Job purpose
Lead, develop, drive, manage, monitor and control financial and grants management to ensure prudent, cost-effective and efficient planning, resourcing, implementation and scrupulous maintenance of built environment projects across the City of Ekurhuleni, ensuring strict compliance to applicable legislation.
Key performance areas:
- Develop, plan, implement, and drive a finance and grants management division strategy in alignment with the CoE strategy to ensure an effective long, medium- and short-term grants and financial management programme that contributes to the development of sustainable projects
- Develop, implement, and drive overall grants and financial management programme that adheres to the legislative and policy
- managed within the policy and legislative context
- Manage the development and implementation of operational plans to meet established annual objectives to ensure a professional business environment and legislative compliance of the grants and financial management division
- Develop, drive, control, and manage a comprehensive supply chain management function within the Department to ensure the supply chain management functions of the Department are developed in line with best practice approaches in pursuance of a sustainable projects approach
- Develop, Coordinate, Manage, and Drive the Financial Governance and Compliance processes, functions and systems for the Department
- Develop, implement, and drive an overall Financial Governance and Compliance programme that adheres to the legislative and policy context
- Manage the planning, use, control, and optimization of Departmental resources to ensure the achievement of established annual objectives to ensure Departmental resources are used optimally and that they contribute to the achievement of the Departmental objectives
- Develop, drive, and control a comprehensive development capability for the Department ensuring progressive advanced administration and management function and output in the division and Department
- Manage and drive the establishment and maintenance of strategic internal and external relationships ensuring the programmes and projects of the CoE grants and financial management division of the Department are developed in line with best practice approaches in pursuance of a sustainable human settlements approach
- Manage the development and mentoring of a high-performance culture ensuring the development of a high-performance team that delivers timeously on objectives
- B Sc in Mathematics and Physical Science , B Degree in Accounting or relevant equivalent NQF Level 7 qualification
- Any post-graduate degree will serve as an added advantage
- 5 years relevant financial management experience of which at least 3 years must have been at middle management level
- Strategic leadership skills
- Knowledge management
- Financial management skills
Enquiries: Tel: Linah Boshielo (011) 999 5057
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: 2026/06/08
