Deputy Director: Institutional Assessments at Department of Public Service and Administration

REQUIREMENTS :

• A Senior Certificate, a minimum qualification at NQF Level 7 in Operations Management / Management Services / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / Public Administration / Public Management as recognised by SAQA. 3 years’ experience in Assistant Director level/first-level management. 5 years’ experience in organisational development/monitoring and evaluation/strategic planning environments. Knowledge of government legislative frameworks. Knowledge of public service legislative and policy frameworks (PSAs). Knowledge of government programmes such as the National Development Plan, Outcome 12, and Key Strategic Priorities of Government; knowledge of public policy development processes; and knowledge of public policy analysis.
• Functional Skills: Written and verbal communication, stakeholder management and coordination, analytical skills, and programme and project management.
• Generic Skills: Problem-solving, decision-making, computer literacy, knowledge management, change management and interpersonal relations.
• Technical (Specialisation) Skills: Knowledge of the Public Service Act and Framework, Knowledge of Public Service Operations Management Framework, Basic research skills and basic monitoring and evaluation, including data analysis skills.
• Attributes: Problem-solving and innovation skills, planning and organising, teamwork, and working independently operations and analysis and improvement. Adapts and responds well to change. Manages pressure effectively and copes well with setbacks; ability to persuade, influence and lead; ability to maintain confidentiality; and ability to manage time and multiple target dates. 

DUTIES :

• Develop and monitor implementation of policies and prescripts on Organisational Functionality Assessments, provide technical support to provincial and national departments on the institutionalization of the organizational functionality assessment Directive, conduct monitoring and evaluation of compliance and impact assessment on the Directive on OFA and provide support in all the Operations, Systems and Processes of the Directorate.