Portfolio Manager: Agriculture (Clusters)

Portfolio Manager: Agriculture (Clusters) :
Job Summary

To manage a portfolio of Technology Innovation Clusters along the value chain from creation, kick-off, on-going monitoring and evaluation, annual reviews and impact analysis through to successful programme and project exit.
To apply strategic and operational management principles to Steering Committees, Project Committees and other platforms as required.
To measure portfolio performance on outputs linked to corporate KPI’s, identification of key enabling interventions, multi-stakeholder management, targets linked to the level of industry engagement achieved, the establishment of other strategic relationships and programme fund-raising.

Duties and Responsibilities

Project Management

Ensure that performance against budget is managed and reported every quarter
Manage and monitor the timeous disbursement of funding to ensure optimal operation of technology and innovation projects
Active fundraising and identification of funding opportunities are identified, and additional income raised from third-party investors to leverage against TIA’s funding
Ensure adherence to reporting obligations to TIA, i.e. prepare quarterly progress reports (internal), obtain necessary approval in line with delegation of authority (DOA), prepare disbursement documentation (internal) in cases where TIA is providing financial support to a cluster.

Stakeholder Relations

Conduct ongoing stakeholder mapping exercises to inform various clusters’ strategic engagement plans.
Manage and implement stakeholder relationships, and ensure that key partnerships are developed and leveraged
Actively manage and grow the relationships between TIA and the programme participants, e.g. deal effectively yet fairly with any stakeholder conflicts that may arise
Participate in events, meetings, workshops and conferences by giving input, avail skill, competency and expertise. Participation should result in positive input, impact and giving direction in the NSI.
Actively seek out and build beneficial relationships in the private sector, public sector, HEIs and SCs;
Establish mutually beneficial relationships with similar programmes locally and internationally
In collaboration with Marketing and Communications, ensure that credible success stories are published internally within TIA and externally.

Internal Processes

Cluster creation for key priority sectors as defined by relevant national policies, that is, concept creation, multi-stakeholder engagements, market validation, feasibility assessment and programme creation for various industries and/ or sectors.
Strategically analyse the portfolio, create interventions, pivot and further enable the program toward maximum industry impact.
Conduct desktop exercise of potential economic impact at the time of the program creation and feasibility.
Convene multi-stakeholders Steering Committees to guide strategic direction for industry development.
Actively monitor and evaluate the performance of the programme, its projects, and its participants to create intelligence reports to base decisions on.
Assess projects within agreed timeframes, and provide support and assistance to projects to achieve their milestones
Initiate programme/project re-scopes if required. Creation/ co-creation of Annual Operational Plans, Project Close out ,Programme exits—evaluation of various options for exit and implementation.
Ongoing primary and secondary sector value chain analysis, to inform national sector roadmaps, masterplans, policies and incentives.
Conduct Programme risk analysis to ensure ongoing risk mitigation plans are maintained and implemented.
Appoint a third-party service provider for programme economic post-assessment and cocreate the terms of reference with various industry partners, while facilitating the activity to completion maintaining multi-stakeholder governance structure throughout.
Comply with all TIA systems (performance management, HR, finance, Stakeholder information, etc.)
Ensure that all portfolio audit matters are resolved
Ensure timeous and accurate reporting as per requirements
Attract, monitor and manage the development of technology innovation in projects within the cluster to reach demonstration stage/ taken up in the market
Ensure Portfolio information is timeously, accurately and completely recorded on the Fund management system
Leverage funds from third-party investors for new and existing clusters; Facilitate the commercialisation of TIA projects/investments emanating from Cluster funding
Build a pipeline of investment opportunities for the Agriculture Business Unit

Governance and Compliance

Ensure compliance with Legislation, e.g. PFMA and National Treasury Guidelines
Ensure compliance to all relevant Policies and Frameworks; and
Ensure Compliance with TIA Standard Operating Procedures
Contract management for relevant agreements, such as Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) and/or Understanding (MOU’s), new funding agreements and/or amendments and deviations to existing contracts as well as service level agreements where applicable.

Qualifications and Experience

A 4-year degree in Biotechnology, Biosciences or Agriculture related fields of Science/Engineering.
Business related qualification will be an added advantage
Preference - a Master’s degree in Science/Engineering or Doctorate(PhD).
3 years’ technology innovation experience
2 years’ experience in a commercial or portfolio management context

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closing date: June 1, 2022
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