Job Requirements
The applicants must be in a possession of an appropriate Bachelor’s Degree (NQF Level 7) or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA; At least four years of relevant technical experience in research, monitoring and evaluation with supervisory responsibilities is required, in project management, coordinating research projects, and coordinating work amongst team members; At least two years of experience in managing evaluations in the education sector, involving aspects such as the coordination of large data collection exercises, data management, questionnaire design for school – based survey and service provider management; Knowledge of basic education regulations and policies; Knowledge of the latest research on education system reform and a proven personal track record of undertaking research, monitoring and evaluation in the basic education sector will be highly advantageous; Knowledge of relevant national education datasets and working experience of such datasets will be highly advantageous; Ability and experience in writing research reports where the candidate was the primary author of at least two technical evaluation or research reports; Ability to develop monitoring tools; and high level skills in the use of the MS Office Suite; Ability to make presentations to stakeholders; Ability to analyse, interpret and repot on quantitive as well as qualitive data; Working experience of statistical packages such as R or STATA.
Duties
The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the policy outputs of the education system and co-ordinating research; Designing, managing and supporting large scale evaluation and research studies commissioned by the Department; Facilitating capacity building on planning, monitoring and evaluation; Liaising and network with research organisations, including presenting DBE research at conferences.
What is the Salary
R1 059 105 per annum
Location
Pretoria.
How to Apply
Apply Before:
22 December 2025
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Additional Information
All shortlisted candidates shall undertake a pre-entry practical exercise to demonstrate their skills in a short task as part of the interview and will be subjected to a security clearance. The successful candidate have to sign an annual performance agreement, annually disclose his/ her financial interests and be subjected to a security clearance