67 Technology Advisor jobs in South Africa
Technology Advisor Rivonia
Posted 19 days ago
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Our client, a technology-driven MSP based in Rivonia, is looking for a motivated and dynamic individual who wants to further their career in the IT industry. The salesperson, known as the Technology Advisor, plays a crucial role in solving problems for the company's customers and potential clients by helping them choose and integrate the right information technology for a competitive advantage.
Duties & ResponsibilitiesBusiness Development & Customer Management (60%)
Create value by executing the business's sales engagement process to an exceptional standard with predefined c-level decision makers.
Business Acumen
- Understand basic business models and how businesses are positioned.
- Understand the importance of business processes in ensuring a business can execute on a particular business model and position itself in a market.
- Understand the importance of systematization in driving business efficiencies, productivity, and predictable outcomes for customers.
- Understand how different business models rely on intellectual property to create value for customers and shareholders.
- Understand concepts such as total cost of ownership, operating expenses, capital expenditure, income, and net profit.
Technical Acumen
- Become a product knowledge expert for all technical products and solutions provided by the Company.
- Understand how to align the appropriate technology to meet the needs of different business models.
- Understand and communicate how certain technology frameworks can be aligned to managing specific business risks.
- Understand how different technology solutions can be leveraged to ensure a business is able to execute on its positioning and realize its competitive advantage.
Consultative Selling
- Build Business Insights
- Quickly build rapport and credibility with c-level decision makers by conducting a high-level business conversation while subtly probing for problems that the Company can solve.
- Use spin selling techniques to uncover how the prospect's business is positioned and how they rely on technology to maintain their positioning.
- Use spin questions to uncover problems the prospect is having with their technology.
- Use spin questions to understand what business problems and consequences exist when the prospect's technology fails or what business problems exist in the absence of the appropriate technology.
- Identify all stakeholders involved in the decision-making process.
- Diagnose Business Problems
- Build a business case with the prospect by using diagnostic thinking and questions to uncover and understand what explicit business problems exist for the prospect in the absence of the appropriate technology.
- Gain explicit confirmation and document business problems, technology causes, and financial consequences.
- Identify and quantify the cost of the financial consequences.
- Confirm key business efficiency objectives of the prospect and provide insights on how technology can support these objectives.
- Always take a security-driven approach to diagnosing business problems and technology causes.
- Co-Create & Align the Appropriate Technology Solution
- Effectively navigate the psychology of change by co-creating the appropriate solution with the customer.
- Through the co-creation process, adopt the trusted advisor role by providing insights and details on the options available to solve the prospective business problems and the trade-offs in terms of risk and cost.
- Discuss & share relevant customer success stories to build credibility and demonstrate a proven track record.
- Finalize the prospect's technology strategy by guiding them through the 4-actions strategy framework.
- Agreement Meeting
- Meet with the prospect to pitch how the final co-created solution will mitigate or appropriately manage the technology causes responsible for introducing business problems and financial consequences.
- Discuss the return on investment the prospect will receive by mitigating the cost of their business problem with the appropriate investment and related technology.
- Handle any objections & gain consensus from the customer.
- Close the deal by managing contractual negotiations and obtaining signed paperwork.
Customer Management
- Account Management
- Act as a strategic advisor to all appropriate stakeholders within a customer account by engaging in continued research and detailed analysis to understand and anticipate future customer needs as well as to provide new perspectives and insights.
- Ensure key customer relationships are maintained by meeting with them regularly or as defined by the business.
- Ensure the customer has the appropriate technology aligned to their business.
- Build annual technology business cases for key customers and ensure maximum wallet spend with the Company.
- Identify under-penetrated or cross-selling opportunities in existing customer accounts.
- After each customer engagement, log all operational activities with the Company help desk.
- Manage escalations by engaging with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Use the pipeline provided in CRM & a default diary to plan and prioritize revenue-generating tasks (money hours).
- Weekly, schedule big blocks of time to execute the required activity needed to move prospects/deals through the business’s sales engagement process.
- Build pipeline opportunities from existing/past networks, existing client lists, referrals & the Company’s LeadGen team.
