Director-General at Government Communication and Information System

POST 01/48: DIRECTOR-GENERAL: GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (GCIS)

REF NO: 3/1/5/1-23/01

(Five-Year Contract)

DUTIES:          

• Reporting to the Minister, the Director-General will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction in delivering the mandate of the Department.
• Serve as a spokesperson for both Cabinet and Government. 
• Lead the repositioning of the GCIS to enhance its global and domestic reputation.
• Provide leadership to the communication sector.
• Ensure integration, coherence and standard performance of communication across all spheres of government.
• Lead Transformation of the communication sector in line with government priorities. 
• Provide effective and timely support to the Minister and Deputy Minister, including the government clusters. 
• Serve as the Accounting Officer of the department in ensuring that the resources allocated to the department are optimally deployed and utilised to achieve the strategic objectives of the department.
• Coordinate and organise the resources of the Department and its entities to implement the National Development Plan (NDP) and Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) priorities pertaining to the Department. 
• Provide strategic management of the department through coordinating the implementation of the strategic vision and direction, leading the formulation, development of support and enabling tools to ensure execution, monitoring and evaluation and reporting of the Departmental strategy and plans internally and to all applicable oversight bodies. 
• Strengthen the department’s governance, compliance and organizational capacity to deliver on its mandate, which entails ensuring that the South African citizens and global targeted community are provided with on-time and accurate information. 
• Ensure the Departmental entities function optimally and deliver on their respective mandates. 
• Ensure that the Department’s strategic projects and programmes are implemented efficiently, timeously and in a cost-effective manner. 
• Create a robust and agile policy review and development environment to ensure that Communication remains a strategic thrust and key success indicator for all government programmes. 
• Lead South Africa’s communication agenda-setting.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Applicants must be in possession of an undergraduate and postgraduate qualification  (NQF  level  8) as recognized by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) in either of the following fields: Communications, Public Management, Social Sciences, and Business Management/Leadership.
• Applicants must have 8 to 10 years of experience at the senior management level of which 5 years must have been at the Senior Management level in the Public Service or Government/State Owned entity.
• Successful completion of the Public Service Senior Management Leadership Programme (Nyukela certificate) as endorsed by the National School of Government is a pre-requisite for an appointment.

Skills:

• Superior Leadership skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to interact with people at all levels;
• Executive and people management;
• Strong public speaking skills; proven change management skills and capability; analytical; organizational and interpersonal skills;  complex stakeholder management especially at the inter-governmental level, Innovative; creative thinking; strategic coordination skills and computer literacy.

Job Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of the South African and international communications landscape.
• An in-depth understanding of government communication discipline.
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of government policies and programmes.
• Applicants must have 8 to 10 years of experience at the senior management level of which 5 years must have been at the Senior Management level in the Public Service or Government/State Owned entity.

Competencies:

• Strategic leadership and capability; financial management; risk management; corporate governance;
• Extensive knowledge of the Government Communications Policy; the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa; the Public Service Act and Regulations; Public Administration Management Act, 2014 (PAMA); the Public Finance Management Act; and other relevant prescripts applicable in the communication sector, in the public service and for the entities reporting to the GCIS.

ENQUIRIES: Ms. Linda Kaseke Tel No: (012) 473 0128, Mr Paul Kwerane Tel No: (012) 473 0407, Mr Boitumelo Tauetsile Tel No: (012) 473 0232 and Ms Dipuo Kupa Tel No: (012) 473 0307

SALARY: R2 068 458 per annum (Level 16), (all-inclusive salary package), comprising of a basic salary (70% of the package, employer’s contribution to the Government Employee Pension Fund (15% of basic salary) and a flexible portion. A non-pensionable allowance equal to 10% of the annual all-inclusive remuneration package is also payable.

CENTRE: Pretoria

NOTE:

Preference will be given to African, Coloured and Indian Males. People with disabilities will be given preference regardless of Race. It is a pre-requisite for candidates to have the Public Service SMS Pre-Entry certificate to be eligible for shortlisting.  For further details,  please click on the following link: https://www.thensg.gov.za/training-course/sms-pre-entry-programme/. For more information regarding the course please visit the NSG website: www.thensg.gov.za. The successful candidate must disclose to the Minister particulars  of  all  registrable  financial  interests  and  sign  the  employment