Assistant Manager/ Manager (Strategic Planning & Scanning)

Office of the Vice President (Corporate)

The Strategic Planning & Scanning department supports the university in strategy formulation and implementation, as well as enterprise risk management. The Assistant Manager / Manager will work in a team to support the integrated planning and enterprise risk management processes.

Job Description

Enterprise Risk Management

• Risk identification and assessment, which includes horizon scanning, conducting risk perception surveys and facilitating risk discussions amongst Directors.
• Formulation of risk mitigation plans or workplans and resource budgeting to address business risks and opportunities with stakeholders, as well as tracking the implementation of such plans.
• Risk monitoring, which includes the formulation and monitoring of KRIs, as well as evaluating the impact of global and local risk events/developments on the university’s risk profile.
• Risk reporting to high level management on platforms such as Executive Committee meetings and Audit and Risk Committee meetings.
• Training to inculcate a culture of risk awareness.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in risk management.

Planning

• Develop departmental workplanning tools and implement usage across the university.
• Support and facilitation of planning retreats
• Prepare planning instructions/guide and launch of annual departmental workplanning exercise
• Support departments in the formulation of workplans.
• Work with Finance, HR and IT to review submitted plans and prepare them for approval by management.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in enterprise risk management / corporate planning
• Strong analytical, communication, problem solving and project management skills.
• Knowledge of risk management frameworks and best practices
• Ability to create dashboards using PowerBI is a plus