- Attend weekly pipeline meetings to review the various stages of opportunities and tactics needed to move deals forward.
- Attend monthly Win/Loss review meetings with Sales Manager to inform performance improvement or to potentially win back a lost deal.
- Attend weekly sales team meetings.
- Attend weekly solutions architecture meetings.
- Consistently achieve the key leading & lagging indicators determined by the company.
- Attend annual meetings with Manager to determine and/or review the following: Budgets and targets, Key performance indicators, and Salary increases.
Revenue Generating Administrative Processes
- Update and maintain accurate records on CRM of all client interactions daily.
- Document research conducted in preparation for all meetings on CRM and in LDX Sales Way.
- Forecast and submit sales pipelines.
- After each prospect and customer engagement, send a follow-up email outlining commitments, action points, and next steps.
- After each prospect engagement, send a follow-up email with updated business cases, cost of the problem tabulator, and relevant case studies.
- Send all final proposals from CRM.
- Keep track of commission statements.
Research and Analysis
- Engage in consistent research to build a comprehensive understanding of current industry, market, and competitor trends and developments.
- Monitor and research development and changes in customer industries, competitors, and operations.
Product Knowledge
- Engage in continuous learning to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the Company product offerings through self-study.
- Attend bi-weekly technical product training sessions.
Individual Development & Mastery of Craft
- Dedicate time, thought, and effort to master the consultative selling craft.
- Dedicate time to building business and technical acumen.
- Attend weekly sales training sessions.
- Complete Individual Development Plan.
- Attend individual coaching and mentoring sessions with reporting Sales Manager.
Minimum Qualifications
- Matric Certificate.
- BCom Degree in any field.
Minimum Sales Knowledge & Experience
- One to two years of sales experience.
- Sales experience in the ICT field would be advantageous.
- Consultative selling experience would be advantageous.
Minimum Skill-Based Competencies
- Engage and network with clients and c-level decision makers.
- Analytical mindset with problem-solving skillset.
- Highly motivated and target-driven.
- Collaborative team player.
- Proactive self-manager.
- Self-confident.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Professional.
- Appetite for learning and continuous improvement.
- Resilient.
- Willingness to deal with rejection.
- Honest and accountable.
- Flexible and adaptable.
Technology advisor rivonia
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Technology Advisor (Sales Consultant) - Rivonia
Posted 19 days ago
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Our client, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) based in Rivonia, is looking for a Technology Advisor. The company is technology-driven and aims to better aid and support their clients. We are looking for motivated and dynamic individuals who want to further their career in the IT industry.
The Technology Advisor plays a crucial role in solving problems for the company's customers and potential clients. They continuously work to understand the customer's operations, position, and business challenges when the right technology is missing. The Technology Advisor helps these clients choose and integrate the right information technology for a competitive advantage.
Duties & ResponsibilitiesBusiness Development & Customer Management (60%)
Create value by executing the business's sales engagement process to an exceptional standard with predefined c-level decision makers.
Business Acumen
- Understand basic business models and how businesses are positioned.
- Understand the importance of business processes in ensuring a business can execute on a particular business model and position itself in a market.
- Understand the importance of systematization in driving business efficiencies, productivity, and predictable outcomes for customers.
- Understand how different business models rely on intellectual property to create value for customers and shareholders.
- Understand concepts such as total cost of ownership, operating expenses, capital expenditure, income, and net profit.
Technical Acumen
- Become a product knowledge expert for all technical products and solutions provided by the company.
- Understand how to align the appropriate technology to meet the needs of different business models.
- Understand and communicate how certain technology frameworks can be aligned to managing specific business risks.
- Understand how different technology solutions can be leveraged to ensure a business is able to execute on its positioning and realize its competitive advantage.
Consultative Selling
- Build Business Insights
- Quickly build rapport and credibility with c-level decision makers by conducting a high-level business conversation while subtly probing for problems that the company can solve.
- Use spin selling techniques to uncover how the prospect's business is positioned and how they rely on technology to maintain their positioning.
- Use spin questions to uncover problems the prospect is having with their technology.
