Director - Strategy and Planning at Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Requirements :

• Matric certificate plus (NQF level 7) qualification in Public Administration/Management/ Business Administration/ Management as recognised by SAQA. 5 years of experience at a middle/senior managerial level in Research/ Monitoring & Evaluation or Strategy environment. Nyukela SMS pre-entry certificate. Valid Driver’s license.

Duties :

• Manage and coordinate departmental strategic planning process and coordinate the development and maintenance of strategic policy frameworks, and Service Delivery Improvement Plan of the Department. Manage the development of Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans, Operational Plans and Policy Review and Development. Manage the development and implementation departmental planning & policy systems and procedures. Participate in the departmental and provincial government planning processes.
• Provide guidance to the department on planning processes, policy review & development, and implementation of policies. Co-ordinate research on departmental policies and update policy register. Participate and manage the coordination of the development of departmental plans and policies. Manage coordination and interaction with other departments and stakeholders on aspects of work / issues related to the GDARD mandate. Participate in departmental and sector forums relating to performance management. Manage the SEAIS processes for planning purposes. Compile presentations for planning and policy sub-unit. Participate constructively in the component and departmental meetings as required. Provide support during audits of performance information. Develop Monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Consolidate and analyse GPG and national requirement for monitoring and evaluation. Design and develop monitoring and evaluation framework, institutionalised frameworks. Consult on framework and get approval for implementation. Evaluate strategy implemented monitoring and evaluations insights and opinions. Develop monitoring tools institutional processes, best practice and monitoring and evaluation frameworks. Validate develop tools with internals stakeholders for effectiveness. Evaluate and monitor for effective implementation of monitoring and evaluation initiatives. People Management. Sign performance agreements for the Directorate based on approved Job Descriptions, Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of the Department. Manage human resources in the Directorate and maintain discipline. Manage training and development of personnel according to agreed training interventions. Manage the provision of equipment required by personnel for achievement of outputs in their respective Job Descriptions.
• Provide regular verbal and written feedback [aligned to quarterly performance assessments] to personnel on performance. Mentor and coach personnel. Determine the human resources needs of the Directorate in consultation with Corporate Services. Develop and update the service delivery and work plan for the Directorate. Provide sufficient guidance to personnel in terms of the service delivery plan, work plans, core business roles and priorities of the Department through quarterly personnel meetings. Manage skills transfer between personnel in the Directorate and outside technical assistants and/or consultants.
• Plan and allocate work responsibilities and processes to control work performance including quality assurance. Financial Management, Manage funds in the Directorate in compliance with Public Finance Management Act and the Treasury Regulations. Limit under spending or overspending by the Directorate in terms of the departmental budget allocations. Manage the effective spending of infrastructure grant funding. align the strategic priorities and the work plans of the Directorate with the Chief Directorate. Develop operational plans for the Directorate and work plans for each staff member in the Directorate and Provide written contributions to departmental quarterly progress reports, Annual Report, SCOPA, Budget speeches, Annual Performance Plan, etc.