Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITES:

• Preparing quarterly and mid-year performance reports (both financial and non-financial);
• Monitoring implementation of Service Level Agreement (SLA) and achievement of Annual Performance Plan (APP) targets;
• Developing and/or reviewing all policies and procedures of monitoring and reporting department on annual basis or as and when required;
• Monitoring and reporting on implementation of company learning programmes through developing and overseeing monitoring systems to track success;
• Managing staff of the monitoring and reporting department;
• Analysing, validating and approving reports submitted by monitoring and reporting staff;
• Liaising with the learning programmes manager to ensure that recommendations derived from monitoring reports are implemented;
• Managing central information centre of the organisation;
• Setting standard operational procedures (SOPs) in terms of the best practices with regard to monitoring functions according to approved policies;
• Rendering advice to executive management on all performance monitoring and reporting issues;
• Developing new and/or reviewing existing tools used to gather necessary data for assessing programmes effectiveness in order to measure the progress of the achievement of expected outcomes, outputs and activities defined in the grants documents;
• Designing, testing and providing technical guidance, training and support to monitoring and reporting team on implementation of data collection tools for data collection, analysis and use as a control mechanism to improve the quality of the collected information used for projects management improvement;
• Managing evaluation and impact assessment studies;
• Compiling and consolidating quarterly performance information reports for the organization;
• Identifying appropriate monitoring and evaluation methodologies for objective-specific relevant activities;
• Ensuring that the indicators and outputs developed for monitoring and evaluation plans are pertinent and measurable;
• Ensuring that overall quality control measures on monitoring reports are developed; and
• Performing any other duty (ies) that may be delegated by the Executive from time to time.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of NQF Level 7 qualification in the Monitoring and Evaluation or similar field;
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in monitoring and reporting of performance in the SETA environment
• minimum of 3 years management experience, preferably in the public sector environment
• Computer literacy at an intermediate level?

COMPETENCIES, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of the Skills Development Act, Skills Development Levies Act, SAQA Act, Learnerships Regulations, etc.;

• Strong leadership, management and analytical skills;
• Effective leadership and management of multi-disciplinary teams;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, at management level;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of management team;
• Knowledge of legislation governing SA’s transformation in education and training;
• Understanding of the Government-wide Monitoring and Evaluation Policy Framework;
• Ability to develop, implement and monitor policies, procedures and guidelines;
• Leadership and people management skills;
• Project management skills;
• Planning and organising skills;
• Problem solving and decision-making skills;
• Good presentation and facilitation skills; and
• Excellent facilitation and co-ordination skills