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1. Occupational Health Nurse
2. Project Manager X3
3. Bioinformatician
4. Chief Investigator

Occupational Health Nurse

Requisition ID:  562

Department:  Properties and Services

City:  Cape Town

Occupational Health Nurse

(PC10; Permanent)

Occupational Health and Safety Environment

Properties and Services

The OHSE Division within P&S is seeking an Occupational Health Nurse.

The main purpose of this position is to provide clinical services and support functions within the OH Unit.

•  Liaise with statutory bodies and management to address occupational health governance and compliance.

•  Planning, coordinating and implementing of the medical surveillance programme for staff at pre-employment,     baseline, pre-placement, periodic, and exit of employment at UCT.

•  Mediate and initiate interventions to uphold occupational health standards and best practices.

•  Network with faculties and departments to optimize the service delivery of the OHSE Division.

•  Advise and support OHSE Division managers in the investigation of occupational health-related incidents.

•  Subject matter advisor to inter-departmental managers on institutional occupational health protocols.

The role reports to the Occupational Health Unit (OHU) Manager within the Occupational Health Safety and Environment (OHSE) Division and provides expert advice on matters impacting occupational health in consultation with various related subject matter experts.

Requirements for the Job:

• NQF – 8 Registered Nurse with postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience as an Occupational Health Practitioner in an Occupational Health setting.
• Experience in administrative facilitation of reporting of Occupational Injuries and Occupational Diseases.
• Member of a nursing professional body such as the South African Nursing Council.

Advantageous

• Experience in a Higher Education or complex environment
• Member of the South African Society of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (SASOHN)

Responsibilities of this position will include:

• Engage directly with employees and line management regarding clarity on the occurrence of work-related incidents in the workplace and accurate details for submission to the service provider responsible for submission of claims to the Department of Employment and Labour (DOEL).
• Report and discuss any individual or personal health risk or vulnerability of employees (willing to disclose such information) with medical practitioners, Organizational Health, and OHU Manager without breaching patient confidentiality.
• Provide the Governance Monitoring Risk and Compliance (GMRC) Manager with information related to COIDA to enable the compilation of statistical trends and analysis on incident management.
• Provide subject matter guidance on institutional occupational health matters.
• Planning, coordinating, and implementing the medical surveillance programme for staff at pre-employment, baseline, pre-placement, periodic, and exit of employment at UCT.
• Meet all compliance requirements of the Occupational Health & Safety Act and all the Regulations, COID Act, Hazardous Substances Act, Nursing Act DOH Directives, and Nursing Council directives in all practices and operations within the OHU Clinic

Pre-placement medical

The potential candidate must pass a pre-employment medical which is aligned to the job functions before being nominated for employment.

The annual cost of employment, including benefits is between R 580,137.00 and  R 682,513.00.

To apply, please visit the UCT Internal Careers Site to create a candidate profile and submit your application. 

Please complete/attach the following to your profile before submitting your application: 

• Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• Motivation/Cover letter that speaks to the specific requirements of the position.
• Three referee names must include their title and name, position details, relationship to you, e-mail address, and telephone number.

Shortlisted candidates may be required to undergo an assessment and references may be requested by UCT at any stage of the selection process.

Any inquiries for the position are to be addressed to Mr. Ian Petersen at recruitment02@uct.ac.za  or 021 650 2163

Closing date:    20 April 2024          

Website:         www.hr.uct.ac.za

UCT is a designated employer and is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets. Preference will be given to candidates from the under-represented designated groups. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at https://uct.ac.za/media/9482.

UCT reserves the right not to appoint.

Project Manager X3

PROJECT MANAGER X3

(Permanent; Payclass 11)

Capital Planning and Projects

PROPERTIES and SERVICES

We invite applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons for this permanent position in the Properties and Services Department, for appointment as soon as possible.

We are seeking to appoint a responsible, energetic person who is highly motivated and who can use their initiative. Reporting to the Director: Programme Management, the successful incumbent will be responsible for the planning and execution of building works on Campus.

