Senior Manager: Municipal Health

Represent the interests provide support and advice to municipalities on all matters relating to the Municipal Health. Develop, direct and manage programmes in area of specialisation to ensure improved relevance and impact.

Provide advice, support to; and build capacity in municipalities to deal with challenges in municipal healthcare in Local Government.

Focus Areas include:

• Municipal Health Services (MHS) and its nine functions (Water monitoring, Food control, Waste management & general hygiene management, Health surveillance of premises, Surveillance and prevention of communicable disease, excluding immunisations, vector control monitoring, environmental pollution control, disposal of the dead; and chemical safety)
• Primary and municipal health care
• HIV and AIDS function and programmes under AMICAALL
• Support to the other areas of Inclusive communities

Research and Benchmarking

• Provide ongoing analysis of the key challenges, needs and trends in area of specialisation (locally and internationally), to ensure that local government strategies and programmes are appropriately designed (with regards to both policy response and effective models of service delivery)
• Research and develop Policy Frameworks, Strategic Frameworks, positions, academic papers and guidelines
• Conduct and interpret research in area of specialisation and create a learning and sharing platform to improve municipal efficiency in area of specialisation. Be a key repository of knowledge and information on local government and matters relating to the sector/ area of specialisation
• Conduct research on the best practice developments across the world utilising new and innovative technologies to improve service delivery
• Conduct analysis on municipalities and provide guidance in respect of implementing improvement

Represent the interests of the Sector

• Representation on key platforms such as National Health Council (NHC), Technical Advisory Committee of NHC and other relevant stakeholders
• Provide high quality advice on the legislative and regulatory framework of local government in particular, and of the role and impact of the other spheres of government at the local level, on those issues pertinent to area of specialisation
• Represent municipalities at various IGR and other Fora to protect the interests of municipalities/ Sector; and to disrupt structural form, policy or legislative frameworks in a particular sector, where it hinders municipal performance
• Develops content on a number of complex issues relevant to advocacy position for mandating.
• Understand and effectively manage relationships with the national and provincial governance structures and the institutional structures of the Sector/ Professional discipline and key role players in the area of specialisation.

Support, Advice and Capacity building of Municipalities

• Provide management. Legal and constitutional advice and support to municipalities
• Guide, support and provide professional advice to municipalities in the areas of focus/ professional discipline.
• Provide hands-on support to strengthen municipal capacity/ improve programme implementation
• Facilitate the implementation of the capacity building strategy and associated programmes in municipalities
• Facilitate training programmes/ peer learning sessions in the areas of focus/ professional discipline.
• Develop guidelines to assist municipalities in complying with applicable legislation and policies

Stakeholder Management and sponsorships

• Assist in development and maintenance of sound relationships with relevant stakeholder groups (including civil society organisations, locally and internationally)
• Identify and target potential donor organisations that could partner effectively with and develop and prepare fundraising proposals and assist in the management of local government/provincial/national government interface in relation to the sector/ area of specialisation
• Develop and maintain relevant networks (internal and external) and build partnerships with relevant stakeholders to ensure programme success and to increase capacity to make an impact
• Create reports to communicate about the programme and provide updates for website
• Identify and target potential donor organisations that could partner effectively with and develop and prepare fundraising proposals and assist in the management of local government/provincial/national government interface in relation to the sector/ area of specialisation
• With the support of the sponsorship team, develop and present detailed project proposals and plans to funders for consideration (in alignment of the sponsorship Policy)
• Ensure that all contracts for funding are in place and that the contracts include payment terms

Business and Programme Planning

• Coordinate and develop appropriate sections of the business planning
• process, including the development of key target, timelines, consultation processes, risk analysis and resourcing requirements
• Coordinate all portfolio reporting requirements and ensure reports are delivered on time and are accurate
• Undertakes review and evaluation as required for current work areas and any related projects/ programmes
• Identify and develop innovation projects/ programmes that further the
• strategic intent of the area of specialisation and cluster

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation process to track the progress on implementation of policies, legislative compliance and programmatic implementation in municipalities
• Conduct impact assessments of municipal programmes
• Monitor and review municipal compliance to Policy and legislative frameworks
• Monitor and Review municipal performance

Financial and expense monitoring

• Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and monitoring of the monthly expenditure in area of accountability.
• Assist in the identification of potential revenue sources in area of responsibility (where applicable)
• Develop terms of reference for identified programmes and participate in procurement committees as required and adhere to procurement requirements and deadlines for identified programmes
• Monitor sponsorship payments according to the contract and track programme implementation against the budget.
• Actively save costs in the area of responsibility.

