Deputy Director: Planning & Performance at National Treasury

Qualification/s Requirements

• A Grade 12 is required coupled with a minimum National Diploma (equivalent to NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s Degree (equivalent to NQF level 7) in Business Management or Project Management or equivalent qualifications; 
• A minimum 4 years’ experience is required of which 2 years should be at an Assistant Director level or equivalent level obtained in Project Management principles and applicable methodology; and 
• Knowledge and experience of business processes, policies and procedures.

Key Performance Areas

Project Management in planning, monitoring and evaluation: 

• Consolidate NT projects in project register with the required monitoring and evaluation criteria;
• Maintain the document repository for projects, generate executive dashboards and ensures that projects are reported on quarterly and annually;
• Manage the projects dashboards and set up project management and communication tools;
• Institute awareness and compliance in terms of project planning, monitoring and evaluation within the National Treasury;
• Monitor and evaluate project progress against quarterly and annual planning and budget schedules; and
• Evaluate identified projects’ progress and impact quarterly and annually. 

Project Planning: 

• Assist in the development of the Annual Performance Plan to ensure that large projects are aligned to the Outcomes of the department;
• Assist in the development of Divisional Operational Plans to ensure large projects are aligned to outputs of divisions;
• Assist in the development of Chief Directorate Operational Plans to ensure that all projects are registered and integrated into the departmental planning processes; and
• Assist in the quarterly and annual monitoring to ensure project monitoring alignment with the Annual Performance Report, Divisional Operational Reports and Chief Directorate Operational Reports. 

Project Reporting: 

• Provide quarterly reports on project progress to Management and Audit Committee;
• Provide easy accessibility of information and accessible formats in compliance with knowledge management practices; 
• Consolidate high-level project information for reporting purposes; and
• Verify and monitor the correctness of project information in collaboration with the SPM&E monitoring process.

Stakeholder engagement: 

• Provide inputs in the development of a customised frameworks for the National Treasury;
• Engage stakeholders on project progress and advice on areas of improvement;
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders in the enhancement of project planning, reporting and evaluation; and
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and feedback sessions in terms of project progress.