Strategy Analyst REF NO: 3/1/1/1/2026/230 at Department of Land Reform and Rural Development

REQUIREMENTS :

• Minimum requirements: Applicants must be in a possession of a Grade 12 Certificate and a National Diploma in Public Management / Public Administration / Business Administration / Business Management / Management or equivalent qualification. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in strategy planning or monitoring and evaluation in a government environment. A valid driver’s licence.
• Job related knowledge: Knowledge in government planning cycle (Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP), outcomes approach, etc.). Government policies related to strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, outcomes approach, and those related to the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development. Basic research. Developing indicators and managing performance information.
• Job related skills: Computer literacy. Report writing. Communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal relations. Information collection analysis and interpretation. Organisational and coordination. Analytical. Teamwork. 

DUTIES :

• Understand departmental planning processes by arranging, coordinating, and facilitating planning workshops. Arrange and coordinate planning workshops will include sending invitations, securing of venues, crafting agendas and circulation thereof.
• Facilitate events during and after planning workshops by ensuring that information gathered during and after planning workshops is disseminated to stakeholders and feedback is provided within set timelines. Gather, analyse and organise information in preparation for strategic planning workshops and documents.
• Collect planning information from branches, provinces analysed in terms of relevance and applicability. Check reliability before being presented to the planning session. Conduct the development of Annual Performance Plans (APP) and Branch Annual Operational Plans (AOP). Coordinate inputs towards APP and AOP for alignment to the Strategic Plan and the Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) documents.
• Align information to high level plans of the government. Conduct reviews and re-alignment of Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan (SP). Assist in coordinating and facilitating the review and re-alignment of the APP and SP. Realign plans taking into consideration resources at the department’s disposal and current performance trends.
• Assist in coordinating the process of developing the departmental planning guidelines. Provide technical support to provinces during the department of Integrated Operational Plans (IOP). Provide technical support to provinces during the development of IOPs.