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The vision of the Eastern Cape Department of Education is to offer a quality education and training system that transforms schools into centres of community life and promotes shared moral values, good governance and sustainable development.
Its mission is to provide quality education for sustainable development by providing socially relevant and...
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Director:Training Institute – Queenstown (Maths & Science)
A three-year relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification (NQF Level 7) as recognized by SAQA; with a minimum of five years of relevant experience at a middle/senior managerial level in the education sector;
Extensive experience in quality and diversification of curriculum delivery and the design of continuing professional teacher development programs; Certificate in Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme (SMS pre-entry programme).
Duties
Managing and developing innovative and effective teacher development systems and programme; Driving the Continuing Professional teacher development (CPTD) management system; Developing continuing professional teacher development courses that are pedagogically sound, data driven and content rich; Developing and maintaining an ICT platform to make quality professional development opportunities accessible to all teachers;
Monitoring and evaluation of the impact and efficacy of the teacher development initiatives; Communicating improved teacher development strategies and practices. Providing strategic leadership to staff and developing annual plans; Managing the finances of the Directorate in line with the Public Finance Management Act;
All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test the relevant technical element of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the Department. Following the interview and the technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA Directive on the implementation of competency-based assessments).
The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. The incumbent will have to sign an annual performance agreement as well as annually disclose his/her financial interests and be subjected to a security clearance.
Identify and manage risks in responsibility. Ensure timely budgeting, monitoring, variance analysis and reporting. Ensure that Procurement Planning takes place, that specifications are developed timeously and that there is compliance with supply chain prescripts.
Ensure the Unit’s assets are managed, maintained and kept safely. Weigh up financial implications of propositions and align expenditure to cash flow projections.
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