EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRARIAN REFORM

Professional registration with a relevant institution as well as experience within the agriculture sector or rural development would be added advantages. The suitable candidate will be visionary, stable, innovative, and excellence-oriented and a developmental administrator whose predisposition is to serve the poorest of the poor with distinction and empathy and to lead the department on a path of sustained continuous improvement. 
 
Competencies: Strategic Capability and Leadership; Programme and Project Management; Financial management; Change Management; People Management and Empowerment; Service Delivery Innovation; Knowledge Management; Problem Solving and Analysis; Client Orientation and Customer Focus; Communication. Knowledge of Public Service legislation and prescripts. 
 
Key Responsibilities: Providing strategic leadership and managing departmental operations. Aligning the departmental planning to the national and provincial priorities and the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy. Ensuring integrated intra- and interdepartmental planning, collaboration and delivery of rural development and agrarian reform programmes and services. Ensuring the creation of an enabling environment for effective service delivery through the mobilisation and utilisation of internal and external resources. Ensuring the improvement of equitable agricultural productivity for food security, economic growth and development through promoting and supporting farming. Ensuring the promotion of sustainable rural communities through the facilitation and coordination of rural development in the Province. Manage the allocated resources of the Department in line with legislative and departmental policy imperatives and comply with corporate governance and planning imperatives. Implement good governance systems and the compliance monitoring framework including sound financial, supply chain and risk assurance management, anti-corruption, integrity management and audit services; customer and stakeholder participation in planning, service delivery and decision making; and implementing sound environmental practices. Develop departmental capacity for effective and efficient strategic and scenario planning, administration, management, monitoring and evaluation. Ensure cooperation and collaboration with relevant institutions like parliamentary committees, provincial and national inter and intra-governmental structures and external stakeholders. Oversee provision of corporate management services in the department. 

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Enquiries: Mr Lauwrence van Zuydam (040 609 6460) 
 
Short-listed candidates will be subjected to security clearance. All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the department. Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA directive on the implementation of competency based assessments). The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. The successful incumbent will be required to undergo security vetting and enter into a performance agreement. The Eastern Cape Provincial Administration is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. Females and disabled persons are encouraged to apply. 
 
Directions to candidates: Applications must be submitted on the prescribed application form Z.83, which is obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za. A comprehensive CV and certified copies of educational qualifications, identity document, and driver’s license must be attached. Failure to comply with the above may result in immediate disqualification. 
 
Closing Date: 08 August 2019 @15H00 
 
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 
 
All Applications must be forwarded through the following Address: 
 
THE OFFICE OF THE PREMIER. 
Hand Delivery: Room 1031, First Floor, Office of the Premier Building, Independence Avenue, Bhisho. 
Post to: The Recruitment Centre, Office of the Premier, Private Bag X0047, Bhisho, 5605. Enquiries: Mr. L. Van Zuydam / Ms. S. Nkonki @ (040) 609 6460 /6403. 
 
Note: Short-listed candidates will be subjected to security clearance. All shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a technical exercise that intends to test relevant technical elements of the job, the logistics of which will be communicated by the department. Following the interview and technical exercise, the selection panel will recommend candidates to attend a generic managerial competency assessment (in compliance with the DPSA directive on the implementation of competency based assessments). The competency assessment will be testing generic managerial competencies using the mandated DPSA SMS competency assessment tools. The successful incumbent will be required to undergo security vetting and enter into a performance agreement. The Eastern Cape Provincial Administration is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. Females and disabled persons are encouraged to apply. Directions to candidates: Applications must be submitted on the prescribed application form Z.83, which is obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za. A comprehensive CV and certified copies of educational qualifications, identity document, and driver’s license must be attached. Failure to comply with the above may result in immediate disqualification.