- Use spin questions to understand what business problems and consequences exist when the prospect's technology fails or what business problems exist in the absence of the appropriate technology.
- Identify all stakeholders involved in the decision-making process.
- Diagnose Business Problems
- Build a business case with the prospect by using diagnostic thinking and questions to uncover and understand what explicit business problems exist for the prospect in the absence of the appropriate technology.
- Gain explicit confirmation and document business problems, technology causes, and financial consequences.
- Identify and quantify the cost of the financial consequences.
- Confirm key business efficiency objectives of the prospect and provide insights on how technology can support these objectives.
- Always take a security-driven approach to diagnosing business problems and technology causes.
- Co-Create & Align the Appropriate Technology Solution
- Effectively navigate the psychology of change by co-creating the appropriate solution with the customer.
- Through the co-creation process, adopt the trusted advisor role by providing insights and details on the options available to solve the prospective business problems and the trade-offs in terms of risk and cost.
- Discuss & share relevant customer success stories to build credibility and demonstrate a proven track record.
- Finalize the prospect's technology strategy by guiding the prospect through the 4-actions strategy framework.
- Agreement Meeting
- Finally, meet with the prospect to “pitch” how the final co-created solution will mitigate or appropriately manage the technology causes that would be responsible for introducing business problems and financial consequences.
- Discuss the return on investment the prospect will receive by mitigating the cost of their business problem with the appropriate investment and related technology.
- Handle any objections & gain consensus from the customer.
- Close the deal by managing contractual negotiations and obtaining signed paperwork.
Customer Management
- Account Management
- Act as a strategic advisor to all appropriate stakeholders within a customer account by engaging in continued research and detailed analysis to understand and anticipate future customer needs as well as to provide new perspectives and insights.
- Ensure key customer relationships are maintained by meeting with them regularly or as defined by the business.
- Ensure the customer has the appropriate technology aligned to their business.
- Build annual technology business cases for key customers and ensure maximum wallet spend with the company.
- Identify under-penetrated or cross-selling opportunities in existing customer accounts.
- After each customer engagement, log all operational activities with the company help desk.
- Manage escalations by engaging with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Use the pipeline provided in CRM & a default diary to plan and prioritize revenue-generating tasks (money hours).
- Weekly, schedule big blocks of time to execute the required activity needed to move prospects/deals through the business’s sales engagement process.
- Build pipeline opportunity from existing/past network, existing client lists, referrals & the company’s LeadGen team.
- Attend weekly pipeline meetings to review the various stages of opportunities and tactics needed to move deals forward.
- Attend monthly Win/Loss review meetings with Sales Manager to inform performance improvement or to potentially win back a lost deal.
- Attend weekly sales team meetings.
- Attend weekly solutions architecture meetings.
- Consistently achieve the key leading & lagging indicators determined by the company.
- Attend annual meetings with Manager to determine and/or review the following: Budgets and targets, Key performance indicators, and Salary increases.
Revenue Generating Administrative Processes
- Update and maintain accurate records on CRM of all client interactions daily.
- Document research conducted in preparation for all meetings on CRM and in LDX Sales Way.
- Forecast and submit sales pipelines.
- After each prospect and customer engagement, send a follow-up email outlining commitments, action points, and next steps.
- After each prospect engagement, send a follow-up email with updated business cases, cost of the problem tabulator, and relevant case studies.
- Send all final proposals from CRM.
- Keep track of commission statements.
Research and Analysis
- Engage in consistent research to build a comprehensive understanding of current industry, market, and competitor trends and developments.
- Monitor and research development and changes in customer industries, competitors, and operations.
Product Knowledge
- Engage in continuous learning to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the company product offerings through self-study.
- Attend bi-weekly technical product training sessions.
Individual Development & Mastery of Craft
- Dedicate time, thought, and effort to master the consultative selling craft.
- Dedicate time to building business and technical acumen.
- Attend weekly sales training sessions.
- Complete Individual Development Plan.
- Attend individual coaching and mentoring sessions with reporting Sales Manager.