Governance, Compliance and Risk Management

• Uphold sound corporate governance principles in the day-to-day operation of the area of responsibility/ professional discipline
• Ensure compliance with organisational policies and procedures
• Support the identification and mitigation of organisational and operational risks identified in the area of responsibility/ professional discipline
• Identify project/ programme risks – organisational, economic, stakeholder, political and social
• Develop and maintain programme risk register and ensure that mitigation steps are applied
• Assign values to risks in order to understand financial implications of risk

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

• Work as a multi-disciplinary and integrated team to find possible solutions to complex challenges in municipalities
• Uphold sound leadership practices and comply with policies and procedures.
• Support organisational priorities and the implementation of resource mobilisation systems and processes.
• In line with the organisational culture, role model and educate peers and seniors on the importance of alignment of personal and organisational values for improved performance.
• Support the Executive and Senior Management Team in building a high-performance culture
• Implement the performance management and development processes to drive high performance on an ongoing basis.

Internal and external stakeholders

The Specialist is expected to interact with and engage internal and external stakeholders in the delivery of his/her function

• Employees (national & provincial), Executive Management Team.
• Representation at IGR and other Fora
• Government Departments

Minimum qualifications and experience

Qualification

• Relevant Masters’ Degree unless applicant can demonstrate competence through experience– Environmental Health/ health qualification relating to HIV and AIDS
• Valid Driver’s Licence – Frequent Travel

Experience:

• At least 10 years’ relevant experience of which at least 5 years have been at an equivalent level within a medium to large sized organisation;
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of the Local Government Sector
• Sound track record in effectively managing complex and sensitive stakeholder engagements at all levels.
• Politically astute with sound track record for lobbying and advocacy of positions

Knowledge

Core knowledge:

• Sound understanding of policy and legislative frameworks in area of responsibility
• Knowledge of the business and sustainability requirements
• Understanding of project management principles
• Understanding of expense management principles and regulations

Specialised knowledge:

• Sector Knowledge and a sound understanding of the policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks governing the sector; and in particular those applying to the Sector
• Staying abreast of new developments in the area or responsibility
• Working knowledge of the developments(globally and in South Africa) in the related professional disciplines reporting to the position
• Working Knowledge of the Sector and the relevance in the space
• Working Knowledge of Mandate, value chain, business model; and core business objectives

Required skills & competencies

Skills:
Core skills:

• Strong management ability
• Business Acumen & Organisational Awareness
• Operational and Business Planning
• Ability to draft, analyse and interpret reports in a professional and quality manner for the Senior and executive team (Including SALGA governance structures
• Stakeholder Management and Influencing skills (Lobbying and advocacy skills)

Required skills:

• Strong analytical ability towards opportunity identification
• Ability to manage in a broad scoped environment
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Decision making and sound judgement
• Business Communication and writing skills (opinions, positions, feedback & presentation)
• Computer literacy (MS Office: Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook, MS Project Management)
• Diversity Facilitation

Personal Attributes (Critical for Success) / Essential Attributes

Behaviours:

Core behaviours aligned to Organisational values:

• Responsive
• Innovative
• Dynamic
• Excellence

Required behaviours:

• Later thinker
• High degree of self-management, pro-activeness and creativity
• Resilient and Tenacious
• A dynamic, motivated self-starter with high levels of emotional maturity
• Consultative and informed
• Customer service orientation
• High integrity and ethics
• Persuasive and influencing
• Represent and project a positive and professional image.