Divisional Head: Primary Health Care at Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Key performance areas:

• Develop, plan for, implement and drive primary health care and HIV programmes in response to the organisational strategy
• Ensure integration of business processes and systems, enabling sustainable service excellence
•  Communicate a meaningful strategic context that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, improvement and cohesiveness
• Identify, manage and facilitate operational risks and issue resolution
• Ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act regulatory framework in terms of overall compliance
• Monitor and drive legislative and regulatory changes and compliance to primary health care and HIV policies, corporate governance, relevant legislation and  risk mitigation strategies
• Manage primary health care functions, ensuring effective identification of needs, requirements, measurements, reporting and  communication
• Facilitate, establish and review primary health care practices, policies and procedures within are of accountability
• Render guidance in design of information monitoring and reporting on primary health care information systems
• Implement, integrate and ensure continuity of primary health care and HIV programmes, initiatives, practices, processes and standards
• Ensure effective deployment and management of primary health care and HIV support capacity and resources throughout the organisation
• Financial execution and management
• Client service orientation and delivery
• People management and empowerment

Core Requirements:

• B degree in Health / Nursing Sciences or relevant equivalent NQF Level 7 qualification
• Registration with the relevant professional regulatory body
• 8 years' relevant experience of which at least 4 years must have been at senior management level
• Extensive knowledge of primary health care and HIV matters within the Government and Local Government context
• Strategic capability and leadership skills
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and acts
• Stakeholder management skills
• People management and empowerment skills

 
Note: The successful candidate who does not have the NQF Level 5 Finance Management qualification will be required to obtain it within 18 months, in terms of the National Treasury Requirement.
Appointments will be made on a 5 (five) year fixed term and will be subject to the signing of an employment contract, performance agreement and disclosure of financial interest. Candidates will be subjected to relevant competency assessment as well as security clearance / vetting processes.