• Bank of Namibia Act and related legislation.

• BON Strategic Plan

• Strategy Management, Coordination and Facilitation

• Project Management Principles

• Change Management Principles, Methodologies, and Tools

• Management consulting

• Project Management Professional (PMP) / AGILE OR Change Management certification will be an advantage. 

The principal accountabilities of this position are to:

• Provide support to the Deputy Director with regards to the strategic planning and formulation, execution, and review processes, including the administration and facilitation.

• Conduct research and analysis of emerging trends on topical issues that may be of relevance to the Bank’s mandate and may impact the execution of the strategic mandate and make appropriate recommendations.

• Conduct the analysis and measurement of business performance, industry best practices, to facilitate the setting of the strategic imperatives for the Bank and enabling continuous optimization of the strategic planning, execution, and review processes.

• Provide the necessary support and guidance to departments and ensure the gathering of information to enable the execution, compilation, and review of the strategic plan.

• Manage and coordinate strategic projects related to the Bank’s strategy in consultation with Departmental Heads.

• Ensure Project Management processes followed are constantly reviewed, optimized and automated where possible.

• Monitor and control bank wide projects and engage strategic stakeholders to ensure projects are managed in accordance with existing governance structures and that change is appropriately managed.

• Provide support to project teams to ensure specific project goals are crafted; sufficient project resource allocations; benefits realization is achieved; project risks are appropriately formulated and mitigated, and the resulting changes are appropriately managed.

• Define measures to track progress against project goals. Develop tools to ensure that adequate tracking takes place in terms of timelines, budgets and project objectives.

• Establish work processes for gathering, analyzing, and reporting project measures. Aggregate and analyze the reported data and identify potential risks or any challenges and make appropriate recommendations. Compile consolidated reports which should include key project / programme findings, benefit realization with recommendations to be submitted to the executive team on a quarterly basis or as and when required. Maintain comprehensive records of all project documents in a centralized repository. • Apply structured methodologies and lead/support change management projects and initiatives and ensure that organizational change projects and initiatives meet objectives on time and within budget.

• Develop and implement change management strategies, policies and processes that will maximize employee adoption, including preparing, supporting and equipping people to adopt and make use of the changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles, and organization structures.

• Perform tasks as required or delegated by the Deputy Director Strategy from time to time. Attend relevant internal meetings and represent the Bank at external forums as and when required.