Manager: Social Services. at Nongoma Local Municipality

REQUIREMENTS:

• Matric Certificate/Grade 12
• A relevant B Degree related to the field of Social Services
• Seven (7) years' experience at officer level in the relevant filed
• Computer Literacy
• A valid driver's license.

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

• Interpersonal Relationships- The ability to establish and maintain productive relationships with people within and outside of the Municipality.
• Communication -The capacity to listen attentively, grasp issues, present information in a clear manner and respond appropriately to verbal and written communication of others.
• Service Delivery Orientation- The ability to explore and implement new ways of delivering services that contribute to the improvement of municipal processes in order to achieve municipal goals.
• Coaching and Mentoring- The ability to assess skills, performance, and potential of subordinates and to encourage their development with the view of optimizing their talent.
• Direction Setting -The ability to create a clear sense of common purpose and vision for others with a view to obtaining buy in and commitment to the goals of the unit. solving skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages the Social Services key performance areas and result indicators through the formulation of immediate and short to medium term functional plans.
• Overseeing the implementation service delivery and maintenance programmes, interaction and communication with functional and community-based role-players to enable needs identification and prioritization of services.
• Controls the operations and activities associated with the functioning of the libraries, mobile libraries and e-Library facility in the local area.
• Directs and controls the planning and execution of specific approaches associated with the delivery of services and maintenance of office and public facilities.
• Providing guidelines to enable set-up and implementation of Regional Forums to serve as an avenue to facilitate functional information and receive public comment.

Deadline:15th September,2025