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 develops the land and project manages 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 3-year fixed term contract position:
Specialist: Strategy and Organisational Performance
Location: Head Office – Johannesburg
Reporting Line: Manager: Strategy and Organisational Performance
Ref: HDA SSOP 2023
Main Purpose: To coordinate HDA’s organisation wide development of the Strategy, Annual Performance Plan in alignment with Organisational Strategic imperatives and mandate as covered in the HDA Act. The functions also manage Organisational Performance against the APP and Strategic Plan and Performance Audits and Reviews, Quarterly and Annual Reports.
Key Performance Areas:
1. Strategic and Annual Performance Planning
• Assist in the development of the HDA strategy and annual performance plan in conjunction with internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate and support departments in the development of departmental plans
• Provide any other support to the strategic planning process
• Draft the strategy documents through interpreting, extracting and capturing inputs provided by the EXCO members
• Review all the strategic plans (5-year strategy, annual strategic plan, Annual Performance plan, Macro Indicators and Mid-year review and any other work plans), to manage consistency of information
• Develop all related presentations and represent the HDA at all forums that engage with the HDA
• Develop the HDA business plan in conjunction with the Provinces and Regions
2. Reporting and Monitoring
• Source relevant information for inclusion into the quarterly and annual reports
• Develop Quarterly Reports and submission to the National Department of Human Settlements (including annexures)
• Manage compliance with reporting deadlines, obligations, channels and standards
• Consolidate and submit an analytical perspective of the Monthly reports submitted
• Manage accuracy and consistency of content in quarterly and annual reports aligned with the APP and Strategic Plan
• Coordinate Reports from All 3 HDA Regional Heads (Monthly and Quarterly)
• Compile
• Distribute for review to EXCO
3. Performance Compliance
• Validation, reporting, submission, and management of portfolio of evidence including (Operational Plan Reports and Stakeholder updates)
• Manage the Organisational Year End Performance Information Audit with External Auditors
• Compiling, monitoring and checking quarterly reports
• Monitoring that portfolio of evidence files are consistent across all departments in terms of expected requirements
• Review portfolio of evidence files for accuracy
• Compile all necessary files for audit purposes
• Understand requirements and findings of the audit and ensure improvements are implemented annually
• Manage implementation of work within established policies, systems, procedures, processes and practices
• Provide advice and assistance to others in order to ensure their compliance with policy and governance procedures
• Identify areas of non-compliance and implement corrective action
4. Finance and Business Planning
• Development of business plans and financial models
5. Quality Improvements
• Participation in quality improvement reviews at various departments and external forums
• Writing comprehensive reports that document the overall outcome of the quality improvement reviews detailing the actual findings and recommendations by individual service categories, and providers
• Assist in the development of evaluation tools that will produce quantitative and qualitative data and findings to validate compliance with approved standards
• Coordinate the process of data collection and the analysis of data by internal staff and outside consultants
• Assist in identifying service delivery indicators and outcome measures to evaluate effectiveness of applied standards
• Assist in the development and implementation of surveys and other related evaluation tools
• Participate in quality improvement team meetings and specialty training sessions
• Review quality improvement review findings, and formulate recommendations to improve the quality standards
6. Requirements
• A relevant qualification (degree or similar) in the Public Administration, Development, Development Finance, or similar fields is required (i.e., Bachelor of Arts Monitoring and Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Development Studies, Business Development and Finance etc) is required
• An honours is required
• Understanding of Government Planning and Business Planning Processes
• Experience in performing audits will be an added advantage
• Excellent report writing and communication skills
• Minimum 8 years of work experience in Business Planning, Strategic Planning, Financial Reporting and analysis, Monitoring and Reporting Project Management
• Experience in Human Settlements sector will be an advantage
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel
• Competent at MS Office, MS Excel and other Innovation tools
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-Please forward a relevant CV (Clearly marked with the reference number of the position) in a Microsoft Word or PDF format to responses@banqobi.co.za.
Remuneration Scale: R570 000 and R741 900 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 Ivy Skosana on 011 028 9979
