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 as an Assistant Director or equivalent 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 report on quantitative as well as qualitive data; Working experience of statistical packages such as R or STATA. 8 Page 9

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.

Ms N Kumalo Tel No: (012) 357 3398/ Ms N Monyela 3294/ Mr M Segowa Tel No: (012) 357 4291