Programme Manager: Intergovernmental Relation (Re-Advertisement) at Housing Development Agency (HDA)

Key Performance Areas:

Strategy

• Support the CEO and Head of Department with the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting to ensuring seamless, coordinated, and functional IGR and Stakeholder contracting to improve, sustain and promote the developmental mandate of the HDA aimed at achieving the strategy and operational vision, mission, and objectives of the HDA.
• Manage, oversee, and assume responsibility to develop, implement, and maintain and support a National, Provincial and Municipal IGR and Stakeholder Strategy and Stakeholder Support Plan specific to the HDA mandate based on evidence, environment analysis, and incorporation of good practice IGR process and procedure.
• Facilitate processing of contracting, planning, funding and implementation of decisions and targets with all state partners to ensure integrate housing and human settlements development.
• Ensure, coordinate, promote and prepare for HDA participation in key IGR Strategic, Organizational, Fiscal and Development Planning and Implementation processes.

Stakeholder Engagement and Consultations

• Manage and oversee programme research, network, and liaise with relevant role-players and undertake relevant consultation with public sector organs.
• Manage, monitor, and report on the gathering and analysis of evidence and information-based IGR key decision-making processes, strategic choices and planning of priorities.
• Manage the coordination and interaction with stakeholders promoting HDA functions, mandate and roles and functions.
• Manage and oversee the HDA IGR and Stakeholder policies, legislation, functions, mandate and targets through relevant channels, fora, consultations through delivering presentations, networking with relevant stakeholders, representing the HDA as well as addressing any queries on the HDA services offering.
• Manage the HDA consultation and stakeholder functions related to its mandate with the relevant public sector bodies to identify areas of mandate alignment and performance targets.
• Manage and support the drafting and facilitate the conclusion of implementation protocols and any other agreements between the HDA and prioritized public and private sector bodies.
• Manage, advise and organize appropriate meetings, interventions, appointment, engagements, networking sessions and presentations for the HDA Executive Suite.
• Advise and support HDA Regional and Provincial Managers of areas of IGR planning, contracting, and funding of programme and projects.

Relationship Management

• Strategically and operationally manage, monitor and oversee compliance with the key components of the IGR and Stakeholder agreements through liaising with key HDA role players tracking performance against the agreements and contracts and reporting on progress and performance.
• Communicate and support IGR status reporting and engagement on an on-going basis, through reports, discussions, and feedback sessions to programme and project owners.
• Promote and track the status of the IGR contracting and engagement through regular interaction with the partner state and sector partners and take sanctioned corrective measures as required.
• Participate in and/or ensure HDA support to strategic planning and other relevant events/ activities of identified public sector bodies.
• Advise, support, and mitigate with the responsible functionaries of issues and events of relevance to their areas of responsibility and provide the necessary support where issues of IGR and stakeholder management arise, including policy, legislative and regulatory compliance.

Administration

• Manage the provision of administrative support to IGR and Stakeholder by:
• Convening, scheduling or advising of meeting.
• Preparation and management of support for IGR management.
• Assist with management of secretariat support to relevant IGR structures convened/managed by the Agency and distribution of minutes.
• Capturing of key decisions and resolutions.
• Develop relevant presentations and reports.
• Draft IGR reports on progress against the IGR implementation plan to the CEO.
• Manage the Unit Budget.
• Manage the Strategic and Annual Performance Plan targets of the unit, Department and HDA, including quarterly reporting to Exco, Board and Department.

Qualifications & Experience

• A relevant degree or equivalent is required and may include Law, Administration, Governance or Social Sciences.
• At least 10 years’ proven and relevant experience in an IGR environment and public sector governance, contracting and planning as well as strategy development is required.
• An understanding of the public and private sector stakeholder relations in built environment, planning, funding, and development.
• Knowledge, insight, and experience of the public and non-state sector - Intergovernmental relations, human settlements and built environment development.
• Knowledge of legislation and policies regulating the human settlements sector and the built environment development, and associated compliance therewith.
• Strategic management and superior communications skills.