Key performance areas:
- Input and advise on strategic capability and leadership to develop, integrate and drive the communications and media strategy, ensuring effective delivery of compliance and governance
- Ensure operational processes to ensure effective communication functions and logistical management and utilization of technology to benefit the community of the CoE
- Ensure governance and risk management compliance to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, policies, processes and resolutions and minimize risk for the communications and media division
- Ensure effective financial management and processes to ensure the effective allocation and utilization of funds
- Drive customer service orientation to ensure excellent customer service delivery to all stakeholders
- Implement and manage effective people management to provide a meaningful context, setting performance standards in order to enhance productivity, capacity and high staff moral
- Ensure accurate and timely flow of communication through effective utilisation of press and publicity systems, communication systems and processes
- Deliver and guide innovative, integrated media campaigns through ensuring effective prioritisation and flow across the organisation
- Develop media implementation programmes and plans, ensuring effective roll out and implementation
- Develop, integrate and monitor communication and media quality print publications and manage corporate identity
- Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships within the press and publicity communities and ensuring proactive management of the CoE reputation
- Plan, direct and manage implementation of customer education strategies and programmes
Core Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Communication or equivalent NQF Level 7 qualification
- 8 years' experience in a similar environment of which at least 4 years must have been at middle management level
- A valid driver's license
- Operation planning and reporting skills
- Quality orientation
- People management and empowerment skills
- Effective communication skills with the ability to build trusting relationships
- Analytical thinking
Interested candidates whose background and experience match these challenging and exciting positions are invited to apply using an online application system attached to the advertisement on the website of the City of Ekurhuleni (www.ekurhuleni.gov.za).
Enquiries: Tel: Natasja Havenga (011) 999 6356.
Note: The successful candidate who does not have the MFMA minimum competency requirements will be required to obtain them within 18 months of appointment, in terms of the National Treasury Requirement.
Appointments will be made on a permanent basis to comply with the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act, 3 of 2022 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.
Applications will not be considered if the necessary copies of the required qualifications, identity documents, driver’s license (if applicable) and current professional registration (if applicable), are not attached to the application / CV. Candidates may be requested to submit proof of the NQF level applicable to the qualifications they have obtained.
Should candidates not be informed of the outcome of the application within six weeks of the closing date, it should be regarded as having been unsuccessful. The City of Ekurhuleni subscribes to the principles of the Employment Equity Act and reserves the right to appoint, not appoint or to appoint laterally
Closing date: 2026/07/06
