Entry Date: 19 Mar 2023
Expiry Date: 26 Mar 2023
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national public sector development agency that acquires and prepares land as well as develop the land and project manage the development of housing and human settlements. We carry out our activities in partnership with a range of stakeholders including national, provincial, and local government and municipalities, as well as with communities, developers, financiers, and other affected parties. Established in 2009, the Agency was established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 and is accountable through its Board to the Minister of Human Settlements. For more information about the HDA, please visit our website: www.thehda.co.za.
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The HDA has the following 5 year-fixed term contract position
Executive Manager (CEO Office)
Location: Head Office - Johannesburg
Reporting Line: Chief Executive Officer
Ref: HDA ECEO 2023
Main Purpose:
To support the CEO’s Office with providing strategic and operational direction in the various programmes within the HDA and support the CEO in implementing an effective human settlements delivery model to drive the delivery of the HDA mandate.
Key Responsible Areas
1. Strategic Vision and Leadership
• Define and develop the existing strategic vision for the HDA with input from the CEO, Board, Management,and sector key role players.
• Communicate strategic vision to internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and continuously implement a culture of performance, critical assessment, accountability, and responsibility within the entire organisation.
• Have the insight to recognise the property and build environment opportunities and steer the HDA into a flexible and innovative industry leader.
• Assist the CEO to creating value to the key and strategic shareholders.
• Acts as a strategic partner on the leadership team and works closely with the team to ensure they are meeting performance expectations.
• Drive the delivering against key business metrics.
• Provide methods to improve quality, efficiency, and productivity as well as cost containment processes.
• Works collaboratively to develop and/or improve systems, processes, controls, and procedures that improve the overall efficiency of the HDA and ensure excellent services.
• Work autonomously while ensuring CEO expectations are readily met.
• Holistic understanding of the South African property development sector as a whole.
2. Operational Strategy
• Manager and oversee the core business delivery and assist the CEO in ensuring that the annual performance plan targets are achieved.
• Support and monitoring of the functionally integrated business plan that is aligned to strategic vision.
• Coordinate with the CEO the implement of the organisation’s strategies within required timeframe, within the relevant regulations.
• Assist with reviewing business reports required to the Board and other key stakeholders.
• Assist the CEO with building an effective, aligned, integrated, dynamic and high-performance management team.
• Oversee performance of HDA’s deliverables to ensure achievement of strategic plans, objectives and goals and provide monthly reports to the CEO.
• Assist the CEO with identifying performance gaps and assist with addressing with relevant stakeholders in order to fast-track project delivery.
• The incumbent must have the ability to establish and grow the HDA’s role as a developer of human settlements.
• Build and maintain a strong stakeholder network of potential key stakeholders, funders, and partners.
• Develop the HDA to deliver its mandate, achieve its reputational goals and financial sustainability goals.
• Build and sustain long term, credible, trusting and mutually beneficial relationships with other organs of the state.
• Interface with spheres of government to achieve improved integrated sustainable human settlementsdevelopment.
• Build the HDA profile and image within the human settlement / housing sector.
3. Governance
• Implement policies and procedures and ensure compliance with policies and legislation (e.g., PFMA, MFMA, compliance, HDA Act etc.).
• Interface and manage Board Governance through the CEO.
• Facilitate effective compliance with good corporate governance prescripts.
4. Built Environment Management
• Oversee the development and presentation of project proposals across the HDA.
• Oversee the development and project implementation processes.
5. Programme Integration and Monitoring
• Coordinate the integrated functioning of all operational functions.
• Oversee the integration and alignment of various departments and their operational plans
• Address any challenges to CEO to mitigate.
5. Programme Integration and Monitoring
• Coordinate the integrated functioning of all operational functions.
• Oversee the integration and alignment of various departments and their operational plans
• Address any challenges to CEO to mitigate.
6. People Management
• Select, assign, lead, and manage direct reports.
• Set clear objectives for self and others and measure achievements against these objectives through implementation and monitoring of the performance management system.
• Build and manage relationships with staff members.
• Develop and manage the implementation of succession plans for key individuals and critical positions.
• Ensure compliance of all HDA policies and procedures.
• Manage risks and assist the CEO to address staff issues as and when they arise.
7. Financial Management
• Develop the operational and capital budget for the CEO Office.
• Manage the expenditure against approved budget.
• Ensure procurement processes are tracked and monitored and adhered to in line with the relevant policies and procedures.
• Address any anomalies in spend and budget and review financial performance for the various units.
7. Requirements
• Civil engineering, project management or construction / built management Degree required.
• A master’s degree, e.g., MBA, MBL will be an advantage.
• 3-5 years Senior Management experience required.
• Experience in government infrastructure development required.
• Knowledge of MFMA and PFMA.
• Knowledge of iDMSS and/or other infrastructure procurement systems.
• Experience in the human settlement’s environment with particular emphasis on development of land for human settlement.
• Demonstrated implementation of values-based management and adherence to corporate governance principles.
• Familiar and experience with the Intergovernmental Relations Framework.
• Familiarity with public sector land asset management legislation and regulations.
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Please forward a relevant CV (Clearly marked with the reference number of the position) in a Microsoft Word format to thullyn@pinpointone.co.za
Remuneration Scale: R1 628 300 and R2 116 800 per annum (all-inclusive package)
Kindly note that should you not receive a response within 21 days please consider your application unsuccessful.Conditions of service: The HDA is an equal opportunity employer ●Appointments will be made in accordance with the HDA EE policy and preference will be given to people with disability and females ●The HDA reserves the right not to make an appointment.
Should you not comply with the above requirements your application will NOT be considered.
CVs received after the closing date will NOT be considered. Kindly take note that if you have not been contacted within fourteen (14) days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Closing date for applications: 26 March 2023
For enquires please contact: Clive H Viveiros on 011 325 5101
