Overview
The mission of the Eastern Cape Office of the Premier is to ensure responsive, integrated and sustainable service delivery to all in the Eastern Cape through strategic leadership, critical interventions and coordinated effective provincial government.
The constitutional mandate of the Premier provides the Premier and the Executive Council the auth...
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Head of Department: Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture REF NO: (OTP-DSRAC 02/01/2025)
A qualification at NQF Level 8 as recognised by SAQA, preferably in management sciences or in a field related to sports, recreation, arts and culture.
Must have 10 years’ experience at senior managerial level preferably within the sports, recreation, arts and culture environment.
The suitable candidate will be visionary, stable, innovative, and excellence-oriented and a developmental administrator whose predisposition is to serve the poorest of the poor with distinction and empathy and to lead the department on a path of sustained continuous improvement.
Competencies: Strategic Capability and Leadership; Programme and Project Management; Financial management; Change Management; People Management and Empowerment; Service Delivery Innovation; Knowledge Management; Problem Solving and Analysis; Client Orientation and Customer Focus; Communication. Knowledge of Public Service legislation and prescripts.
DUTIES :
The successful candidate shall be the Head of Department and Accounting Officer of the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture and be responsible for managing and giving strategic direction in the following matters: Strategic leadership, planning and management of departmental operations.
Ensure overall provision and management of cultural affairs through the coordination and promotion of arts and culture services; the promotion and preservation of heritage through museum services and institutions; promote the development of language and literature in the province; ensure the rendering of library support services and the provision of effective archive services and record management.
Ensure overall provision and management of sport and recreation services through the enhancing of special projects and sports development in the province, provision of sustainable recreation and mass participation programmes in schools and in communities. Oversee the provision of district operations and infrastructure services through ensuring coordination of district support services and the promotion of infrastructure and community development services.