Divisional Head: Industrial Development - ECOD19232 at City of Ekurhuleni

Key performance areas:

• Develop and Implement the Municipal Investment Attraction, Facilitation and Retention Strategy and the Economic Partnership Strategy to crowd-in and enable private sector participation through the integration and monitoring of economic development value-propositions, strategies and business plans.
• Provide strategic Leadership in the Investment Facilitation, Programme Origination and Private Sector Participation and Mobilization.
• Analyse the external environment to identify, take advantage and oversee corporate social investments initiatives and social labour plans' performance related activities for the CoE
• Establish and facilitate economic stakeholder engagement structures and platforms to mobilize communities, business, academia and civil society organizations towards a common economic programme for CoE
• Keep abreast and institutionalize new knowledge of related acts, regulations and regulatory frameworks to improve the impact of economic plan through strategic partnerships
• Develop and implement economic development programmes and stakeholder plans, ensuring effective roll-out, implementation and impact on CoE communities and in support and collaboration with other Divisional Heads in EDD and stakeholder departments.
• Research, develop and implement business cases and/or grant funding proposals for and on behalf of the CoE
• Monitor and enforce effective financial control, corporate governance, financial compliance, risk management and clean audit interventions.
• Lead and manage teams by providing a meaningful context, setting performance standards, clarifying roles and coordinating like-minded stakeholders, organizations and internal stakeholder departments

Core Requirements:

• BCom Degree (preferably in Development Economics) or relevant equivalent NQF Level 7 qualification
• 8 years’ relevant overall management experience in a similar environment, of which at least 4 years must have been at Senior Management level in a municipal environment.
• Strategic leadership skills
• Knowledge of relevant legislation
• Operational financial management skills
• Programme and Project Origination, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting skills
• Knowledge and information management skills
• Proficiency in policy, strategy and business case / proposal development
• Efeective communication skills