11 Public Sector Manager jobs in South Africa

MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private Higher Education distance provider, offering Undergraduate and Postgraduate qualifications.Public Administration Academic with specialisation in FinanceCORE PURPOSE:To provide Academic Leadership across a range of Undergraduate/Postgraduate education programmes.

CORE FUNCTIONS:

• Module Coordinator for area of specialisation (SME)
• To facilitate face-to-face and online lectures
• Develop, review and moderate curriculum and assessments
• Provide Academic consultation support
• Grade assessments and provide stakeholder feedback
• Undertake programme and module reviews
• Active involvement in research and publishing
• Supervise postgraduate research
• Identify students at-risk and execute pastoral care
• Undertake programme and quality management administrative tasks

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Public Administration
• PhD in Public Administration (an advantage)

EXPERIENCE:

• 3-5 years of lecturing experience in higher education

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES, AND SKILLS:

• Familiarity with higher education, distance learning, and online education
• Experience with learning management systems
• Working knowledge of the South African Higher Education Regulatory Framework
• Ability to work within pre-determined time frames and deadlines
• Confident communication skills and professionalism
• Strong team player with a collegial approach
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Internet, and Email)
• Excellent writing and reporting skills
• High level of ethics and confidentiality

MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private Higher Education distance provider, offering Undergraduate and Postgraduate qualifications.Public Administration Academic with specialisation in FinanceCORE PURPOSE:To provide Academic Leadership across a range of Undergraduate/Postgraduate education programmes.

CORE FUNCTIONS:

• Module Coordinator for area of specialisation (SME)
• To facilitate face-to-face and online lectures
• Develop, review and moderate curriculum and assessments
• Provide Academic consultation support
• Grade assessments and provide stakeholder feedback
• Undertake programme and module reviews
• Active involvement in research and publishing
• Supervise postgraduate research
• Identify students at-risk and execute pastoral care
• Undertake programme and quality management administrative tasks

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Public Administration
• PhD in Public Administration (an advantage)

EXPERIENCE:

• 3-5 years of lecturing experience in higher education

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES, AND SKILLS:

• Familiarity with higher education, distance learning, and online education
• Experience with learning management systems
• Working knowledge of the South African Higher Education Regulatory Framework
• Ability to work within pre-determined time frames and deadlines
• Confident communication skills and professionalism
• Strong team player with a collegial approach
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Internet, and Email)
• Excellent writing and reporting skills
• High level of ethics and confidentiality

Location:

Offsite, Johannesburg, South Africa

Alternate Location

None

Area of Interest

Engineer - Pre Sales and Product Management

Job Type

Professional

Job Id

144431

As an Account Manager at Cisco, you will drive sales goals for Cisco South Africa while building strong partnerships with senior customer leaders and collaborating with sales, channel, services, marketing, and other teams.

This high-visibility role demands strong leadership, motivation, and the ability to encourage teams while advancing Cisco's market share in South Africa

• Leading key sales initiatives and cross-functional teams to drive Sales growth in South Africa, aligning with MEA-TRC and EMEA strategies.
• Driving transformation through account planning, value-based selling, and exceeding booking targets while optimizing OPEX and demonstrating market insights.
• Implementing Cisco's vision for customers, adapting to market trends, and encouraging collaboration across teams and regions.
• Inspiring teams, developing talent, and promoting innovation to contribute to Cisco’s long-term success.

You will become part of Cisco’s MEA-TRC sales organization—a team of highly skilled sales professionals, including Account Managers, Pre-Sales, and Technology Specialists.

We take pride in encouraging a culture that celebrates success and recognizes our people’s achievements. Join us and play a key role in driving transformation!

