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Support Engineer (Durban)

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Sandra Pope
(011) 640-7400

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www.primeselect.co.za     

Advertising, Marketing,
PR, Media and Digital

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Features Writer (Cape Town)

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Job description

To write original material and, when necessary, promotional copy, ensuring that it is:

  • Factually accurate, well-researched, correctly referenced and grammatically correct
  • Fresh, lively, reader-friendly, and cliché free
  • Written in Cosmo style and tone
  • Reflective of the brand’s audience

Other duties:

  • Write copy for all platforms including print, website and/or mobi-site, and social media platforms.
  • Source and write items for certain set print and digital sections, as allocated by the editor and online editor, each month.
  • When required, write fashion and beauty copy that is fresh, factual, and on brand.
  • Research stories thoroughly and ensures that the best possible sources/professionals are interviewed.
  • Make sure all articles are submitted on or before the allocated deadline.
  • Assist in sourcing relevant, on-brand images for features and articles and crediting these correctly.
  • Produce shoots related to features and/or stories, where relevant.
  • Participate constructively at monthly features meetings by sourcing and contributing story ideas.
  • Keep abreast of both local and international news that is of interest to the Cosmo audience.
  • Formulate strong relationships with professionals in different fields (sources), to build up a solid list of contacts and, occasionally, to represent the brand at functions or speak on its behalf.
  • Have an interest in millennial trends, websites, digital apps, fashion, beauty, music, socialising, and to be able to write reviews.
  • Help editors needing to localise or expand copy from other sources by doing the additional research necessary.
  • Be sufficiently in tune with the local scene to be able to identify the people and places that should be featured weekly, monthly and/or for special events and campaigns.
  • Travel occasionally, when a story or event requires it.

Requirements

Features-writing experience (magazine or online) for a similarly high-profile title and a relevant diploma/degree in journalism/media studies (or similar).

The features writer needs to:

• Be honest and accurate when reporting. Submitted copy should be thoroughly fact checked
• Have good interviewing skills
• Have good writing style
• Think creatively
• Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Be able to work with a team
• Have good general knowledge, and be able to write copy on a wide variety of topics from fashion and beauty to finance and psychology
• Be comfortable researching and writing features on sex
• Have strong knowledge, interest, and experience in social media
• Be resourceful, able to use the Internet for research, and judge, which sites are authoritative and which are not, for example
• Be keen to learn and be flexible, with a willingness to adapt, cut or expand copy if that becomes necessary
• Have a valid drivers licence
• Be a good team worker who can handle deadlines and work effectively under pressure

Posted on 25 May 16:18

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Online/Corporate Training Operations Manager (Cape Town)

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Remuneration: To be discussed 
Benefits: Pension Fund
Location: Cape Town
Job level: Mid/Senior
Type: Permanent
Reference: #OPSMANAGER
Company: The Red and Yellow School

Job description

Purpose

We are looking for an experienced, commercially-driven, super-organised operations specialist to manage and champion the end-to-end operationalisation of our online courses and corporate training products.

The successful candidate must be a process thinker, with a deep passion for education, and will be responsible for ensuring a world-class customer-centric experience (online and offline) for Red & Yellow students and customers. You will work closely with our product and customer teams to ensure that Red & Yellow stands above our competition in the minds of students (and prospective students) as the learning institution of choice for creativity in business.

The primary purpose of this position is to advance Red & Yellow’s ambitious goals in the fields of online and corporate training through delivery against exceptional customer-service standards, to translate into growth in student numbers, product offerings, and revenue.

You must possess a unique blend of education knowledge, business, and technical savvy and have excellent analytical and project management skills.  You must be able to design processes, manage work schedules, and constantly improve operational efficiency across our full range of online and corporate training products. You will also need to develop a thorough understanding of our competitors, both locally and internationally, from an operational perspective.

You must be able to communicate constructively and persuasively with all areas of the business, especially our product, education, commercial, and customer teams, and work with your Red & Yellow colleagues to build and communicate operational plans. 

