Chief Director: Cluster Coordination, Intergovernmental Relations at Department of Land Reform and Rural Development

REQUIREMENTS :

• Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in a possession of Grade 12 Certificate and a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Public Administration / Development Studies / Social Science / Political Science (NQF level 7) or related equivalent qualification and a Nyukela certificate (Pre-entry Certificate to the SMS) submitted prior to appointment.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience at a senior managerial level. 

DUTIES :

• Promote active collaboration between Minister and departments with related mandates and functions. Provide support to the department and coordinate the contribution of the department in cluster work. Economic Sectors Investment and Infrastructure Development Cluster. Social Protection, Human Development cluster. International relations and cooperation cluster. Coordinate departmental contribution to the compilation reports to the cabinet Lekgotla. Act as a link between the department and all clusters.
• Participate and contribute to cluster task teams. Provide secretariat services to the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on land reform and agriculture. Manage, coordination of the implementation of the programme of action in line with the Minister performance agreement and reporting to Cabinet on progress made. Facilitate bottom-up integrated planning towards the development of the Programme of Action in line with the Minister’s performance agreement.
• Coordinate the contribution of the three spheres of government and the sector departments towards the implementation of the Programme of Action. Monitor and report progress made in implementing the Programme of Action through relevant structures. Manage coordinating task teams and the Technical Implementation Forum. Facilitate coherent and integrated planning and implementation across spheres. Facilitate the inter-sector and inter-sphere coordination and integration across the three spheres of government. Facilitate the Development and the operationalization of the Intergovernmental relations strategy. Provide support and guidance to the department on Intergovernmental relations and the implementation of the District Development model in line with the departmental mandate.
• Support the Ministers events where it concerns Intergovernmental relations across the spheres. Manage the national Intergovernmental relations fora (Mintech and MinMEC). Facilitate the development and implementation of Protocols / Memorandum of Understandings with sector departments. Manage external and international stakeholder relations. Facilitate and promote stakeholder relations to effect cooperation and coordination between the department and international stakeholders.
• Develop framework and guidelines to manage international stakeholder relations in equitable manner. Manage and promote departmental participation international fora in line with departmental mandate. Monitor facilitate and report on multi and bi-lateral agreements, Liaise with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation. Mobilise, coordinate and manage external stakeholders to support the departmental mandate. Manage provision of protocol service.