• Passion for combining technologies and services to address specific business needs, with a focus on business impact over technical details.
• Ability to engage with all customer levels, from technical teams to CxOs, encouraging positive relationships.
• Expertise in crafting engaging, audience-specific proposals and understanding vertical markets, business challenges, and compliance requirements.
• Effective collaboration with partners to drive mutual success.
• 7+ years of extensive experience in technology sales
• The candidate must be based in South Africa
• Public Sector experience is required

• Excellent presentation skills.
• Shown experience in selling technology solutions across areas such as Networking, Security, Collaboration, Data Center, Software, and Services.
• Shown success in territory sales and handling commercial accounts.
• Strong skills in time management, organization, and negotiation.
• Proven ability to make sound business decisions.
• Strong sales expertise and competence.
• Ability to influence and effectively engage with senior customer executives and key business decision-makers.

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees haveaccess to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days ofvacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Offpolicy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours ofunused sick timewill be carried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the nextsuch that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

Location:

Offsite, Johannesburg, South Africa

Alternate Location

None

Area of Interest

Engineer - Pre Sales and Product Management

Job Type

Professional

Job Id

144431

As an Account Manager at Cisco, you will drive sales goals for Cisco South Africa while building strong partnerships with senior customer leaders and collaborating with sales, channel, services, marketing, and other teams.

This high-visibility role demands strong leadership, motivation, and the ability to encourage teams while advancing Cisco's market share in South Africa

• Leading key sales initiatives and cross-functional teams to drive Sales growth in South Africa, aligning with MEA-TRC and EMEA strategies.
• Driving transformation through account planning, value-based selling, and exceeding booking targets while optimizing OPEX and demonstrating market insights.
• Implementing Cisco's vision for customers, adapting to market trends, and encouraging collaboration across teams and regions.
• Inspiring teams, developing talent, and promoting innovation to contribute to Cisco’s long-term success.

You will become part of Cisco’s MEA-TRC sales organization—a team of highly skilled sales professionals, including Account Managers, Pre-Sales, and Technology Specialists.

We take pride in encouraging a culture that celebrates success and recognizes our people’s achievements. Join us and play a key role in driving transformation!

• Passion for combining technologies and services to address specific business needs, with a focus on business impact over technical details.
• Ability to engage with all customer levels, from technical teams to CxOs, encouraging positive relationships.
• Expertise in crafting engaging, audience-specific proposals and understanding vertical markets, business challenges, and compliance requirements.
• Effective collaboration with partners to drive mutual success.
• 7+ years of extensive experience in technology sales
• The candidate must be based in South Africa
• Public Sector experience is required

• Excellent presentation skills.
• Shown experience in selling technology solutions across areas such as Networking, Security, Collaboration, Data Center, Software, and Services.
• Shown success in territory sales and handling commercial accounts.
• Strong skills in time management, organization, and negotiation.
• Proven ability to make sound business decisions.
• Strong sales expertise and competence.
• Ability to influence and effectively engage with senior customer executives and key business decision-makers.

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees haveaccess to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days ofvacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Offpolicy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours ofunused sick timewill be carried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the nextsuch that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

Listing reference: manco_000661

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 19 January 2025

Job category: Others: Education and Training

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

EE position: Yes

MANCOSA, a DHET registered, and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy available: ACADEMIC PROGRAMME LEADER: SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

1. Programme Management and Leadership (within the confines of MANCOSA’s vision, mission, and strategy)
2. Coordinate the development and continuous improvement of Program teaching and learning and the program assessment strategy create a monitoring process, through the management of a tracker for the program.
3. Assist with measuring of graduate attributes through the coordination of engagement between the APL and students across the program.
4. Assist with research on opportunities to advance the school's program offering and school strategy (program growth, articulation, etc.).
5. Programme Planning and Administration in collaboration with Institutional Planning.
6. Liaise with academic administrators in relation to academic readiness for each semester.
7. Create and monitor academic administrators progress trackers.
8. Assist the Academic Programme Leader (APL) with the recruitment and appointment of suitable academic deliverables.
9. Facilitation of webinars.
10. Coordinate appropriate Community Engagement initiatives and activities.
11. Assist with the planning and coordination of Delivery of academic events for internal and external academic staff.
12. Assist with aligning students with Programme specific career guidance in collaboration with Career Centre.
13. Engage with relevant stakeholders to request information on Student assessment performance.
14. Assist the APL with program benchmarking and development of new programs within the school.
15. Identify and intervene for students at risk.
16. Assist with module content review and update.
17. Coordinate data and reports that will manage all internal and external quality assurance efforts.