Job responsibilities

  • Develop a deep understanding of customer (student/professional/corporate) experience, identify and fill ‘communication and customer care’ gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive revenue.
  • ‘Own’ the end-to-end operational process for each online and corporate training product, and ensure that they are world-class in every respect.
  • Constantly strive to improve product delivery in all respects, including product profitability, customer profitability, customer retention, customer satisfaction, increased delivery efficiency, reductions in error and waste, and reductions in delivery time.
  • Develop an operational plan for each product: (including launch dates, communication schedules, content timelines, feedback loops, and continuous improvement methodologies).
  • Translate product and marketing strategies into an execution plan.
  • Scope and prioritise activities based on commercial targets, course calendars, communication plans and accreditation timelines to develop practical and structured operational plans for communication to and onboarding of all stakeholders.
  • Act as an evangelist to build awareness and understanding of our online and corporate training products throughout the business.
  • Represent R&Y by engaging with internal and external stakeholders to solicit feedback on course and product experience.
  • Drive continuous improvement of efficiency and effectiveness of all relevant operational requirements.

Requirements

  • Proven work experience in project management, operations role or similar process-focused role in a professional/educational environment
  • Proven track record in coordinating teams and executing operational plans focused on customer-centralism and excellence
  • Ability to develop strategies, build and deliver against operational plans, and to communicate effectively and persuasively to all stakeholders (especially senior management). Excellent written and verbal communication is critical.
  • Strong planning and coordinating skills and willingness to roll up the sleeves to get the job done (execute with excellence)
  • Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrix organisation

Behavioural and cultural competencies and attributes

  • A real ‘commercially-driven executer’ – a considered, intelligent, collaborative forward-thinker, with a genuine passion for education
  • A born leader: able to drive, motivate and be persuasive in a positive way
  • Very strong operational focus – you are able to plan, execute and optimise processes
  • Love working with people, and take pride in seeing them flourish and excel. An excellent, empathetic and patient listener
  • Excellent negotiation skills – Direct and forceful without damaging relationships or causing conflict
  • Curious – you love learning and experiencing new things
  • A brave problem-solver; approachable yet assertive, and a highly effective communicator
  • Deadline driven
  • Highly analytical and process-thinker

Experience and qualifications

  • Five years’ minimum previous experience successfully establishing and executing operational plans
  • Professional project management training would be a strong advantage
  • Background in education/technology/e-commerce
  • Proven track record of completing tasks, on time and with excellence
  • Strong communication skills and an ability to inspire cross-functional teams
  • Relevant qualification advantageous

Posted on 25 May 16:08

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CFO (Johannesburg)

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Remuneration: Basic salary 
Location: Johannesburg
Job policy: Employment Equity position
Type: Permanent
Reference: #1705407
Company: Datafin Recruitment

A solutions and systems integration specialist invites a seasoned and highly skilled CFO who’s a qualified CA with a minimum of five years’ experience at an executive level as well as 10 years’ ICT industry experience to join its team and advance the business to new heights. Solid Strategic planning and analytics is required.

Duties:

Strategic financial organisational strategies:

  • Contribute financial and accounting information analysis and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction, establishing functional objectives in line with organisational objectives.
  • Reshape organisational capability early to reflect strategy.
  • Match structure, operating model, processes and capability to the commercial needs of the market.

Profit, revenue and cash, dealmaker:

  • Able to understand and drive all P&L levers/resources in a complementary manner and manage trade-offs.
  • Willing to invest short-term on financials for long-term interest.
  • Anticipate the impact of external trends on shaping positions, investments and business development.
  • Combine business instinct with an analytical, data-driven focus.

Operational experience:

  • Lead strategically but understand the commercial, customer and people detail.
  • Create space to shape the long-term whilst maintaining short-term delivery.
  • Easily switch from helicopter-view to detailed.
  • Willing to drive operational intensity by drilling into the detail.
  • Understands business operations in a detailed way.
  • Assist the CEO in assessing and identifying operational strategies, performance metrics, and financial challenges and opportunities to support the company’s growth.
  • Be a partner to the CEO, as well as business growth and delivery organisations, to assess the financial and operational implications of key opportunities and decisions.
  • Serve as an advisor and a business partner to executive leadership in evaluating the financial condition of the organisation and developing proactive recommendations for growth; develop solutions to business issues; provide data, facts, and analysis to enable sound decision-making in the organisation.

