Senior Professional Officer / Policy and Strategy Analyst at City of Cape Town

Requirements

• A minimum of a relevant B degree, postgraduate qualification would be advantageous
• Five (5) to six (6) years’ relevant experience.

Key Performance Areas

• Conduct analysis, high-level research and provide support on a range of strategic policy matters impacting upon the City of Cape Town
• Manage and undertake research and analyse information
• Provide policy and strategy advice to the Executive Mayor, MAYCO, the Executive Management Team, senior officials , the Executive Director: Future Planning and Resilience; and the Director:

Strategy and Policy

• Support the functioning of the City’s Policy Process by engaging multiple internal and external stakeholders, as well as facilitate the development of policy instruments through the policy pipeline
• Develop policy, by-law, and strategy proposals, and draft policies, by-laws and strategies in collaboration with relevant parties
• Support the drafting of strategy implementation plans and bespoke strategy implementation projects, when required
• Work with sister departments to progress the strategy and policy regime within the City of Cape Town
• Support policy learning within line departments to extend the organisational understanding of the City’s policy and strategy regime
• Support the City’s advocacy programme by applying sector specific knowledge, contributing toward the functioning of the advocacy tracker, and participating in internal advocacy discussions relevant to the portfolio
• Handle routine administration enquiries related to the strategies and policies of Council, as well as policies, Bills and Acts of other governmental spheres
• Apply high-level concepts and theoretical knowledge and analysis in a research / writing context
• Communicating professional knowledge, results of research, investigations, and analyses