Re-advertisement: Senior Advisor: Inclusive Communities

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Assist municipalities in the areas relating to community development, which include: Community services and social cohesion which looks into social infrastructure and getting communities access and partners thereof; Mainstreaming of transversal issues relating to the areas of HIV/ AIDS, gender, youth, disability, the elderly, and children; Primary health care and municipal health care issues, in particular environmental health; safety and security – from both the perspective of compliance and proactive prevention including policing and emergency management services and Human development, where this includes issues relating to, for example, sports, recreation, arts and culture, and poverty alleviation Provide policy and guidelines input into and on the ground support in respect of the above Support municipalities in creating safe communities Mainstreaming transversal Issues Facilitate and/ or assist municipalities to develop and align policies to best practice and ensure implementation in terms of procedures and service delivery
• Facilitate the establishment of provincial support structures/ mechanisms e.g. District Aids Council Establish technical committees on primary health care and municipal health Provide advice and support to municipalities regarding section 78 processes Assist municipalities to develop community safety plans Coordinate and engage sport and recreational activities to contribute to Human Development Providing input to all areas at National Office in terms of observations around practice to assist in policy development Collecting and document best practice, and provide through to National office for integration into SALGA approach for mainstreaming; primary health care and municipal health care, disaster management, safety and security; human development Implementing the Social Development Policy as developed through SALGA national structure Collecting and documenting best practice on mainstreaming transversal issues
• Collating information to support national level SALGA with best practice and current approaches on primary health Conducting an audit on existing Municipal Health by-laws at district levelCollating information & liaise with National Office regarding funding status of Municipal Health at district municipalities and metrosAssessing existing small scale human development projects funded by external stakeholders
• Conducting audit of existing recreational facilities/social infrastructure and the functionality of arts and culture structures Facilitate capacity building amongst municipalities within province, in respect of all areas for: mainstreaming; primary health care and municipal health care; disaster management; safety and security; human development.
• Advocacy and lobbying with stakeholders at provincial level through relevant Intergovernmental Relations platforms for: mainstreaming; primary health care and municipal health care; safety and security; human development Advocacy and lobbying with stakeholders at provincial level on mainstreaming transversal issues. Municipal health and human development issues Prepare and submit quarterly performance assessments reports of the Unit as and when required Prepare and submit progress reports and presentations of the Unit for discussion to relevant meetings, working groups, committees, forums or departments as and when required to ensure that all concerned can contribute and make informed decisions
• Manage the provision of general administrative functions and all other relevant support services within the Unit Brief the Head of the Province regularly on issues requiring his attention to keep him informed on issues pertaining to performance management so that appropriate and well informed decisions can be made Attend and ensure that the department's interests are properly represented at all relevant meetings, working groups, committees, forums or departments Monitoring of training of disaster management capabilities, service level agreements on primary health and progress with implantation of social development policy

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Relevant NQF level 7 qualification Human Sciences/ Humanities studies or related disciplines
• Valid Driver's License and frequent travelling
• At least 7 - 10 years' relevant experience of which at least 3 years have been at an equivalent level within a medium to large sized organisation;
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of the Local Government Sector. Sound track record in effectively managing complex and sensitive stakeholder engagements at all levels.