Chief Specialist: PEXM50105

Closing Date : 2025-12-11
Department : Office of the Executive Mayor (2024)
Location
City of Ekurhuleni
Remuneration
R 1,339,629 to R 1,811,787 - Total cost to company
Assignment Type
Fixed Term Contract

Fixed term contract

Minimum Requirements:

  • Post Degree inequivalent qualification especially in the following fields: public policy, monitoring and evaluation, futures studies, auditing, development studies, business or public management, social policy research etc
  • 5 - 8 years’ Designing and executing evaluation projects, research, strategic development or Organizational performance monitoring and reporting Any data collection, collation and analysis exposure
  • Proven ability to management organisational performance
  • Knowledge of performance, monitoring and evaluation processes and systems
  • Negotiation skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Project management skills
  • Communication skills
  • Analytical skills and Organisational skills
  • Budget management skills

Core Responsibilities:

  • Develop and manage effective systems to determine impact evaluation, measuring and reporting on long term objectives
  • Enable the monitoring and reporting of all research activities
  • Compare operational performance with principles, theory and policy, identify problems and provide solutions
  • Contribute to optimal performance assessment, accountability, monitoring and evaluation in the Municipality through legislative prescribed reporting
  • Oversee and ensure transactional SDBIP monitoring and evaluation in order to determine achievement of set goals and objectives
  • Define tactical plans, goals and objectives to enable the achievement of subject matter standards regarding governance, risk and compliance
  • Define and monitor financial control, corporate governance and compliance
  • Drive an aligned customer service excellence culture that builds relationships and proposes innovations
  • Provide specialist advise related to organisational advisory and evaluation services
  • Set organisational goals and objectives and guide overall improvement
  • Establish and maintain strategic relationships across multiple functional areas to enable knowledge sharing and integration of specialist practice

Enquiries: Tel: 0860 54 3000

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.