An appropriate 3 year recognized Degree/ National Diploma or equivalent in Community Development/Community Relations/Public /Stakeholder Management or relevant qualification. A minimum of 5 years experience in of which 3 years must be at a managerial level. A valid driver’s license.
COMPETENCIES: Knowledge of GPG and GDID strategy, policies and procedures. PFMA and Treasury Regulations. SKILLS- Problem-solving, Interpersonal, Communication, Negotiation, Research and computer skills (MS Excel, Access and Outlook) are a pre-requisite.
Duties:
Facilitate public participation through Ward Committees, Non-Governmental Bodies, Community Organisation and Stakeholders. Take responsibility for community liaison function in the applicable region/district and serve as communication link between the community and the department. Improve feedback about queries, complaints, relationships, communication, service delivery issue and infrastructure projects and programmes to keep role-players up to date with departmental affairs. Identify service needs and infrastructure backlogs for consideration by GDID MEC. Submit reports and inputs on service delivery and attend community meetings. Build and sustain partnerships with all sectors of the society that are beneficiaries of departmental infrastructure initiatives or projects. Coordinate community outreach functions to meet district goals and provide transparency of departmental activities. Attend to the day to day request from the Community with regard to the Infrastructure Projects and Programmes. Develop and implement a collaboration framework for communities to work together with GDID to enable coordinated outcomes. Facilitate partnerships and knowledge sharing between the department and the community. Recommend responses and action plans as a result of interaction with community stakeholders. Effectively express ideas orally and in writing. Make oral presentations before large/small groups of people. Maintain complete, accurate records and statistics. Develop meaningful reports from that information gathered from communities. Coordinate presentations by the Communities to submit or report to the MEC. Prepare and deliver written and oral communication to the community for the purpose of jointly identifying issues and document recommendations. Keep updated progress information on departmental infrastructure Projects status report.
Notes:
PLEASE NOTE: To apply for the above position, please apply online at www.gautengonline.gov.za. Only online applications will be considered and for general enquiries please contact Human Resource on 072 668 0029. NB: For assistance with online applications visit the following centres: 78 Fox Street, Marshalltown or Maponya Mall. It is our intention to promote representivity (race, gender and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of this post and candidates whose transfer/promotion/appointment will promote representivity will receive preference. It is the Department’s intention to promote equity through the filling of all numeric targets as contained in the Employment Equity Plan. To facilitate this process successfully, an indication of race, gender and disability status is required. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The Department reserves the right not to appoint. Disabled people are encouraged to apply. If you do not receive any response from us within 3 months, please accept your application was unsuccessful.
Enquiries:
Ms. Kanukani Tshindane Tel : 072 668 0029
Closing Date:
2016/10/21 12:00:00 AM