Head of Department (HOD): Provincial TreasuryMbombela

Requirements

• An appropriate postgraduate qualification (NQF level 8), as recognized by SAQA.
• 10 years’ experience at a senior management level.
• Core and Process Competencies include:
• Strategic Capability and Leadership, People Management and Empowerment, Programme Management and Empowerment, Financial Management, Change Management, Knowledge Management, Service Delivery Innovations, Client Orientation and Customer Focus and Communication.
• In addition, the incumbent will have to be sensitive to the political and strategic objectives of government.
• The ideal candidate should have the following qualities:
• Strong thinking capability.
• Ability to lead and align teams of senior professionals and analysts.
• Strong research, sound networking and interpersonal skills.
• Sound people management capabilities.
• Good exposure to knowledge management ethos and practices.
• Proven record of honesty and integrity as a professional / manager.
• Good exposure to project management practices and systems.
• Sensitivity to the political-administrative interface, and appreciation of the policy support role within a politically led executive decision-making process.

Duties

• As an Accounting Officer for the Provincial Treasury, the incumbent will be responsible to perform the following functions:
• Establish and oversee the provision of sound financial management practices in relation to credible budget processes, financial reporting, financial governance, liabilities control and accounting services, (PFMA).
• Establish and oversee the implementation of sound financial management practices (in relation to credible budget processes, financial reporting, financial governance, liabilities control and accounting services MFMA).
• Develop and oversee the implementation of viable and sound Supply Chain Management, Asset and Liabilities Management.
• Establish and oversee the provision of credible, effective financial governance and support services to provincial departments, public entities and Municipalities (PFMA, MFMA).
• Oversee the institutionalising and implementation of effective corporate management and administration services.
• Oversee the management of departmental sound financial management services.
• Oversee the implementation and provision of Internal Audit services.
• Oversee the implementation of risk, ethics and integrity management services.
• Oversee the provision of administrative support services.
• This is a contract post and the successful candidate will be required to enter into a five-years’ employment contract and a performance agreement with the Executive Authority.
• Short-listed candidates will be subjected to a competency assessment and security clearance.

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Notes from the department

• Only short-listed candidates will be required to submit certified copies of qualifications.
• If no correspondence is received within two months of the closing date, applicants must accept that their applications have been unsuccessful.
• The minimum entry requirement for these posts, i.e.
• Senior Management Services (SMS) posts is a Pre-entry Certificate that is obtainable through a course named Certificate for entry into SMS submitted prior to appointment – and the full details can be sourced by following the link: https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/.
• All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments.
• One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment.
• Selection panels shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process.
• The appointment of the successful candidates is subject to security clearance, security vetting, employment reference checks, qualifications’ verification and signing of performance agreements.
• All shortlisted candidates for SMS posts will be subjected to a technical exercise and interview.
• Following the technical exercise and interview, a maximum of three (3) SMS candidates will undergo psychometric assessments to assess cognitive capabilities, behavioural preferences, emotional intelligence, and integrity.
• The successful candidates will be required to disclose their financial interests.