GEMS Vacancies Pretoria – Chief Operations Officer

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify and manage strategic projects related to the Administration business of the Scheme.
• Provide visionary leadership to the overall Scheme’s Administration ensuring that all the divisions reporting to this role operate efficiently, enabling achievement of the scheme’s strategic objectives.
• Develop and Monitor the execution of the strategy and operational plans for the Business Unit.
• Provide input into the Scheme’s overall strategy.
• Responsible for providing direct leadership and support to the Principal Officer with particular emphasis on achieving business efficiencies and savings, while improving productivity within all aspects of operations, including financial and healthcare outcomes performance.
• Measure the overall effectiveness and efficiency of processes for the Administration and Operations Business Unit and identify and implement ways to improve processes whilst ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and mitigating risks.
• Responsible for ensuring collaboration between the Fund and Administration while ensuring that reporting to all Committees of the Board of Trustees is optimal.
• Manage and oversee the Administration and Operations Business Unit operational budget.
• To oversee the Operations and Administration Business Unit of the Scheme in an innovative and cost effective manner.
• Review and ensure that quarterly strategic, operational, governance and risk management reports is managed for the divisions within the Administration and Operations Business Unit.

Job Requirements:

• Ability to think conceptually and deal with complex problems
• Good analytical problem solving skills
• Ability to think strategically and formulate operational plans
• Must adhere to all internal compliance policies and procedures
• Good leadership skills fostering excellence
• Ability to drive team collaboration
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to integrate and manage large projects
• Ability to demonstrate ethical behaviour at all times
• Leverages working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues to build collaboration
• Maintains awareness of new trends and developments in the field
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Responsible and reliable
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Results driven

Qualification & Experience:

• Experience in the Healthcare funding industry is essential
• Experience with managing diverse and multidisciplinary business units and being responsible / accountable for and driving profitability and efficiencies
• Fifteen (15) years of functional experience with at least seven (7) years leadership in a highly Strategic and Operational Executive Management role which includes but is not limited to staff supervisory, budgetary, and management responsibility

Job Details:

Company: GEMS

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, SA

Application Deadline: N/A

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