Deputy Director Grade 4

MINISTRY OF URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS
COORDINATION

DIRECTORATE: DECENTRALISATION COORDINATION
DIVISION: DECENTRALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

Post Designation  Deputy Director Grade 4

1x Post Windhoek

Salary Scale    N$478,220 – N$502,753

Motor Vehicle Allowance    N$102,701 pa

Housing    N$68,188 pa

Minimum requirements: A Bachelor Degree at NQF Level 7 plus nine (9) years appropriate experience.

Supplementary requirements: A Bachelor Degree in one of the following fields: Public Management, Economics or Finance, Public Finance and/or Development studies, will be an advantage.

Main Duties of the Job:

Policy Framework

• Liaise with decentralising line ministries, the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Prime Minister in particular, on policy issues pertaining to fiscal and personnel decentralisation.
• Ensure communication, coordination and awareness of policies and procedures impacting on decentralization amongst line ministries, Regional Councils and Local Authorities.
• Interpret and ensure implementation of policy frame work at regional and local authorities level in line with applicable legislation.

Planning for the Directorate and Division:

• Provide technical input for the Directorate and Divisional operational planning ensuring that outcomes support the strategic and, decentralization objectives and the needs of line ministries and at the regional and local authority levels.
• Oversee the establishment of procedures for controlling, monitoring and progress

reporting of activities of work programmes in the division.

• On a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, reviews progress against individual and

divisional plans and against approved budgets.

Support to line Ministries:

• Ensure that line ministries have the capacity to fulfil their institutional functions and

responsibilities towards sub-national governments.

• Coordinate and strengthen the capacity of line ministries and subnational governments

as part of the Decentralisation process.

Support to Regional Councils:

• Ensure that assessment and reviews of institutional capacity of RCs/LAs and that capacity building interventions are undertaken for RCs and LAs.
• Ensure that monitoring of the performance of generic functions is carried out and assess

results against set criteria.

• Manage, coordinate and monitor financial planning and capacity building support to

sub-national levels of government.

 

Human Resource Management of the Division:

• Exercise overall supervision of the staff members in the division in respect of work performance, conduct, discipline, etc.
• Determine staffing needs, evaluate and recommend appointment of staff on probation.
• Evaluate request and recommend requests for transfers.
• Appraise staff and make recommendations on their performance.
• Identify staff training and development needs and make recommendations through approved channels.
• Recommend trip authorities.
• Recommend leave.

Financial Management:

• Prepare, recommend, control and account for the Division’s development and recurrent budget.
• Facilitate the approval of expenditure within approved financial guidelines.

Reporting:

• Identify formats for reports of the Division.
• Compile monthly, quarterly and annual reports of the Division for the Director

Decentralization Coordination.

• Assist the Director with the compilation of the DDC quarterly and annual progress report

as delegated.

Enquires: Mr G Sikabongo Tel: 061-297 5241