact for report related queries and troubleshooting
• Escalation point for Finance related queries
• In conjunction with the department managers, reviewing existing departmental processes and ensuring that such processes are updated or optimise
• Assist when required with testing and implementation of SYSPRO port upgrades
• Ownership of the Weylandts report writing structures and access to information process

Key requirements:

Qualifications and experience:

• Ideally, educated to Diploma level in IT or Finance
• Financial Background essential
• Accounting Knowledge (either qualification or practical experience)
• SYSPRO certification beneficial
• SYSPRO Administration experience
• Microsoft SQL and SYSPRO Report writing
• Crystal Report writing
• Tableau BI or Microsoft Power-BI Experience beneficial
• Analytical, good technical skills, identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyses information skillfully and uses initiative to improve processes. Works well in group problem-solving situations and uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Requires excellent knowledge of MS-SQL server, SSRS Reporting, Crystal reports, VB scripting, Excel and Power-BI, Windows servers, and desktop operating systems including Microsoft Office products
• Understand businesses processes, regardless of whether the process falls into Finance, Procurement or Distribution
• Be technically aware with a good understanding of Microsoft SQL Server and Programing Technologies
• Up to date with Syspro ERP systems
• Communication skills to communicate technical information to non-technical people
• Have the drive and commitment to continue professional development and train others within the business to impart their ERP knowledge for the future sustainability of the business

This is a highly specialised position and only candidates who meet the above criteria should apply.

Posted on 26 Apr 12:13

Afda (The School of the Creative Economy) is the leading school-of-its-kind in South Africa, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Motion Picture Medium, Live Performance, Business Innovation and Technology. Afda is a full member of CILECT, the association of the world’s major film and television schools.

Applications are invited for the position of: Lecturer – in Editing and Data and Grading. 

As the Discipline Lecturer for Editing, Afda is looking for a committed and dedicated industry professional to lecture and provide support to undergraduate students in the disciplines of undergraduate Picture Editing and Data and Grading.

The position requires someone with drive and initiative who is able to motivate students and guide them into the world of editing for the screen. The candidate needs to demonstrate a willingness to embrace Afda’s unique pedagogy which is the basis of the interdisciplinary teaching at AFDA. There is also a strong emphasis on cultural relevance within the teaching and the need to help the students identify and develop a distinctive African voice to their films. In this way, we hope to be able to contribute to nation building and build the foundations for a sustainable local film industry.

The following duties will be expected to be fulfilled

Duties:

• Lecturing first and second-year undergraduate degree film students
• To train first and second-year students to use Adobe Premiere Pro CC
• Technical support to the students
• Basic edit lab/server content maintenance
• Review and feedback of rough cuts and oversee the entire edit to picture-lock
• Conducting student consultations and reflective meetings
• Preparing content and lesson plans for each term
• Preparing the assessment register for each term and conducting all marking to the accepted rubric.
• Adhering to and participating in the creation of parity across all campuses on term outcomes
• Keeping attendance registers and class management administration
• Timetable planning
• Curriculum development

Requirements and Personal Attributes:

• Relevant experience in the film and entertainment industry
• Relevant Honours degree or higher in Film and/or Media Studies with specialization in editing.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Da-Vinci Resolve 14.5 ; Shotput Pro
• Knowledge of advanced video codec’s such as Pro Res 422 ; 4444 ; 4444XQ
• Ability to teach basic data wrangling and grading at a 1st year intro-level
• Knowledge of various HDD formats
• Ability to convey on-set data wrangling protocols and etiquette
• Advanced knowledge of DSLR workflow and data capture
• Basic knowledge of After Effects, Audition, Nuendo, Photoshop.
• Experience in both on line and offline editing non-linear editing
• Experience of an Apple-Mac work environment
• Knowledge of video compression and post production workflow
• Knowledge of story structure, film history, theory and academic writing
• Highly developed organizational skills
• Initiative
• Maturity to handle a range of situations
• A meticulous and thorough nature
• An ability to work to tight deadlines
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Loyalty and a high level of confidentiality
• Honest and trustworthy – committed to high integrity and excellence.
• Culturally and Socially aware.

Please send the following to

by 24 May 2019

• a CV (no certificates)
• email and telephone contact details
• 3 references
• Show-reel

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Details:

Salary: Dependent on experience
Contract Type: Fixed Term contract (Full time)
Campus location: Observatory, Cape Town
Start: 24 June 2019
Work Hours: Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 5pm
Occasional open days and special film festival events.

Posted on 26 Apr 10:07

Job description

99c is a full-service, integrated advertising agency located in Cape Town, and is one of South Africa’s largest independently-owned agencies. Led by founder and Managing Director Andrew Brand, the agency’s extensive client base includes leading brands such as Shoprite/Checkers; Ackermans; PUMA and the Spur Group to name but a few.

Role Summary:

We are currently looking for a professional and solutions-driven Digital Data Analyst (Jnr to MW) who is able to turn data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions.

The successful candidate is an innovative thought-leader who can optimise digital marketing campaign performance.
This will entail defining and implementing data analytics and measurement strategies, producing meaningful marketing KPIs, creating dashboards for monitoring performance and delivering actionable insights. This is in addition to supporting the team with relevant data in order to assist in a data-driven decision-making process.

Responsibilities:

• Define objectives, goals and key performance indicators for digital marketing campaigns
• Design, set up and customise website tracking
• Interpret data, analyse results and provide ongoing reports
• Monitor user behaviour and marketing campaign performance over time; making recommendations for optimisation
• Identify, analyse and interpret trends in complex data sets
• Work closely with the team to prioritise business information and data
• Locate and define new opportunities for process improvement

Requirements

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Data Analysis non-negotiable
• Additional marketing/advertising qualification advantageous
• At least two years’ experience in a similar role, preferably in a large Advertising/Digital Agency
• Proven understanding of Digital Marketing Best Practice
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise and analyse significant amounts of information with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at writing reports for top-level management
• Confidence in presenting reports and findings internally and externally
• Advanced knowledge of Google Analytics, with a minimum of three years’ working experience (Google Analytics Certification preferable)
• Advanced knowledge of Google Tag Manager, with experience in customizing tracking and adding third party tracking
• Comfortable working with MS Excel, manipulating data to create meaningful graphs in order to visualise said-data
• An understanding of HTML/CSS and Javascript advantageous
• Experience in working with website optimisation tools for A/B and multi-variate testing advantageous

Should you meet our requirements, please do apply via our recruitment platform.  
Due to the volume of responses that we received, should you not receive feedback regarding your application within two weeks, kindly accept your application as unsuccessful.
Applications from EE candidates will be considered with preference in compliance with the Employment Equity Act.

Posted on 24 Apr 07:36