Minimum Qualifications
- Matric Certificate
- BCom Degree in any field
Minimum Sales Knowledge & Experience
- One to two years of sales experience
- Sales experience in the ICT field would be advantageous.
- Consultative selling experience would be advantageous.
Minimum Skill-Based Competencies
- Engage and network with clients and c-level decision makers.
- Analytical mindset with problem-solving skillset.
- Highly motivated and target driven.
- Collaborative team player.
- Proactive self-manager.
- Self-confident.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Professional.
- Appetite for learning and continuous improvement.
- Resilient.
- Willingness to deal with rejection.
- Honest and accountable.
- Flexible and adaptable.
Technical Advisor, Assistive Technology(Home Based Retainer)
Posted 19 days ago
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Application period: 16-Jan-2024 to 26-Jan-2024
Functional Responsibilities:As part of the ATscale Advisory Group, the incumbents will provide strategic and technical advice and make recommendations on:
- The setting of priorities in alignment with ATscale’s overall goals and strategy, including the selection and prioritisation of possible areas for intervention.
- The identification of gaps and possible solutions to address them in activities/efforts in the AT sector.
- The development of ‘living’ sector-wide strategies.
- Strengthening of country implementing partner capacity on specific thematic areas.
- The development of ATscale’s annual workplan.
- The scoping of possible interventions and the specifications for the scopes of work (TORs, calls/requests for proposals or other forms of inviting potential grantees or service providers to submit proposals) both at the global and country level (e.g., country concept notes, global public goods interventions).
- Participation in the substantive, systematic, rigorous, detailed, and high-quality technical and financial evaluation of proposals received against criteria such as:
- Alignment with the priorities of ATscale.
- Coordination with existing and planned activities.
- Inclusion of relevant stakeholders (meaningful participation).
- Programmatic merit.
- Technical quality.
- ATscale’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework and its implementation.
- Undertake other related duties as required.
- Travel may be required to attend in-person meetings or in-country reviews.
- Education:
- Advanced degree (Master's degree or above), ideally in Otorhinolaryngology, Audiology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, health or public health, rehabilitation, biomedical science, statistics, or other relevant disciplines.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Audiology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, or medicine or rehabilitation-related fields, in combination with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
- Work Experience:
- A minimum of 7 years of combined experience in assistive technology in the areas of Public Health, Non-communicable diseases, eye and vision care, or ear and hearing care is required.
The following are considered assets:
- Demonstrated experience in providing technical advice for planning, implementation, and monitoring of assistive technology programmes.
- Demonstrated knowledge of large-scale health or education or social protection programmes.
- Proven track record either in the area of eye and vision care or ear and hearing care.
- Proven track-record of data collection, data management, quantitative and qualitative analysis and outcome reporting.
- Familiarity with disability rights and inclusion of disability in projects and programmes, as well as a foundational understanding of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international instruments and relevant frameworks.
- Experience in international development and/or humanitarian aid and/or working for a UN organization and/or an NGO in the field of eye or ear and hearing care.
- Language:
- Fluency in English Language (Writing, Reading, and Speaking) is required.
- Knowledge of another official UN language is an advantage.
Think big. Meet challenges head-on. Help people build better lives.
UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce is made up of people from varied nationalities, cultures, and races. They speak a range of languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities. Click apply and join us!
Remarks: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
#J-18808-LjbffrTechnical Advisor, Assistive Technology(Home Based Retainer)
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Application period: 16-Jan-2024 to 26-Jan-2024
Functional Responsibilities:As part of the ATscale Advisory Group, the incumbents will provide strategic and technical advice and make recommendations on:
- The setting of priorities in alignment with ATscale’s overall goals and strategy, including the selection and prioritisation of possible areas for intervention.
- The identification of gaps and possible solutions to address them in activities/efforts in the AT sector.
- The development of ‘living’ sector-wide strategies.
- Strengthening of country implementing partner capacity on specific thematic areas.
- The development of ATscale’s annual workplan.
- The scoping of possible interventions and the specifications for the scopes of work (TORs, calls/requests for proposals or other forms of inviting potential grantees or service providers to submit proposals) both at the global and country level (e.g., country concept notes, global public goods interventions).