Requirements:

  • Qualified as a chartered Accountant CA (SA) with a minimum five years’ senior executive experience.

Experience:

  • A minimum of 10 years of experience in ICT industry, five of which must be at senior executive level.
  • Financial leadership, including – development for the continuous evaluation of short and long- term strategic financial objectives and operating procedures and managing with Integrity to drive business performance.
  • Working with board of director level executives.
  • Deep understanding and experience in strategy development process, corporate governance as well as sound business planning skills.
  • Can provide hands-on functional management for all strategic and day-to-day operational activities related to accounting and finance, including, but not limited to accounting, finance, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, financial analysis, audit, management of funds and cash flow, pricing, contracts, tax, and direct oversight of audit function.
  • Pricing negotiations with Vendors on major deals.
  • Commercial and Risk Management.

Advantageous:

  • Business development, and deal making.
  • Strong understanding of corporate finance and experience in mergers and acquisitions.
  • Board/medium sized company CFO/exco level leadership experience.

Attributes:

  • Personal impact and leads with integrity and emotional intelligence.
  • Has personal presence, stature and interpersonal skills to engage internal and external stakeholders.
  • Commands respect in the community and within the company.
  • Possesses unquestionable personal integrity in all his dealings with stakeholders.
  • Engenders trust and maintains a core set of ethical values in all interactions with stakeholders.
  • Is decisive, quick thinking and flexible enough to meet business demands.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

Comments:

When applying for jobs, ensure that you have the minimum job requirements. Only SA citizens will be considered for this role. If you are not in the mentioned location of any of the jobs, please note your relocation plans in all applications for jobs and correspondence. Please e-mail a word copy of your CV to

moc.nifatad@nyrat

and mention the reference numbers of the jobs. We have a list of jobs on http://www.datafin.com. DataFin IT Recruitment – Cape Town Jobs.

Posted on 25 May 16:00

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DataFin was established in 1999. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have established relationships with industry leaders and a vast majority of our business is repeat business.

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Freelance Accout Director (Johannesburg)

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Sandra Pope
(011) 640-7400

az.oc.tcelesemirp@ofni

www.primeselect.co.za     

Advertising, Marketing,
PR, Media and Digital

Jhb: 011 883 5404
CT: 021 422 3590 www.adtalent.co.za     

Recruiters & Career Coaches in Advertising, Marketing and Media Industries

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Storeman (Nelspruit)

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MPRTC Recruitment

The most essential and important resource any company can possess will undoubtedly be the talent that they employ. This is where MPCT is crucial, in that we specialise in the most diverse and complex resource; we supply people, the right people, for your company.

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Electrical Draughtsman

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A well-known consulting firm in Durban is currently looking for an Electrical Draughtsman to join their team. Minimum requirements include: • Certificate in AutoCAD • 6 years plus experience within a Consulting Engineering firm . • Certificate and efficiency in Revit • Building Services Draughting experience Should you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to engineering.careers@goldmanresourcing.com or call Catherine, Janelle, Cheydene, Taryn or Samantha on 087 820 4988. Alternatively visit our website on http://www.goldmanresourcing.com. Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Q.a. Supervisor Flexible Pack.

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B.Tech Food/Dip Pack. 5 yrs manage/maint./report/ensure/audit schedules/support of ad hoc projects/quarantine stock levels/QA and factory lab equip./print and customer repeat jobs/light tolerance KPI/service/product specific tests/stock list/product develop, plan/cntl/organise productivity/ performance/train and dev /discipline staff on flexible pack material -laminate/shrink sleeving/artificial casings.WC Y0406 Madari 0812445385/011 7828217

Invoice Debtors Clerk

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Courier Company requires an Invoicing Clerk to assist in the Debtors Department. Will assist with Capturing invoices, overdue accounts and contacting debtors by telephone. Locating EFTS, Daily Banking & all Ad Hoc Duties as required. Matric,2years relevant experience & attention to detail required . Salary Offered is R 14000 with Benefits. Fax your CV to : 08 6536 9574 Or call Jay at 063 379 4103 We do not charge candidates fees