Assistant Director: District and Local Performance Monitoring, Ref No. LG 32/2026 at Western Cape Local Government

Minimum Requirements

• A qualification at NQF level 6 in Public Administration or an appropriate diploma; A minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience.

Recommendation

• N/A

Key Performance Areas

• Coordinate the draft annual Municipal Performance report in terms of section 47 of the Municipal Systems Act; Collect, validate and evaluate municipal data & information relating to municipal compliance reports;
• Develop and submit recommendations for municipal support, capacity-building initiatives, and appropriate interventions; Analyse trends in municipal compliance through municipal monitoring and execute follow up research arising from municipal trend reports; Managerial functions. 

Competencies

• Working knowledge and understanding of the following: Legislation, regulatory frameworks, policies and best practices that have a bearing on the line functions; Information systems that aid in the management of knowledge and information pertaining to the line function; Municipal Systems Act (32 of 2000), Municipal Structures Act (117 of 1998),
• Regulations on Appointment and Conditions of Employment of Senior Managers (GN21, GG37245, 17 January 2014), Disciplinary Regulations for Senior Managers (GN344, GG34213, 21 April 2011); Project management; Operational management practices; Procurement and tendering processes; Policy development, and operational management, monitoring and review processes; Modern systems of governance and administration; public service procedures, processes and systems;
• Regional and local political, economic and social affairs impacting on the provincial government of the Western Cape; Constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements governing the South African public sector; Public finance, human resources and discourse management processes; Public Finance Management Act, National and Provincial Treasury Regulations, other financial policies, prescripts, directives and collective agreements;
• Functioning of the province and the activities of sister departments/related functional areas; Policies of the government of the day; Labour Relations legislation and regulations; Performance management in general; Constitutional legislative an inter-governmental dispersion in South Africa.; COGTA prescribed reporting procedures and national and provincial directives; Financial and administrative system and procedures of municipalities; Programmes and project planning and management; Council and political dynamics; In-depth knowledge of Local Government Legislation.
• Skills in the following: Analyse municipal budgets and financial management systems; Numeracy; Computer Literacy; Language skills; Project Management; Accounting/ Finance/ Audit; Analytical thinking skills Conflict management; Organisational; Budgeting; Information system and data base interrogation; Negotiations; Written and verbal communication; Ability to analyse data with a view to make assumptions and forecast; Ability to interpret annual financial statements.