Requirements for the post:

• A NQF 7 degree in the built environment defined in this instance as Engineering (All Services), Quantity Surveyors, Architecture and Construction Management)
• A post Degree/Diploma/Accreditation qualification in Project Management from a recognized governing body.
• At least 10 (Ten) years relevant project planning and management experience in the Construction & Project Management environment of which at least 5 years should be the project Lead This experience must include working for a contractor, with hands-on experience managing effective project delivery at construction sites.
• Experience to include multi-year projects of scale, complexity, and high value.
• A working knowledge and understanding of the various types of construction contracts and the ability to apply them.
• A working knowledge of the building industry and the ability to read, interpret and provide input architectural & construction drawings.
• Prior experience in the built environment.
• This position entails inspecting progress at construction or project sites and will require the incumbent to be medically fit.
• A valid code EB Driver’s License.
• Alertness and the ability to think quickly in an emergency.
• A friendly disposition coupled with sound interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• A strong sense of customer service.
• Proven computer literacy with proficiency in MS Excel and Outlook at an intermediate level.
• The ability to multi-task, work in a team or on an individual basis with minimum supervision.
• The flexibility to work according to the Capital Planning and Projects Departments operational hours.
• The ability to cope in a highly stressful environment.
• Possess a high level of honesty and integrity in handling cash and finances.
• Must have experience in integration of OHSE principles and standards within projects and conformance to respective statutory acts and regulations.

Advantageous:

• Prior experience in the tertiary education-built environment.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD and MS Projects.

 Responsibilities:

• To plan and manage the implementation of building projects in compliance with RSA legislation in particular National Building Regulations and OHS Act.
• To manage, monitor and report on projects costs for budgeting purposes.
• To monitor and manage the projects’ timeline ensuring completion on time.
• Keep accurate analysis and record of project related expenditure.
• Implement relevant procurement policies and follow due process.
• Produce detailed expenditure reports and evaluation of the project team members.
• Manage the outputs of the project team.
• To ensure that you integrate services into your project management planning and work collaboratively with other disciplines on P&S.
• Be prepared to manage adhoc unplanned events.

The annual remuneration package for 2023, including benefits, is between R711 889 and R837 514.

Please note: the recommended candidate will be required to undergo a pre-placement medical assessment.

To apply, please visit the UCT Internal Careers Site to create a candidate profile and submit your application.

Please complete the following to your profile before submitting your application:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• Motivation/Cover letter that speaks to the specific requirements of the position.
• Three referee names which must include their title and name, position details, relationship to you, their e-mail address, and telephone number.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to undergo an assessment. UCT may require references at any stage of the selection process.

Any inquiries for the position are to be addressed to Ms. Hlubi Ntsizi at recruitment07@uct.ac.zaa or 021 650 2163.

Closing date:       19 April 2024       

Website:              www.hr.uct.ac.za   

UCT is a designated employer and is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets. Preference will be given to candidates from the under-represented designated groups. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at https://uct.ac.za/media/9482.

UCT reserves the right not to appoint.

Bioinformatician

The University of Cape Town HIV Diversity and Pathogenesis Group is looking for a motivated, suitably qualified person for the position of bioinformatician.  This is an opportunity to be part of an exciting HIV research team evaluating host-virus interaction, HIV pathogenesis and HIV vaccine breakthrough infections, as well as studies to investigate emerging viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.

Requirements:

• BSc Hons degree with 3 years experience relevant to the job; or Masters degree with 1 years experience relevant to the job
• Experience with scripting or coding
• Experience in Unix-based computing environments
• Experience working with pathogen genomic sequence data
• Good organizational skills, ability to deliver timeously on deadlines, and excellent attention to detail
• Good communication and written skills
• Ability to work in a team

Advantageous:

• Knowledge of version control (git) and relational databases
• Experience with software development
• Experience working with viral and HIV related sequence data
• Experience with workflows for second and third generation sequencing of viral templates
• Experience with Galaxy, NextFlow, Django, genome sequence assembly, phylogenetic analysis, structural biology
• Proven flexibility in applying Bioinformatics across a broad range of application areas
• Experience using co-pilot or large language model assisted coding

Responsibilities include:

• Provide support to scientists and students in the management and analysis of their data
• Development and implement analysis workflows for processing next generation HIV sequencing data
• Manage and analyze next generation sequence data, including QC activities.
• Maintenance and support the laboratory information management system
• Providing bioinformatics training to staff and students
• Write project reports and SOPs
• Contribution to publication of results
• Responsible for data management, software maintenance, liaising with University IT department, and server admin

For detailed information on this post, please view the job description on the following link: (view)

The annual cost of employment for 2023, including benefits is between R580 137 and R682 513, and is under review for 2024. 

