Governance & Support Services Manager

Ilembe District Municipality; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 650,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilembe District Municipality is seeking a governance professional to lead the governance section, ensuring alignment with Electoral Commission rules, Local Government Council structures, and portfolio objectives. The role includes budget preparation and control, policy development, and oversight of council meeting processes.

The ideal candidate will drive performance, manage personnel, and ensure compliance with governance standards across committees and councils, delivering reliable,

Responsibilities

• Identifies with the broad Governance strategy and defines/ addresses critical functional requirements to support departmental objectives in order to ensure critical performance indicators are identified and specific measures established to enable and guide the Section to plan, manage and or prioritize outcomes accordingly
• Communicating with the immediate superior on specific key performance areas relating to Electoral Commission rules and regulations, Local Government Council, Executive and Portfolio structures with a view to aligning functions and objectives
• Manage outcomes associated with utilization, productivity and performance of personnel within the Unit, in order to ensure a climate conducive to promoting and sustaining motivational and performance levels
• Prepares capital and operating budget estimates for the Unit and approves and controls programme funding and expenditure against the budget in order to ensure that the Unit contribute positively towards meeting objectives and sustaining the quality and standards of service delivery
• Develops or reviews functional policies relating to the area of responsibility and defines and implements procedures, systems and controls to regulate actions and risk and comply with good governance standards
• Manages the functioning and document management of specific decision-making processes associated with meetings of Council, Executive and other Committees of Council allocations
• Peruses and validates the standard of reports submitted for the consideration of Council and its committees
• Advising Council and Portfolio Committees to ensure conformance with Council's Rules of Order and legislative prescripts in the absence of the Municipal Manager
• Manages the administration processes associated with vacancies and appointment on Council, including addressing the procedural applications and verifies governance requirements are complied with in respect of the appointment of Councilors to Committees.
• Monitoring identification of policy and procedural guidelines and defines critical requirements to maintain and control the vehicle fleet of the MunicipalityManages and controls the processes associated with the provision of security services on Municipal facilities and monitors the quality of the execution

Job description

Ilembe District Municipality is seeking a governance professional to lead the governance section, ensuring alignment with Electoral Commission rules, Local Government Council structures, and portfolio objectives. The role includes budget preparation and control, policy development, and oversight of council meeting processes.

The ideal candidate will drive performance, manage personnel, and ensure compliance with governance standards across committees and councils, delivering reliable,