Financial Adviser

The Construction Project Manager is responsible for a broad span of construction functions, covering all areas of project management including planning, cost and time management, quality management, contract administration, and safety management in accordance with best practice project management methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project initiation, planning, monitoring
2. Project coordination and team management
3. Project control on cost, time, and quality
4. Project communication and reporting
5. Contract management
6. Project commissioning
7. Programme health, safety, and environment quality
8. Stakeholder Management

Key Measurement of Outputs

1. Successful project finalisation within the project quality standard, budget, and timelines.
2. Projects completed within specified costs.
3. Compliance with Health & Safety legislation and protocols.
4. Implementation of effective project management governance and compliance structures.
5. Quality of presentations and reports.
6. Clean audit.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

1. Project Management: Defines, plans, and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
2. Detailed Oriented: Quickly identifies relevant and irrelevant information to support accurate decision making.
3. Planning & Organizing: Coaches others on advanced planning and organising skills.
4. Reporting & Communication: Designs, reviews, and improves reporting processes and provides guidance.
5. Presentation Skills: Knows how to deliver arguments persuasively.
6. Written communication: Understands that different writing styles are required for different documents or audiences.
7. Verbal communication: Able to present a theme in writing in an ordered, intelligible manner.

Minimum Requirements

1. A Bachelor's Degree in the built environment (Engineering, Civil, Structural, Water, Building Science; Construction Management or Quantity Surveying).
2. A minimum of 8 years' experience in infrastructure project management or advisory service or consulting experience working within a project management environment.
3. Professional Registration with the Built Environment professional bodies such as Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP).
4. Registration as a Pr.CPM with South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) is a pre-requisite.
5. Proven track record in construction monitoring and evaluation of civil engineering and building infrastructure projects in high value and performance environments.
6. Sound knowledge of the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC), New Engineering Contracts (NEC), Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) and other relevant building contracts.
7. In-depth understanding of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
8. Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations regarding infrastructure development.
9. Understanding of infrastructure markets.
10. Understanding of government priorities, systems, and processes at national and provincial levels.

Desirable Requirements

1. Postgraduate degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Architecture, or Construction Management will be added advantage.
2. Professional Registration with Project Management Institute (PMI) or Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE).
3. Postgraduate qualification in Project Management.
4. Qualifications in health and safety.

Required Personal Attributes

1. Teamwork & Cooperation: Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
2. Driving delivery of results: Identifies and implements a business opportunity that will have a long-term impact on the business.
3. Achievement orientation: Undertakes challenging assignments and strives to complete them.
4. Customer Orientation: Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers.
5. Integrity: Is willing to end a business relationship because it was associated with unethical business practice.
6. Self-awareness & self-control: Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa will endeavor to make appointments in line with its Employment Equity Policy and Plan. Applications from suitably qualified designated groups, especially people with disabilities, are encouraged.

The DBSA corporate culture fit requires clear, logical, and analytical thinking grounded in good interpersonal skills, a sense of urgency, and results-oriented execution of duties.

The ability to work collaboratively and find practical yet innovative solutions is critical to success in a work environment that demands emotional resilience, accountability, and responsible risk-taking and management. The DBSA reserves the right to amend or remove vacancies in line with organisational requirements.

All vacancies can be viewed on the DBSA website (under Careers).