Deputy Director: Initiation and Evaluation at Department of Higher Education and Training

REQUIREMENTS :

• An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Public Management or Administration, Project Management or related qualification.
• A minimum of five (5) work experience in project management with at least three (3) to five (5) years’ proven work experience at an Assistant Director level.
• The ideal candidate should have good project management skills and be able to do analysis of documents and situations. The ideal candidate should be conversant with the public service delivery and management issues.

DUTIES :

• Implement the project initiation process by managing the Request for Proposal (RFP) processes for solicited projects, manage the receipt, logging and evaluation of applications for unsolicited projects, report on bid applications in the various stages of the project initiation process, prepare draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for service providers, develop the monitoring and evaluation framework that defines monitoring principles and evaluation metrics for the project. Perform due diligence by reviewing research conducted on bidders for solicited and unsolicited projects and validate the accuracy of the information received from bidders.
• Manage preparation for the Grant Disbursement Committees by supporting the evaluation of bid applications for submission to the PGC, preparing recommendations for the GAC on which bid applications to support, co-ordinate the preparation of committee meetings and oversee the administrative duties to the GAC including the taking of meeting minutes.
• Engage with stakeholders relevant to the initiation and evaluation of projects, receive progress reports from the various middle management members and liaise with service providers. Implement the project evaluation process by reviewing the impact and effectiveness of projects, conduct final close-out site visits, conduct an independent review of the funded project, prepare post-implementation review report, facilitate the close-out of the project and ensure that all documentation related to project evaluation is submitted for knowledge management purposes. Participate as an active member of the Directorate