• Essential qualification: Postgraduate degree specialising in Public Administration (NQF Level 8) studying towards Masters in Public Administration.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in higher Education/ Academic.

• Demonstrate high-quality academic knowledge.
• Provide guidance in the evolving education spectrum.
• Supporting and Co-operating.
• Creating and Conceptualizing.
• Organizing and Coordinating.
• Adapting and Coping.
• Reporting and Analysis.
• Digital Literacy.

• 2-3 years relevant Public Administration working experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Learner Management System administration/coordination.

• To demonstrate academic acumen and provide relevant expertise within the scope of Global Tourism and Hospitality.

Listing reference: manco_000661

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 19 January 2025

Job category: Others: Education and Training

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

EE position: Yes

MANCOSA, a DHET registered, and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy available: ACADEMIC PROGRAMME LEADER: SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

1. Programme Management and Leadership (within the confines of MANCOSA’s vision, mission, and strategy)
2. Coordinate the development and continuous improvement of Program teaching and learning and the program assessment strategy create a monitoring process, through the management of a tracker for the program.
3. Assist with measuring of graduate attributes through the coordination of engagement between the APL and students across the program.
4. Assist with research on opportunities to advance the school's program offering and school strategy (program growth, articulation, etc.).
5. Programme Planning and Administration in collaboration with Institutional Planning.
6. Liaise with academic administrators in relation to academic readiness for each semester.
7. Create and monitor academic administrators progress trackers.
8. Assist the Academic Programme Leader (APL) with the recruitment and appointment of suitable academic deliverables.
9. Facilitation of webinars.
10. Coordinate appropriate Community Engagement initiatives and activities.
11. Assist with the planning and coordination of Delivery of academic events for internal and external academic staff.
12. Assist with aligning students with Programme specific career guidance in collaboration with Career Centre.
13. Engage with relevant stakeholders to request information on Student assessment performance.
14. Assist the APL with program benchmarking and development of new programs within the school.
15. Identify and intervene for students at risk.
16. Assist with module content review and update.
17. Coordinate data and reports that will manage all internal and external quality assurance efforts.

• Essential qualification: Postgraduate degree specialising in Public Administration (NQF Level 8) studying towards Masters in Public Administration.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in higher Education/ Academic.

• Demonstrate high-quality academic knowledge.
• Provide guidance in the evolving education spectrum.
• Supporting and Co-operating.
• Creating and Conceptualizing.
• Organizing and Coordinating.
• Adapting and Coping.
• Reporting and Analysis.
• Digital Literacy.

• 2-3 years relevant Public Administration working experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Learner Management System administration/coordination.

• To demonstrate academic acumen and provide relevant expertise within the scope of Global Tourism and Hospitality.

Listing reference: manco_000652

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 10 January 2025

Job category: Education and Training

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

EE position: Yes

MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy: ACADEMIC PROGRAMME CO ORDINATOR: SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

1. Programme Management and Leadership (within the confines of MANCOSA’s vision, mission, and strategy).
2. Coordinate the development and continuous improvement of Programme teaching and learning and the Programme assessment strategy.
3. Assist with measuring graduate attributes through coordination between the APL and students.
4. Assist with research on opportunities to advance the school's Programme offering.
5. Programme Planning and Administration in collaboration with Institutional Planning.
6. Liaise with academic administrators regarding academic readiness.
7. Create and monitor academic administrators progress trackers.
8. Assist the Academic Programme Leader (APL) with recruitment and appointment of suitable academic deliverables.
9. Facilitate webinars.
10. Coordinate appropriate Community Engagement initiatives and activities.
11. Assist with planning and coordination of academic events.
12. Align students with Programme specific career guidance in collaboration with Career Centre.
13. Engage with relevant stakeholders for Student assessment performance information.
14. Assist the APL with Programme benchmarking and development of new Programmes.
15. Identify and intervene for students at risk.
16. Assist with module content review and update.
17. Coordinate data and reports for internal and external quality assurance efforts.

