Chief Director: Public Service at Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME)

REQUIREMENTS :

• An appropriate NQF level 7 qualification in Public Administration, Social Sciences. A Minimum of 8 years in Strategic and Executive Management experience in Human Settlements, Spatial Planning Frameworks of which 5 years must be at senior managerial level. NQF level 8 will be an added advantage A valid drivers-license. A good understanding of political, planning and governance issues. Good understanding of government across the three spheres and partners for development. Knowledge of government prescripts, policies, administrative processes, practices, and programmes.
• A good understanding of the National Developmental Planning, National Planning Commission (NPC), National Development Plan (NDP) and its implementation processes. Ability to foster and manage effective working arrangements with other centre of government departments and social/development partners to ensure co-ordinated and integrated actions. Willingness to travel on a regular basis.
• Competencies & Skills: Management skills including people management and empowerment, and experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams. Ability to provide strategic direction and leadership. The ability/experience to create an environment for high performance culture and staff development. Ability to manage multiple projects. Excellent interpersonal & communication skills (written & verbal). Highly developed negotiation and conflict management skills. Strategic and analytical skills. Research and policy analysis skills. Financial management and project/programme management skills. Good computer literacy skills. Personal Attributes: The incumbent must be assertive and self-driven, innovative and creative, client orientated and customer focused, solution orientated and able to work under stressful situations. 

DUTIES :

• The incumbent will be responsible for developing, coordinating, facilitating and providing strategic support for the monitoring of the implementation of Priority 3: Building a Capable, Ethical and Developmental State, in alignment with the Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) and the National Development Plan (NDP). The roles include developing intervention strategies and implementation plans to strengthen government performance, as well as coordinating capacity development programmes to promote the effective application of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (PM&E) policies, frameworks, systems, tools and guidelines across government. Key responsibilities include contributing to planning and evaluation activities related to the implementation of national priorities; monitoring the performance and accountability of sector departments and the implementation of Cabinet decisions and remedial actions arising from Priority 3 progress reports; and analysing Strategic Plans; Annual Performance Plans (APPs), and budget allocations to assess alignment with the MTDP and NDP.
• The incumbent will provide strategic technical advice and support to political principals, executive management and governance structures on matters relating to planning, monitoring, evaluation and institutional performance. The role further entails developing and enhancing government–wide monitoring, reporting tools, systems and guidelines to strengthen evidence-based planning, performance monitoring and accountability across the public sector. The incumbent will coordinate national and international partnerships to advance PM&E policy, capacity development knowledge-sharing, thereby contributing to the professionalization of the public service and the strengthening of a capable, ethical and developmental state. The position also requires effective leadership, people management and oversight of managers within the immediate span of control to ensure the achievement of organisational objectives.