Durban University of Technology (DUT) is located on the warm east coast of South Africa. It sprawls over seven (7) campuses in tropical and picturesque Durban, and in Pietermaritzburg, with its undulating hills that flow over from the Drakensberg Mountain.

According to our ENVISION2030 strategy, DUT’s DNA has two strands, namely ‘people-centred and engaged’ and ‘innovative and entrepreneurial’. These are interwoven intrinsically by a number of double pairs consisting of ‘values and principles’ that bind our double-helix together. The extrinsic expression of our DNA is via The DUT-Way; which demonstrates our collective character and behaviour.

The University’s ultimate goal is to contribute towards improving the lives and livelihoods of all its people, both internal and external. DUT consistently strives towards excellence and greatness in teaching-learning and in research-innovation; something that has been recognized recently when The Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings placed DUT within the top 500 of universities in the world and within the top 5 universities in South Africa. The enactment of these internationally recognized strengths is demonstrated in our impactful engagement internally and externally in service of our localities, the region and the country at large.

Information and Communication Technologies Services (ICTS)

Post – ERP Specialist (Ref C539)

Minimum Requirements:

• An NQF level 7 qualification in Information Technology / Computer Science / Software Development or equivalent relevant qualification in ICTS
• 3 years’ experience as an ERP Specialist
• 2 years’ experience dealing with business analysis
• Certification in ERP systems and applications.
• ERP development tools
• ERP coding languages
• Business process development

Duties (but not limited to):

• Receive a request for functionality and analyze to determine the type of requirement.
• Facilitate the meeting/workshop in accordance with the business requirements inclusive of all relevant role players.
• Analyze the impact of the possible implementation of functionality to ensure that system inter-dependence is considered.
• Document the deliverables in the prescribed format for business needs.
• Check the current status of systems, applications, licenses and skills to determine future requirements in terms of scalability and capacity; or monitor the systems to determine the performance
• analyze the future requirements to determine capacity
• Compare the current capacity to the future
• Contribute to the compilation of the optimization plan in accordance with the requirements:
  • Licenses
  • Capacity on Platforms
  • Applications
  • Systems
  • Resources
• Implement the optimization plan to ensure optimal
• Monitor the systems to ensure that the business targets are met.
• Receive and analyse a request to determine the nature and extent of the support to be provided; or
• The need for provision of support is identified during the execution of output.
• Diagnose the problem to determine the appropriate action:
  • Provide information
  • Provide possible solutions
  • Conduct research to develop a solution
• Test the solution to ensure that the diagnosed problem is
• Implement the solution in accordance with procedures and test to ensure that the solution is functional.
• Monitor the implemented solution for a period in accordance with the impact on the system.
• Receive and analyse a request for the development of functionality to determine the nature of the functionality; or Identify the need for new functionality during operational
• Conduct an impact study to determine the possible effect on the current- and associated systems.
• Conduct a feasibility study to determine the cost of the implementation of the functionality.

Contact Person: Miss ZJ Ngcobo

Status of Position: Permanent

Salary: Market Related

To Apply:

Please complete application form downloadable from DUT careers portal and send together with detailed CV, copies of ID, qualifications and a covering letter. Please note that you do not have to use more than one method of applying.

Kindly note:

Communication will be entered into with short-listed candidates only. Only applications made on our application for employment form would be considered.

“While DUT strives for equal opportunities, preference will be given to suitable candidates in terms of the University’s equity policy” The University reserves the right NOT to make an appointment.