Closing date: 31 August 2018
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and compile centre strategy and operational plan in conjunction with management team;
- Keep abreast with energy domain knowledge;
- Formulate and implement foresight studies and technology trend analysis;
- Contribute to proposals or applications such as DST proposals, Young Researcher Establishment Fund (YREF), technology demonstrators, NRF applications, flagships, etc;
- Manage, maintain and grow parliamentary grant (PG) funding on behalf of the centre;
- Manage and grow thematic funding by supporting call process, track expenditure, negotiate re-allocation;
- Support Competency Area Managers (CAMs) and Research Group Leaders (RGLs) in formulating new research programmes for unlocking strategic research funding;
- Identify and develop new science engineering & technology (SET) capabilities required for business and impact growth;
- Lead and compile centre strategic and operational plan in conjunction with stakeholders;
- Monitor and evaluate centre alignment and delivery against the strategic and operational plans;
- Implement strategic investment management system;
- Contribute to strategic HCD by developing strategic SET competences in new areas;
- Monitoring and evaluation of RD&I activities including deployment thereof;
- Ensure proper IP management systems i.e. ensure the centre has the correct IP and commercialisation skills, processes, infrastructure in order for its business objectives to be met;
- Provide critical input into CSIR’s research and development strategy
