Chief Director-Intergovernmental Policy & Planning at National Treasury

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Economics or Finance or Public Administration;
• A minimum 5 years’ experience at a senior managerial level obtained in budget allocations system, policy analysis, development and implementation; and
• Successful completion of the Nyukela Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme as endorsed by the National School of Government available as an online course on https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/, prior to finalisation of an appointment.

Key Performance Areas

Intergovernmental Fiscal Policy Coordination: 

• Give technical support to decision-making processes relating to the Division of Revenue between three spheres of government;
• Policy advice on intergovernmental fiscal and financial matters related to provinces and local government (grants, own revenues, and borrowing);
• Oversee the enforcement and compliance with the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act; and
• Oversee and provide secretariat services to intergovernmental forums such as the Budget Council, Budget Forum and Technical Committee for Finance.

Provincial Fiscal Framework:

• Undertake and oversee periodic reviews and annual revisions of the formula and data that inform the equitable share allocations to individual provinces;
• Undertake and oversee technical analysis necessary for the development, maintenance and implementation of provincial grants’ frameworks and allocations; and
• Oversee stakeholder consultation processes related to the provincial fiscal framework.

Local government fiscal framework: 

• Oversee policy and technical analysis necessary for the development, review, maintenance and implementation of local government equitable share formula;
• Undertake and oversee technical analysis necessary for the development, maintenance and implementation of local government grants’ frameworks and allocations; and
• Oversee stakeholder consultation processes related to the local government fiscal framework. Undertake and oversee reforms that will enable the innovative financing of municipal infrastructure.

Budget documentation: 

• Oversee and prepare relevant part of NT documents (MTBPS, Budget review and IGFR); and
• Oversee and prepare the annual Division of Revenue Act and supporting annexures to the division of revenue.