Assistant Director: Public Administration Ethics, Integrity and Conduct Management at Department of Public Service and Administration

REQUIREMENTS :

• A minimum qualification at NQF Level 6 in Public Administration / Public Management / Law / LLB as recognised by SAQA and Ethics Officer Certification. A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the field of ethics management / monitoring / compliance environments. Government legislative framework, public service legislative and policy framework, government programs such as the National Development Plan, and key strategic priorities of government.
• Attributes: honesty, ethics, sensitivity, professionalism, reliability, loyalty, confidentiality, and diligence. Open to new ideas, innovative, able to make sound judgements based on legal grounding and able to communicate advice with authority. Ability to communicate effectively on highly sensitive issues with employees and managers at all levels, with particular emphasis on developing trust and demonstrating fairness. Interpersonal relations skills, team player
• Generic skills: Client orientation and customer focus, problem-solving, decision-making, written and verbal communication and information management, interpersonal facilitation, negotiation, presentation, report writing, computer literacy (at least Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel), and project management.
• Technical skills: data analytics, organisational skills, policy analysis and development, and research skills.

DUTIES : 

• Support the development of ethics, integrity & conduct management prescripts. Conduct research to support the drafting of Public Administration Ethics, Integrity & Conduct Management prescripts (policies, norms and standards, directives, circulars, frameworks, and guidelines). Draft of Public Administration Ethics, Integrity & Conduct Management prescripts (policies, norms and standards, directives, circulars, frameworks, and guidelines). Conduct pilots as part of the development of the prescripts, if required. Submit/communicate approved prescripts to departments for implementation. Provide implementation support to the departments. Requests for approval of requests and responses to inquiries are processed to the relevant approval authority within the unit and DPSA. Provide technical support and advise as required.
• Provide capacity building and make/contribute to the development of capacity development programs by the relevant institutions. Design advocacy programs to promote ethics in public administration. Monitor compliance with ethics, integrity & conduct management prescripts. Draft and maintain systems (e.g., collection and analysis of data) to monitor compliance. Assist in conducting evaluation and impact studies by implementing the approved instrument. Provide support in all the operations, systems, and processes of the directorate. Support systems for the effective and efficient functioning of the Directorate. Complete and submit inputs in the directorate budget by the stipulated due dates. Contribute to the effective and efficient management of the budget. Make inputs to audit findings by the approved due dates.