Director- Corporate Services – 24 months fixed term contract

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Strategic Leadership and Management.

• Provides strategic direction and leadership within Corporate Services.
• Contributes substantively to strategy, planning, and reporting processes.
• Contributes towards good governance.
• Plans and oversees the drafting and formulation of the strategic and annual performance plans.
• Develops and formulates overall CS divisional strategic and annual performance plans which comprise of the following portfolios:
• Human Capital.
• Information Technology; and
• Planning
• Develops overall corporate policies and/or proposals within the related field and recommends and presents these to the Board for approval.

Operational Management.

• Oversees and directs the rendering of efficient and effective CS support to business operations.
• Manages CS operational performance, operations processes, policies, laws, procedures, and guidelines.
• Complies and properly adheres to relevant legislation and statutory requirements.
• Develops and implements systems/tools for the execution, monitoring, and completion of projects in different business units both locally and internationally.
• Prepares, manages, and monitors the capital and operational budget of the CS division.
• Ensures effective and efficient budgetary cost control.

People Management.

• Effectively leads and manages the CS division by maintaining a motivated team to deliver on strategy within the allocated budget.
• Promotes a culture and practices that reflect the values and encourage good performance.
• Determines human resource requirements taking into consideration operational needs, skills scarcity, and retention capability.
• Manages staff and administers the performance management system for the organisation.
• Develops and leads a transformation programme aligned with the objectives of the Employment Equity (EE) Act
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of individuals according to job requirements, EE targets, and guidelines

Stakeholder Relations

• Establishes and maintains appropriate stakeholder relations with the Executive Authority.
• Interact with SCM to ensure SLAs have been met and contracts managed appropriately

Quality Assurance & Management.

• Ensure quality reporting of the statutory documents such as quarterly reports, annual reports, and strategic plans to the Executive Authority.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Management or equivalent.
• Post-graduate degree in management, e.g., MBA (will be an added advantage)
• 10 years’ management experience of which 8 years should have been in senior management level.
• Experience in a service-oriented or consulting organisation.
• Experience in managing the organisation’s Strategic Planning and Performance Monitoring will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge and/or working experience in the management and administration of Corporate Services.
• Knowledge of budgeting and cost control procedures.
• Knowledge and working experience in the applications of the Public Financial Management Act (PFMA) and the Treasury Regulations, Companies Act, Governance Report- King 3.
• Thorough knowledge of HR, and IT laws and strategies (e.g., training legislation, labour laws, access to information, security).

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