Overview
JOB TITLE: SENIOR EXECUTIVE MANAGER: SUPPORT SERVICES: REAL50015
Closing Date : 2026-03-05
Department : Real Estate and Development Planning (2024)
Location City of Ekurhuleni
Remuneration R 1 358 280.00 to R 1 713 265.00 – Total cost to company
Assignment Type Fixed Term Contract
Job Purpose:
To plan, organize, lead, control, and oversee overall support services, policy implementation, and special projects in the department, putting into action strategic plans and policies of senior management, and ensuring smooth day-to-day functioning of the department.
Minimum Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin or relevant equivalent NQF Level 7 qualification
- Post Graduate Degree in Administration and Governance will serve as an advantage
- At least 8 years’ relevant management experience, of which at least 3 years must have been at middle management level
- Experience in governance and compliance
- Experience in a corporate services environment
- Strategic capacity leadership skills
- Interpersonal skills
- People management skills
Core Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic capability and leadership to ensure effective and efficient functioning of the support division
- Develop, implement, monitor, and advise on governance and compliance regulatory frameworks, ensuring effective delivery of support, governance and compliance, and strategy and planning
- Establish & manage strategic internal & external relationships, inclusive of customers, service providers & relevant legislative agencies & structures.
- Responsible for the risk and audit-related matters
- Responsible for contract management, i.e management of the entire pipeline of tenders, SLAs, and contracts
- Development, management, and review of the Development Planning and Real Estate Department Strategy
- Departmental branding and project promotion, in liaison with Department of Communication and Branding
- Manage administrative functions to meet predetermined requirements and ensuring that organisational demands are met in the medium term.
- Management of the SDBIP as well as IDP related deliverables of the department
- Stakeholder management: overall responsibility for the stakeholders of the department, i.e. ward councillors, other departments, other municipalities, private sector, provincial and national departments
- Be a key driver of organisational change and improvement by establishing more efficient day to day operations within the Department
- Manage the consolidated financial planning, monitoring and reporting processes associated with the activities of the department
Enquiries: Tel: 0860 543 000
The successful candidate will be required to sign a performance contract as per Council resolution.
Candidates may be requested to submit proof of the NQF level applicable to the qualifications they have obtained.
Should candidates not be informed of the outcome of the application within six weeks of the closing date, it should be regarded as having been unsuccessful. The City of Ekurhuleni subscribes to the principles of the Employment Equity Act and reserves the right to appoint, not appoint or to appoint laterally.