- Participation in the substantive, systematic, rigorous, detailed, and high-quality technical and financial evaluation of proposals received against criteria such as:
- Alignment with the priorities of ATscale.
- Coordination with existing and planned activities.
- Inclusion of relevant stakeholders (meaningful participation).
- Programmatic merit.
- Technical quality.
- ATscale’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework and its implementation.
- Undertake other related duties as required.
- Travel may be required to attend in-person meetings or in-country reviews.
- Education:
- Advanced degree (Master's degree or above), ideally in Otorhinolaryngology, Audiology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, health or public health, rehabilitation, biomedical science, statistics, or other relevant disciplines.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Audiology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, or medicine or rehabilitation-related fields, in combination with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
- Work Experience:
- A minimum of 7 years of combined experience in assistive technology in the areas of Public Health, Non-communicable diseases, eye and vision care, or ear and hearing care is required.
The following are considered assets:
- Demonstrated experience in providing technical advice for planning, implementation, and monitoring of assistive technology programmes.
- Demonstrated knowledge of large-scale health or education or social protection programmes.
- Proven track record either in the area of eye and vision care or ear and hearing care.
- Proven track-record of data collection, data management, quantitative and qualitative analysis and outcome reporting.
- Familiarity with disability rights and inclusion of disability in projects and programmes, as well as a foundational understanding of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international instruments and relevant frameworks.
- Experience in international development and/or humanitarian aid and/or working for a UN organization and/or an NGO in the field of eye or ear and hearing care.
- Language:
- Fluency in English Language (Writing, Reading, and Speaking) is required.
- Knowledge of another official UN language is an advantage.
Think big. Meet challenges head-on. Help people build better lives.
UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce is made up of people from varied nationalities, cultures, and races. They speak a range of languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities. Click apply and join us!
Remarks: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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Ti aiuteremo a crescere in un mondo globale e connesso, portando la tua carriera dove desideri.
Come possiamo collaborare al meglio per costruire insieme un mondo del lavoro migliore?
Cosa dicono di noi:
Questi sono i fattori più influenti che hanno spinto colleghe e colleghi a sceglierci negli ultimi anni:
1. Learning and Development: oltre 50 ore all’anno per ciascuna persona;
2. Progressione di carriera: solo negli ultimi 12 mesi il 65% delle persone di EY si è vista riconoscere un avanzamento di carriera;
3. Salary e Benefits: con un’ampia gamma di convenzioni aziendali, dalla palestra allo
4. shopping, fino a servizi gratuiti di telemedicina e supporto psicologico;
5. Mobilità e opportunità internazionali, compresa la possibilità di lavorare dall’estero fino a 20 giorni senza essere in trasferta;
6. Lavoro ibrido senza giornate prestabilite centralmente.
L’occasione perfetta: la tua prossima avventura ti sta aspettando!
Qual'è il Team di riferimento?
La figura dello Junior Consultant farà parte della Practice Technology Strategy Transformation di EY Consulting, composta da professionisti altamente qualificati dislocati tra Milano, Roma e Bari. Il team opera su clienti di diverse Industry dove vengono affrontate diverse tipologie di progettualità.
Che cosa stiamo cercando:
Cerchiamo persone come te: curiose, inclusive e con una mentalità aperta alla crescita. Se sai vedere opportunità dove altri vedono sfide, se credi nel potere della collaborazione e nel valore delle differenze, allora sei pronto/a a fare la differenza in un mondo del lavoro che cambia ogni giorno.
Requisiti richiesti:
· Laurea magistrale, preferibilmente in questi ambiti: Ingegneria, Matematica, Statistica, Informatica ed Economia
· Buona conoscenza dell’inglese
· Attitudine analitica e decisionale
· Capacità di relazionarsi con il cliente con approccio consulenziale
· Ottima attitudine alla comunicazione e al lavoro in team
Il ruolo specifico comporta le seguenti attività:
· Supportare nella gestione e coordinamento dei progetti;
· Supportare il business nella definizione dei requisiti progettuali e nell'analisi dei requisiti tecnici e funzionali
· Monitorare e gestire le attività di progetto al fine di assicurare il rispetto delle scadenze;
· Gestire la relazione e le comunicazioni con il cliente e con gli stakeholders di progetto;
· Preparare le attività a supporto della progettazione e relativa reportistica (es. preparazione kick off, SAL meeting, predisposizione Gantt, ecc.).
