Assistant Director: Performance and Compliance Management at Western Cape Government

Minimum Requirements    

• An appropriate 3 year B-Degree (equivalent or higher qualification); A minimum of 3 years supervisory experience in a supply chain management environment.

Recommendation    
None.
Key Performance Areas    

• Manage the development of Line Monitoring Frameworks and strategies; 
• Responsible for the development of data-flow processes to support the implementation of Line Monitoring Frameworks and strategies; 
• Design the performance indicators, reporting tools and systems; 
• Provide support to end-users in implementation of the line monitoring frameworks; 
• Compile reports on the implementation of the line monitoring frameworks or strategies; 
• Develop approaches to verify and quality assure reporting data and information; 
• Undertake performance assessment of the value chain of the SCM function; 
• Conduct verification and quality assurance on reporting data and information; 
• Monitor and flagship, reporting and information management; 
• Coordinate the support for the development and or update of the risk management strategy; 
• Communicating the risk management strategy and related plans and policies to the relevant stakeholders;
• Undertake risk management assessments and facilitate the monitoring of management’s implementation of mitigation controls; 
• Execute risk assessments in accordance with the SCM risk plan/strategy and apply the determined risk assessments tools; 
• Preliminary determination and categorization of the risks in basic level; 
• Assist in the review of the action plans agreed on the risk registers and together with management break them down into measurable action steps with clear time frames to enable monitoring; 
• Assist in monitoring the progress made by management in implementing the mitigation plans as per agreed timelines as well as adequacy and effectiveness of those plans; 
• Perform supervisory functions.

Competencies    
Knowledge of the following: 

• Policy development; 
• Financial norms and standards; 
• Budgeting processes; National and provincial instruments and legislation pertaining to human resources; 
• Human resources management function; 
• Financial management processes; 
• Strategic sourcing and preferential procurement/BEE' Procurement activities; 
• Industry trends and best practices per commodity groups; 
• Procurement best practicies including sourcing strategies and the different mechanisms for procurements; 
• Procurement policies/procedures/contract management; 
• Records management, inclusive of registry services and policy and procedures governing these functions; 

Skills needed: 

• Proven computer literacy; 
• Written and verbal communication; 
• Analytical thinking;
• Strategic thinking; 
• Budgeting; 
• Conflict resolution; 
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting; 
• Research; 
• Ability to analyse, conceptualise and implement policy.