• Essential qualification: Postgraduate degree specialising in Tourism and Hospitality (NQF Level 8) studying towards a Masters in Tourism and Hospitality.

Minimum 2 years’ experience in higher Education/ Academic.

• Demonstrate high-quality academic knowledge.
• Provide guidance in the evolving education spectrum.
• Supporting and Co-operating.
• Creating and Conceptualizing.
• Organizing and Coordinating.
• Adapting and Coping.
• Reporting and Analysis.
• Digital Literacy.

2-3 years relevant Tourism and Hospitality working experience.

Minimum 2 years’ experience in Learner Management System administration/coordination.

To demonstrate academic acumen and provide relevant expertise within the scope of Global Tourism and Hospitality.

Listing reference: manco_000652

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 10 January 2025

Job category: Education and Training

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

EE position: Yes

MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy: ACADEMIC PROGRAMME CO ORDINATOR: SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

1. Programme Management and Leadership (within the confines of MANCOSA’s vision, mission, and strategy).
2. Coordinate the development and continuous improvement of Programme teaching and learning and the Programme assessment strategy.
3. Assist with measuring graduate attributes through coordination between the APL and students.
4. Assist with research on opportunities to advance the school's Programme offering.
5. Programme Planning and Administration in collaboration with Institutional Planning.
6. Liaise with academic administrators regarding academic readiness.
7. Create and monitor academic administrators progress trackers.
8. Assist the Academic Programme Leader (APL) with recruitment and appointment of suitable academic deliverables.
9. Facilitate webinars.
10. Coordinate appropriate Community Engagement initiatives and activities.
11. Assist with planning and coordination of academic events.
12. Align students with Programme specific career guidance in collaboration with Career Centre.
13. Engage with relevant stakeholders for Student assessment performance information.
14. Assist the APL with Programme benchmarking and development of new Programmes.
15. Identify and intervene for students at risk.
16. Assist with module content review and update.
17. Coordinate data and reports for internal and external quality assurance efforts.

• Essential qualification: Postgraduate degree specialising in Tourism and Hospitality (NQF Level 8) studying towards a Masters in Tourism and Hospitality.

Minimum 2 years’ experience in higher Education/ Academic.

• Demonstrate high-quality academic knowledge.
• Provide guidance in the evolving education spectrum.
• Supporting and Co-operating.
• Creating and Conceptualizing.
• Organizing and Coordinating.
• Adapting and Coping.
• Reporting and Analysis.
• Digital Literacy.

2-3 years relevant Tourism and Hospitality working experience.

Minimum 2 years’ experience in Learner Management System administration/coordination.

To demonstrate academic acumen and provide relevant expertise within the scope of Global Tourism and Hospitality.

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and a strong position as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future, and to shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Formulate tactical strategy and associated delivery plans related to specific practice areas. Ensure proactive integration and operational tactical enhancement.

Job Description

• People Management: Coach, mentor, and manage team members to drive business objectives and ensure colleague development.
• Compliance and Risk Management: Fulfill all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards.
• Business Management: Manage performance levels and service standards by translating the Business Unit’s strategy into achievable objectives and implementing these through the Performance Development process.
• Collaboration: Seek to improve ways of working by challenging the status quo, supporting an empowering team environment, sharing knowledge, experience, and best practices, and providing constructive feedback.
• Customer Experience: Provide service excellence and achieve customer satisfaction.

Education

National Diplomas and Advanced Certificates in Business, Commerce, and Management Studies.

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups to promote equitable demographic representation and diversity within the workforce.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.