· Accelera le tue competenze: Grazie a corsi e programmi di sviluppo orientati al futuro, potrai crescere in modo concreto e mirato.
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· Dai il meglio di te: Investi costantemente nel tuo benessere personale e nello sviluppo della tua carriera.
· Scopri il tuo scopo personale: Coltiva la tua missione e contribuisci a generare un impatto positivo.
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· partecipare a progetti di ogni tipo per clienti di ogni settore;
· accedere a + 450.000 ore di formazione erogate per accrescere le tue competenze tecniche e il tuo talento personale;
· essere supportato/a da un Counselor nel tuo percorso professionale;
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· accedere a benefits e programmi di welfare aziendale diversificati.
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persone con disabilità, in conformità con la legge italiana L. 68/99. Il nostro obiettivo è creare un ambiente di lavoro equo e accessibile.
Per garantirti la migliore esperienza possibile durante il processo di selezione, ti chiediamo di indicarci i presidi necessari in relazione alla tua eventuale disabilità.
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Technical Advisor
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Drawing on a technical understanding of the SA RE power sector, the Technical Advisor: Wind Energy will support the Senior Technical Advisor: Wind Energy and work with the Technical Coordinator to co-ordinate all SAWEA standing committees, working groups, task teams as well as undertake and support research objectives, conduct data collection, contribute to policy response and form part of the team leading thought positioning aligned with the SAWEA business plan and strategy.
Job SpecificationMain responsibilities
- Support the management of all SAWEA standing committees, working groups and task teams.
- Co-ordinate industry positions on key strategic matters that emanate from various platforms.
- Support the development and implementation of SAWEA research objectives.
- Advance the Association’s thought leadership position through thought pieces.
- Interrogate national and energy policies and generate considered responses to such policies.
- Engage stakeholders and represent the association at various platforms.
- Support Management, consultants, and staff to undertake the objectives of this position.
- Project co-ordination of internal projects, workshops and/or webinars to ensure relevant dialogue amongst stakeholders.
Support the operation of Industry Working Groups
- SAWEA has 5 standing committees working groups namely: Market Development, Project Development, Project Implementation, Asset Management and Social Impact.
- Co-ordinate all standing committee, working group and task team meetings.
- Align standing committee agendas with the SAWEA strategic plan and business plan.
- Provide value, secretariat, and administrative support from the SAWEA office.
- Drive participation of representatives in key focus areas of all standing committees.
- Support standing committee chairs to manage key actions.
- Facilitate alignment between the SAWEA CEO and standing committees as well as between related Standing Committees.
SAWEA Research and Data Collection Support
- Support the aims and objectives.
- Co-ordinate relevant data access points.
- Support management and consultants to create a user-friendly data collection, management and reporting platform.
- Collection and presentation of publicly available data for market intelligence purposes, both on the website and in thought as well as policy response pieces in an easy-to-understand manner.
- Constant liaison with wind farms and other data owners to improve the flow of data to the SAWEA office.
- Support in the creation and coordination of all SAWEA events, including networking events which advance the objectives of SAWEA and its standing committees.
- Support the creation of annual wind energy reports based on the data collected.
- Support research objectives related to various industry specific topics such as wind energy & storage, role of wind energy in just energy transition, wind energy market diversification (private, municipal PPAs), offshore wind market, etc.
- Support fundraising initiatives for wind industry research.
Contribute to achievement of SAWEA Strategic objectives
- Use the research data responsibly to create/support industry positions.
- Co-ordinating industry comments on policies impacting the wind energy sector ensuring that the Association’s interests are well-represented and served.
- Representing SAWEA in external forums by regularly attending events as an official.
- Performing any other duties as delegated by the CEO.
Monthly Salary: Market related
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