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Deputy Director: Contract Development - 3 positions
An appropriate 3-year tertiary qualification (National Diploma/B-Degree or higher); A minimum of 3 years management level experience in contract development and monitoring.
Recommendation
Experience in contract development, monitoring and management.
Key Performance Areas
Manage the achievement of component goals in respect of Contract Development: Identification of contract areas and monitor the developments in each one; Ensure the establishment of services. Establish the following: Legal and organisational arrangements between role-players; Contracts and Service Level Agreements(SLAs) with transport operators and service providers. Negotiate contracts with operators and stakeholders; Evaluate, recommend and verify implementation of amendments of contracts; Amend contracts and SLA’s; Monitoring the consultation process with commuter forums, local authorities, other departments and stakeholders; Scrutinize and approve the final design specifications for inclusion in the contract documents. Tender Management:Compilation and verification of tender documents. Plan the sub-directorate’s budget and manage income and expenditure through responsible implementation of policies, practices and decisions in order to achieve unit objectives effectively and efficiently; Prepare and control work-unit budget; Ensure conformity with Public Financial Management Act and auditing requirements. Management the human resources of the Sub-Directorate to achieve the pre-determined performance indicators and service delivery imperatives, motivated, competent, appreciated and performance orientated staff and sound labour relations:Participation in the recruitment of staff; Actively manage the performance, evaluation and rewarding of staff; Monitor capacity building within the Sub-Directorate.
Competencies
Knowledge of the following: Public Administration; Project Management; Monitoring and evaluation methods, tools and techniques; Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction; All legislation, regulations and policies impacting on public transport activities; National and Provincial Treasury Regulations and Directives as well as appropriate management information systems. Skills needed: Communication (written and verbal); Planning and organising; Problem solving and decision making.