To apply, click the ‘apply’ button to create a candidate profile and to submit your application.

Please complete/attach the following to your profile before submitting your application:

• Motivational letter that speaks to the requirements of the position
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) including evidence of a portfolio of software development
• Three referee names which must include their title and name, position details, relationship to you, their e-mail address and telephone number
• Provide evidence of coding or scripting abilities (eg. certificates; HackerRank profile, git profile or similar)
• SA citizen; or proof of SA work permit or Permanent Resident

Shortlisted candidates may be required to undergo competency and pre-placement-medical assessments.  References may be requested by UCT at any stage of the selection process.

Any enquiries around the application process to be addressed to Ms Tracy Moore at recruitment05@uct.ac.za or 021 650 5405.

Closing date:              2 May 2024                             

Website:                     https://health.uct.ac.za

UCT is a designated employer and is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets. Preference will be given to candidates from the under-represented designated groups. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at https://uct.ac.za/media/9482.

UCT reserves the right not to appoint.

Chief Investigator

The Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) is an interdisciplinary, soft-funded research unit at the University of Cape Town engaged in the discovery of preclinical drug candidates for treating malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and drug-resistant infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. H3D is seeking to appoint a Chief of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Biology with expertise in TB and/or other infectious diseases caused by ESKAPE pathogens on a 5-year contract, starting on 1 July 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position will head the H3D bacteriology teams, providing mentorship to the TB and AMR biologists and interact with the multidisciplinary teams to drive the drug discovery programs.  This position will report to the Head of Drug Discovery and be part of the Leadership Team responsible for the H3D’s overall scientific strategy.

Requirements:

• Completion of a PhD in a relevant field or clinician scientist with equivalent qualification
• >10 years of industrial or academic experience working in TB and/or AMR bacteriology
• 6-10 years of industrial or academic experience in leading biology efforts on drug discovery programs, preferably in TB and/or other infectious diseases caused by ESKAPE pathogens.
• A strong track record of relevant publications with the lead authorship in high-impact journals
• Up to date on laboratory technologies and strong bench experience in microbiology and molecular biology

Advantages:

• Experience in leading a multidisciplinary drug discovery team.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to following:

• Oversee and lead all biology efforts in TB and AMR, including screening, target identification, and validation, assay development, development of disease models, etc
• Lead scientific teams to generate novel and innovative scientific and technical approaches to support and drive drug discovery.
• Participate and lead interdisciplinary drug discovery team discussions and assist in decision-making.
• Collaborate with and influence operations of project stakeholders, partners, and contract research organizations. 
• As part of the Senior Leadership Team, establish goals and set priorities for research; create and facilitate opportunities for external collaboration and for funding.  

The annual remuneration package, including benefits is between R 961 360 and R 1 131 011.

To apply, please visit the UCT Jobs Site (www.jobs.uct.ac.za). View (For Internal Applicants) and View (For external Applicants) to create a candidate profile and to submit your application

Please complete/attach the following to your profile before submitting your application:

• Cover letter stating your suitability for the role, and
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Shortlisted candidates may be required to undergo an assessment undergo competency. References may be requested by UCT at any stage of the selection process.

Any enquiries for the position to be addressed to Ms Natasha Khan at recruitment06@uct.ac.za or 021 650 3469

Closing date:       19 April 2024       

Website:                  http://www.h3d.uct.ac.za/   

UCT is a designated employer and is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets. Preference will be given to candidates from the under-represented designated groups. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at https://uct.ac.za/media/9482.

UCT reserves the right not to appoint.

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