Director: Red Tape Reduction (DEDAT 22/2026) at Western Cape Local Government

Minimum Requirements

• An undergraduate legal qualification (NQF level 7) as recognised by SAQA; 
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience middle and/or senior management experience

Key Performance Areas

• Expereince to identify and address regulatory and legislative blockages that inhibit economic growth and development;
• Experience to identify and address systemic process- and procedurally inefficiencies in business-facing services that impede business efficiency and growth;
• Experience to advocate and create awareness and support capacity-building amongst key stakeholders of the imperative of red tape reduction;
• Experience to facilitate the resolution of red tape enquiries and business complaints;
• Experience to lead recruitment aligned to approved staffing plans, and drive employee development through training, mentoring, and capacity-building initiatives to ensure sustained service delivery excellence;
• Experience to oversee performance management, evaluation, and recognition systems, while promoting sound labour relations, maintaining discipline, and contributing to workforce, service delivery, and information resource planning;
• Experience to lead the Directorate’s strategic planning and business planning processes by continuously defining and reviewing its objectives and priorities, monitoring performance against measurable targets, ensuring legislative compliance and proper record-keeping, and providing regular, high-level reporting to the Chief Director on operational and strategic matters;
• Experience to oversee and direct the Directorate’s budgeting processes, including preparation of annual and adjustment budgets, ensuring effective and compliant financial and procurement management, alignment of expenditure with strategic objectives, robust contract and risk management, accurate reporting to oversight bodies, and responsible management of assets.